March 3, 1849.
Chap. CXLII. — An Act for the Relief of Sidney Flower, of Louisiana, and for other Purposes.
Sidney Flower authorized to enter 159 68-100 acres of land in Louisiana.
Proviso.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That Sidney Flower 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, 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.
Other school lands to be selected in lieu thereof.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That upon such an instrument 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.
Printed Document, 1 page(s), Private Acts, 30th Cong., 2nd sess., George Minot, Statutes at Large 9, 779