The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-01-23
COLUMBIA, S. G..
Friday Morning. January %, 1869.
Sale OF Sea Island Lands.


Public Lands, to whom was recommitte
the bill from the House of Representatives
to provide for the sale of certain lands an,
lots on the sea islands of Beaufort District
South Carolina, and for other purposes, re
ported it with an amendment; striking ou
all after the enacting clause and insertin,
the following:
That the instructions given to the ssTa,
Commissioners for the District of Soutl
Carolina" by Abraham Lincoln, President O
the United States, dated the 10th day O
September. A. D., 1868, and all sales mad
in conformity Herewith, be, and the sam
are hereby, confirmed and legalized, subjec
to suoh notifications and exceptions as
have been or may be made by Acts of Con
gress passed after the date thereof
SECTION 2. And be IL further enacted, Tha
all lands set apart as school farms in Sain
Helena Parish, in South Carolina, under in
structions from the President, by the United
States direct Tax Commissioners for Soutl
Carolina, which remain unsold, and all lot
in the city of Port Royal, in South Carolina
subject by law to the disposal Of said Ta,
Commissioners, which remain unsold, may
be sold for cash at public sale by the sale
Commissioners after three weeks notice
published in not less than three newspapers
of general circulation in the city of Charles
ton, in South Carolina.
l SEC. 3. And be hfu,ther enacted That th,
said Tax Commissioners be, and they are
hereby, authorized to sell, in lots not ex
ceeding twenty acres each, to the freedmen
who now are and before the first day of Jan
uary, 1862, were residents of the plantation
on the sea islands in Saint Luke's Parish, il
South Carolina, at 1.50 per acre, nll the un
redeemed lands of said plantations which
may be at the disposal of the said Commits
sioners
Sec. f. And be IL furtAer eaucled, That al
the order of Major-General Sherman, dated
January 16, 1865, shall obtain warrants for
the'same rs provided by law before the 1st
day of January, 1869.
Sec. 5. And be Hfu'1ter enacted, That the
said Tax Commissioners may sell for cash,
for school purposes, any suitable buildings,
with grounds not exceeding twenty acres in
extent. located on any of the unredeemed
lands at their disposal. ut prices to be fixed
by said Commissioners.
SEC. 6. And be it, further eauct,.i, That the
lots and houses in the village OF Mitchell.
Vile, on Hilton Head Island, south Caro-
lima, may be sold by the said Tax Commits
sioners to freedmen for cash prices: Pro
rided, horecer, That said lands shall be sold
at public auction to the highest bidder,
after such advertisement as the Commission
ers shall direct.
SEC. z. And be ii fu,tAer enactea, That al
lands, lots, and improvements which were
sold under section IL of the Act entitled
can Act for the collection of direct taxes in
insurrectionary districts within the United
States, and for other purposes" approved
June Z 1862, by said Tax Commissioners to
persons who had served in the army, navy,
or marine corps Of the United States, upon
which any deferred instalmcnts of purchase
Il, l~.A<l
agreeably to the terms set forth in the land
sale certificates issued to such persons at
public auction after three weeks notice in
two or more newspapers published in the
said city of Charleston; but such install
ments may he paid at any time before such
lands shall he re-sold and the said Tas
Commissioners are hereby authorized tc
bid, for the United States on any of the
lands or improvements authorized to be sold
at public sale by the provisions of this Act
such sums az i'll their Judgment may secure
the same from unnecessary sacrifice.
SIC. s. And be ii further enacted, That in
order to secure the safe and speedy trans
portatlou Of the mails, troops, aud mum
tiona OF war and pnblc stores, and to
promote commerce between the State and
other nations, ns well aS the interests of
agriculture, along and over the route of the
railroad hereinafter described, there be- and
Inere nercoy Is, granted 10 the Fort Royal
Railroad Company, corporation existing
under the laws of South Carolina and Geor-
gin, dated December 81, 1857, its success
ors and assigns. for the purpose of aiding
in the construction Of L railroad from Port
Royal harbor, in the State of South Caro-
lima, to the city Of Augusta, in Georgia, the
right of way for said road in and through
any lands owned by the United States, and
no. in the hands of the United States direct
Tax Commissioners for the State of South
Carolina, through which said road may pass
said right of way to include 100 feet on cacl
side of the centre Of the road; or if there