Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-02-04
CBY AUruoRIrY.1
AN ACT


TO provide For leasing certain lands reserved
for the support Of schools, in the Mississippi
Territory.
Be IL enactedbr The !Scrrfe end House of Re-
p,eseata'S~es Of the Cr,ited States of america
ia Congress .4siem5led. That he county court
in each county in the Mississippi territory,
ahall be, and is hereby authorised to appoint a
number OF agents, not exceeding 1--WE, who shall
have power to let oat or lease for the purpose
of improving the same, the sections Of land re.
seCyed by Congress for the support of schools,
lying within the county Tar which the agents
respectively are appointed, or to let them out
at an annual rent, as they shall Judge proper !:
and it shall be the duty Of the said agents, nm
de- the direction OF the county courts respcc-
lively, to apply with importantly the proceeds
arising from the rents OF Zach section as atore>
said, to the purpose of education, aud to no
other use whatsoever, within the particular
township OF six miles square, or fractional
township wherein such section ia situated, in
such manner, that all the citizens residing
therein may partake of the benefit thereof Nc:
cording To the true intcct of the reservation
made by Congress.
Sec. 9 and be IL further enacted, That for
the purpose of forming the aforesaid sections
into convenient farms, the sail agents shall
have power to lay of the same into lots of not
less than one hundred ans! six acres, nor more
than three hundred and twenty acres, EXCEPT
In case 0fir~ctional sections and in every case
whether OF leases for the Improvement of the
lots, or for IN annual rent, the lessee shall be
bound in suitable penalty. not TO waste on the
premises b. destroying OF timber, or removing
of stone, Oh any other injury to the lands what
ever.
Sec. 3. Aaf BE it .fiT:ker enacted, That the
said agents SHALL have full power within their
respective counties, when nnI so often as they
think proper, By legal process to remove any
person or per3Ons from the possession OF any Of
the aforesaid reserved sections, when such per
son or persons have not taken lease, and re-
fuse or neglect to take the same and it shall,
moreover, be tn dd,y of the said agents to in
sPect and enquire into any waste or trespass
committed on any Of the reserved sections A.
foresaid, by cutting and carving off timber or
stone, or any other damage that may be done
TO the sans, whether by pcrsons residing there
on or others and the said agents are hereby
authorized, when waste or trespass shall be
committed to proceed against the person or
persons committing the same, according to the
laws IN such case made aud provided and &C.
tons in the cases aforesaid shall be sustained
by the agents, and the dam GEES recovered shall
be one hail to the use OF such agents, and the
ctner half to be applied to the same purpose as
the proceeds of rents from the land, on which
the damage was sustained.
Sec. 4. Ind be if further erGe.eG That for
each lease executed by TIL. agents, they shall be
entitled to receive the sum Of two dollars, to
be paid by the lesaees respectively.
Sec. S. And be it further enacted, That every
lease which may be granted in virtue of this
act, shall be limited TO the period of the ter
mination Of the territorial form Of government,
in the said Tertiary and shall cease to have
any lorce or effect after the first day of January
next succeeding the establishment Of state
government therein Provided, That oulsisud,
ing rents may be collected, and damages for
waste or respass may be recovered in the same
manner, as ii the lesees had continued in full
force.
LANGDON CHEVES,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives,
JOHN GAILLARD,
President, pro tempore, II the Senate.
January ., lel5-AppFoved,
JAMES MADISON.