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The Weekly Comet
Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana
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Under the 1843 act of Congress, sixteenth sections of land in Illinois, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee were reserved for education and sold, with many purchaser notes unpaid. The State Superintendent is now collecting them to add to the Public School fund, amid hopes for legislative action on public education despite upcoming U.S. Senate seat politics.
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This will throw a large additional amount of money into the Public School fund. It is really a consummation devotedly wished, that something will be done for public education at the next session of the Legislature if time can be found in the intervals of the political gambling that is to take place to fill the vacant seat in the U. S. Senate.
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this will throw a large additional amount of money into the public school fund.
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According to act of Congress of 1843, the sixteenth sections of land in Illinois, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee, were reserved for educational purposes. Under that act, nearly all the sixteenth sections in this State have, from time to time been sold, and the notes of purchasers taken. Many of these notes—nearly all of them, remain unpaid. The State Superintendent, who is charged by law with the collection, is now taking steps to have them settled. It is really a consummation devotedly wished, that something will be done for public education at the next session of the Legislature if time can be found in the intervals of the political gambling that is to take place to fill the vacant seat in the U. S. Senate.