only been deprived of the use of said township for many years, but has lost the opportunity of selecting it from the more valuable lands of the public domain within her borders; for remedy thereof,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Governor of the State of Mississippi be authorized to select out of the lands of the United States, within the said State, now subject to private entry, sixty-nine thousand one hundred and twenty acres of land, in legal subdivisions, being a total equivalent to three townships, and shall certify the same to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall forthwith, on receipt of said certificate, issue to the State of Mississippi patents for said lands; Provided, The proceeds of said lands, when sold or leased, shall be, and forever remain, a fund for the use of the University of Mississippi.

The foregoing statements, and all of this memorial to the Congress of the United States, are approved, and the Senators and Representatives in Congress from Mississippi are respectfully and earnestly urged to present the matters herein stated to Congress, and to urge the speedy enactment of such a measure of relief and indemnity as is indicated above. G. Y FREEMAN,

(Signed)

WILL T. MARTIN,

ROBERT H. THOMPSON,

W. C. WILKINSON,

J. A. ORR,

H. F. SIMRALL,

CHAS. B. GALLOWAY,

CHAS B. HOWRY, R. A. HILL, ROBERT LOWRY, H. A. BARR,

D. MCKENZIE,

J. S. MCNEILY,

HI. L. MULDROW,

Members of the Board of Trustees of the University of Mississippi.