United States Statutes at Large/Volume 4/19th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 15

by United States Congress

March 14, 1826.

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[Obsolete.]

Chap. XV.—An Act to authorize the legislature of the state of Mississippi to appropriate the amount of three per cent. fund, arising from the sales of public lands.

Three fifths of the five per cent. fund, arising from the sale of public lands, to the making of roads and canals, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That three fifths of the five per cent. fund, arising from the net proceeds of the sales of public lands, within the state of Mississippi, may be appropriated by the legislature thereof, to the making of public roads and canals, and to the improvement of the navigation of rivers and bays, within said state.

Approved, March 14, 1826.

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