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THIRTY·—SEVENTH CON GBESS. Sess. II. Ch. 98. 1862. 425 such clauses in said leases as shall be just and proper to secure proper and reasonable employment and support, at wages or upon shares of the crop, of such persons and families as may be residing upon the said parcels or lots of land, which said rules and regulations are declared to be subject to the approval of the President. Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the said board of commis- C<>mmiSSi¤¤¢¤‘S sioners, under the direction of the President, may be authorized, instead :;?fé:;£:°t°°d of leasing the said lands vested in the United States, as above provided, to cause the same, or any portion thereof, to be subdivided and sold in parcels not to exceed three hundred and twenty acres to any one purchaser, at public sale, after giving due notice thereof, as upon the sale of other public lands of the United States, for sixty days, and to issue a certificate therefor; and that, at any such sale, any loyal citizen of the United States, or any person who shall have declared on oath his intention to be- Who may be como such, or any person who shall have faithfully served as an officer, P“"°h°“'· musician. or private soldier or sailor in the army or navy or marine service of the United States, as a regular or volunteer, for the term of three months, may become the purchaser; and if upon such sale any person serv- . . . Terms of u mg in the army or navy or marine corps shall pay one-fourth part of the ment P Y" purchase money, a certificate shall be given him, and he shall have the term of three years in which to pay the remainder, either in money or in certificates of indebtedness from the United States; and any citizen of the Right of pre- United States, or any person who shall have declared his intention to he- °”‘P'·*°“· come such, being the head of a family, and residing in the State or district where said lands are situate, and not the owner of any other lands, may, under such rules as may be established by said board of commissioners, have the right to enter upon and acquire the rights of preemption in such lands as may be unjmproved and vested in the United States, and as may be selected by said board of commissioners, under the direction of the President, from time to time, for such purpose. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the proceeds of said leases Proceeds of and sales shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, one fourth i“]°s *:¤dg°**3?¤• of which shall be paid over to the Governor of said State wherein said 1,3;,1 gi; 6 islands are situated, or his authorized agent, when such insurrection shall be put down, and the people shall elect a Legislature and State officers who shall take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States, and such tact shall be proclaimed by the President for the purpose of reimbursing the loyal citizens of said State, or such other purpose as glfifhuwqmévf said State may direct; and one fourth shall also be paid over to said ° °"‘ °‘°‘"“”’ State as a fund to aid in the colonization or emigration from said State of Emigration to any free person of African descent who may desire to remove therefrom Ijlayti, Liberia, to Hayti, Liberia, or any other tropical state or colony. &°· Sxzc. 13. And be it further enacted, That in case the records of as- Proceedings scssments and valuation of the lots of land mentioned in the first section ;};;;‘q;“;$l‘:;d;n*(¥` of this act shall be destroyed, concealed, or lost, so as not to come within valuéuon ,,,.6 the possession of the said boards of commissioners, they shall be author- concealed vv10s!- ized to take evidence of the same, or to value and assess the same in their own judgment upon such evidence as may appear before them ; and no mistake in the valuation of the same, or in the amount of tax thereon, shall, in any manner whatever, affect the validity of the sale of the same or of any of the proceedings preliminary thereto. I Sec. 14. And be itficrther enacted, That the said. tax commissioners Commissioners Shall keep a book or books, in which they shall enter or cause to be en- {)‘;°L°fP *“' tcred the amount or quota of said direct tax assessed on each tract or parcel of land; which said amounts shall be distinctly stated in the advertisement, or notice of sale, together with a description of the tract to be Statements of sold, and an entry shall be made in said book, or books, of each tract sold, advertisements. fogether with the name of the purchaser, and the sum for which the same Transcripts of may have been sold. A transcript or transcripts of said book or books, books to be Bledvon. xxx. Pm2..—64