Private Law 25–CLVII

That the trustees of the township of Oxford, in the county of Butler and state of Ohio, be, and they are hereby, authorized

Authorized to enter a section of land, in lieu of, &c.

to enter a quantity, equal to one full section, in legal subdivisions of not less than quarter sections, of any of the public lands in the state of Ohio, in lieu of section sixteen in said township, which has been located under a grant to the use of the Miami university, pursuant to an act of Congress passed on the third day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three; and the Commissioner of

Act of March 3, 1803, ch. 21.

the General Land Office is directed, upon receiving the proper evidence of said entry, to issue a patent or patents therefor: Provided, however,

Proviso.

That the inhabitants of said township shall, before making such entry, at a legal meeting called for that purpose, agree to accept thereof, in TWENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 158, 159, 160, 161, 162. 1839. lieu of said section sixteen, for the use of schools in said township: And

Proviso.

provided, further, That the said entry shall not include town lots or lands to which there shall be an existing right of preemption at the time of such entry; and that the same be made within two years from the passing of this act.

Sec. 2.

And be it further enacted, That the land so entered and

Said land to be subjected to the same uses, &c.

patented in lieu of said section sixteen, shall be subjected to the same uses, under the same management, and liable to the same disposition, in all respects, as section sixteen in said township granted for the use of schools would by law have been.