THATthere shall be reserved from sale in the State of Florida a quantity of land equal to one thirty sixth part of the lands covered by confirmed Spanish grants within the said State of Florida, to be selected under the direction of the governor of said State, out of any public lands remaining unsold in the said State of Florida, in sections, half sections, quarter sections, or previously defined fractions; which lands, when so selected, as aforesaid, shall vest in the State of Florida for the use of the inhabitants in the several townships in which they may be located for the support of schools within said State, to be holden by the same tenure, and upon the same terms and conditions, in all respects, as the said State now holds the lands heretofore reserved for the use of schools in said State, and for the benefit of the same persons who would have enjoyed the advantage of the same, had there been no interfering grants.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That in all cases in which the sixteenth section of any township in said State, whether the said township shall have been divided

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into sections or not, shall be found to be valueless by reason of its being barren or inundated, or from any other cause, and equivalent quantity of land may be selected in lieu thereof, under the direction of the governor of said State, out of any public lands remaining unsold in the same land district, subject to the same uses, as provided in the act of March third, eighteen hundred and forty five, entitled “An act supplemental to the act for the admission of Florida and Iowa into the Union, and for other purposes.”