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IV. Be itfurther enacted, That previous to the s^le, the com- Lamisfo.- sUe
missioner or commissioners shall designate all tlie lands, (o be ^° ^^ t:lassed
surveyed under the directions ol this act, into three classes, ac- Sss/onci-"""^
cordins; to quality; that which is of the first quality, to belon^-
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toihetir>t class; the second quaiily, to the second class; and
the third quality, to the third class:* and if, during the timo of -
the sale hereitwifter provideil for, any section of land noted to be postponed m^
ol the tjrst class, shall not command the sum of two dollars per f)"-'- '•^itaiu
acre in ihe market, the said conunissioncr or commissioneis shall ^"'^"'"^^'-'i'^-
postpone the sale of such section until further <!irected by the
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Legisliiture; in like manner, lands of the second class, not com-manding
one dollar, and latitls of the third class, not con>mand-iiic;
tifty cents per acre, shall be postponed as aforesaid, aiid re-port
thereof made to the Governor.
V. Be itfurlher enacted, That the third, fifth, sixth, seventh ^
ninth tenth, twelfth, thirteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, and eigh- o^TTuTa!', teenth sections of an act, passed in the year one thousand ei"ht oi" isio to be
hundred and nmeteon, entitled "An act prescribin"- the mode'" *""'"^''' ""'^
of surveyin- and seliino- the lands lately acquired by treaty S;^-^^™ .'°
from the Cherokee Indvans," be, and the 'same are heicbyde-^c
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dared to be in force, and applicable to the commissioner or com-missioners,
surveyor and s;ile which may be held aereeablv to
this act.
VI. Be tt further enacted, That the Governor be. and he is
hereby authorised to draw on the Treasurer for anv sum not ex- ^""h'"
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ceedm- two thousand dollars, to be paid to the commissioner or o,ul!e Tn-asV
commissioners, to enable them to commence the said business, *'ii' money t.>
and by them to be apj)lied towaids paving charges ai?d expenses i'"^' 'JO"^""^-
incident to the performance of the dudes enjoined on said com-'""""'""
iTiissioner or cpmmissioners, and for which said commissioner o»-
commissioners shall give the State credit on a final settlement of
his or their accounts.
VI [ Beit further enacted, That the persons alreatly settled For the bonb-on
said lands, waiting for the sale thereof, shall be entitled to *^ ^'^ i'»"«<^ "1-
the benefit of the crops, which they may have planted or ^o\vu,';:f^'?''^f
previous to the sale herein before directed. '
yill. .ilndbe it further enacted, Tliat if any person sliall bid Bidders uKo
otl iarids at the above recited sale, and shall not comply with the '"'^ i^' i^ompiy
lermsof such sale within twenty-four hours theieafter, if so re- "
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quired to do by the commissioner or commissioners, he, she, or hVs.'lo io2il
t.iey shall torleit their bid, and the commissioner or commission- ilieu-bid, and
ers may, in such case, receive the bid of the next highest bidder ^''^" ''^^'^hi.^h-
.n the same manner, as if he had been the highest bidder: Pro'- ^^^a""
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' Idea atu-a'/s, that sur!i bid is not below the minimum price of said iVovi.c.
laud, and tliut the commissioner or commissioners may, in theic
discretion, sue for, and recover of the higliest bidder, who has
relused to comply with the terms of sale, the difierence between
tns bid and the bid ol the next highest, in case the commissionc<-
or cmumissioners should receive the same.
IX. .^ndbc it further enacted. That at the time of said sale/'*''^"''?
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•he commissioner or commissionerg sirl! have power to «cll lots ^-uZL t\v/