Chapter CXLII. for the Relief of Sidney Flower, of Louisiana, and for other Purposes
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Chap. CXLII.— An Act for the Relief of Sidney Flower, of Louisiana, and for other Purposes. March 3, 1849. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That Sidney FlowerSidney Flower authorised to enter 159 68–100 acres of land in Louisiana. be, and he is hereby, authorized to enter, at the minimum price of one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, lot number three in township one (north) of range eight east, containing one hundred and fifty-nine and sixty-eight one hundred acres, in the district north of Red River,Proviso.
Louisiana: *Provided*, As said lot has been selected for schools, that a majority of the male inhabitants of the township shall assent to the purchase, by filing an instrument to that effect in the local land office. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That upon such an instrumentOther school lands to be selected in lieu thereof. being filed in the aforesaid office, the proper authorities shall have the right to select an equal area for schools on other public lands, in the same land district.
Approved, March 3, 1849.