Public Law 53–106

That the governor of the State of Mississippi be, and he is hereby, authorized to select out of the unoccupied and uninhabited lands of the United States, within the said State, forty-six thousand and eighty acres of land, in legal subdivisions, being a total equivalent to two townships, and shall certify the same to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall forthwith, upon receipt of said certificate, issue to the State of Mississippi patents for said lands: Provided,

Proviso.

Disposition of proceeds.

That the proceeds of one township of said lands, when sold or leased, shall forever remain a fund for the use of the agricultural and mechanical college of said State; and the proceeds of one of said townships of land, when sold or leased, shall forever remain a fund for the use of the agricultural and mechanical college for colored persons, established and maintained by said State.

Sec. 2.

That in making said selection the governor of said State of

Selection.

Mississippi shall designate the lands for the agricultural and mechanical college, and the lands for the agricultural and mechanical college for colored persons.