The true Democrat., 1857-01-20

nave heretofore accrued or may hereafter fall due.
 SEC 5. That the locating or selecting agents, provided for in the act, to which this is sup plement, shall only be paid out of the swamp land fund or in swamp land scrip after the lands shall have been confirmed to the State. and shall not in any case be paid out of the ordinary revenue of the State derived from tax ation.
 SEC 5. 1 hat to prevent the accumulation of large amount of specie in the hands of the land agents, provided for in the act to which this Is supplement, each of such agents shall make full settlement with the auditor at the end sf each quarter of each fiscal year, whilst soch land agent remains in otfice and shal, upon making such settlement, pay over to the oLate treasurer all the scrip and money for which ne shall be liable and should any such agent neglect or fail to make such settlement at the end ot each quarter of the fiscal year. which may occur whilst he remains in office the auditor shall notify the Governor of the failure of such land agent and the Governor may, in his discretion, remove the delinouept land agent from office, and appoint another in his place: and should any land agent fail to pay over the swamp land scrip and the money for which he may be liable, at the expiration of each quarter, as hereinbefore required, he shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and if indicted before making such payment, shall upon con- vlction be punished accordingly.
 SEC. 10. That in order to prevent useless accumulation of specie in the State Treasury from the sales of swamp and overhowed lands, whenever there shall be in the State Treasury as much as i've thousand dollars in specie, ob- talned from the sales of such lands, situated in any district as established by the act to which this IS supplement-, it shall be lawful for any engineer, under directions of the Governor to let out contracts for making leveeS, ditching draining and retaining swamp and overflowed lands situated in the district, by the sales of lands Tn which district the specie in the State Treasury shall have been obtained; and in every such case the contracts shall be made for work to be done in each diStrcJ of the State where required, upon like terms conditions and re- sirlctions, relative to such district and the work 10 De done thereln, and the specie to be paid therefor, as those herenbefore prescribed for work to be contracted for on the rivers Missis- Slppl and Arkansas, so that no part of the spe- cle which may be obtained by the sales of swamp and overfowed lands situated in one district shall be applied to pay contracts for work in any other district
 
 by the act to which this is a supplement-, the several State Land Agents now in office, shall each on or before the ex piration of his term of office, as the same was established and fixed by the law under which he was elected or appointed comply with the duties enjoined upon him by section ten of the said act to which this IS a supplement-; and that nothing contained in the act to which this Is supplement shall be so n ah fsI ur1- pf Ina offices established by law, as heretofore exist Ing, and held by the five land agents, except at the expiration of the term for which each land agent was elected or appointed, and when the sald term expires for which the land agent at any of the said offices, where 1t is proposed or provided by the act to which this Is sup plement, there shall, under said act be no office ot laud agent; the said office located at that place shall then be abolished and not be- fore, and all sales of lands made, or which shall he made, and all official acts performed or winch shall be performed by any of the said hve land agents, in conformity with the laws Ill lolce before the passage of the act to which thl' Is supplement-, if made by any one of such land agents before the expiration of the term as established by the law under which he was elected or appointed, shall be legal aud vahd, and each of said land agents shall be re- sponsbe for, and is hereby required to pay over to the State Treasurer all scrip and money which he may have received or be abe for on or b fore the expiration of the term for which he was elected or appointed, as said term Was fixed by the laws iu force at the time ot hls election or appointment; Proujded, That the term for which each of said land agents was elected shall expire within two years from the date of his commission.
 SEC. l2. That when any land agent under existing law Is required to give notice in the manner required by the act approved 27th No vemher 1854, of the additional confirmation of swamp and overowe,! lauds he shall also state n such notice that all of said lauds so confirmed to the State which shall not be purchased with motley or located with swamp land scrip by pre-empton, within sixty days from the date of sad notice, will be sold or offered by him at public sale to the highest bidder at his office between the hours ot ten o'clock in tue fore noon, and three o'clock iu the afternoon. of the first Monday after the expiration of the sixty days allowed pre-emptorS within which to es- tabIloh their pre-emptionS and pay for their lands, and said notice shall state the day of the month and the year, when the sale will take place and that lands within six miles of any navigable stream will not be sold at public or prvate sale for less than seventv-ive cents an acre, and lands more than six miles from any navlgable stream will not be sold for less than hlty cents an acre, payable in specie or in swamp land scrip, receivable by law for lands Ill hlS district; and at the time fixed in said no- tlce Tor such public sale, the said land agent shall, at the front door of his office proclaim aloud the commencement of the sale, and shall designate distinctly the lands by the proper numbers as he offers them at public sale, and shall offer the lands, if not fractional, in half quarter sections or quarter quarter sections to suit purchasers and enhance the value, but fractional quarter sections shall be offered with. out being divided, and the highest bidder for any land which shall be offered upon com plying with hls bid, by paying for the land at said sale, shall be the purchaser, and the land agent shall grant to him a certificate of pur- chase therefor: Provided That no snch land shall be sold at less than the minimum prices estab- Iished by law, and such sale shall continue from day to day, until all of such lands shall have been sold or offered at public sale, by such land agent.
 SEC. 13. That if any land agent shall fail to distinctly and publicly offer at such public sale to the highest bidder, any tract or quantity of the lands designated in the list or lists of such du'ltiobdi tiiuS COHutlueu tO lulS SCaGe as swamp and overtowed lands, and not purchased or located by pre- emption right, such land agent shall, if he privately sell such tract or quantity of land, be deemed guilty of felony and upon indictment and conviction thereof shall be pun ished accordingly, and no land agent shall re- ceive any application for any swamp antbover- flowed land which may hereafter be confirmed to the State, except from pre-emptor, until after such land shall have been duly offered at public sale; and should he sell any such lands privately, without first offering them at public sale, or should he sell any land not confirmed to the State, and not designated in lists or plats or otherwise in official information furnished him by the auditor, indicating that said land has been confirmed to the State, or should such land agent mark any plat or plats belonging to his office so as to falsely indicate that any tract or tracts had been sold, or so as to withhold from sale to the first applicant any tract which tl .a;l 1, ,xlt 1I.