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Whereupon the following was agreed to:

Resolved, That in pursuance of the third section of the act of Assembly, the following rules and regulations are hereby adopted:

1. That it is expedient immediately to dispose of the land scrip donated by Congress, that the proceeds thereof may be funded for the purpose provided by law.

2. That the Surveyor General is hereby directed to appoint an agent whose duty it shall be to make such arrangements for the sale of the said scrip as may be deemed adequate for the attainment of the object, reporting his action for the approval of this board.

3. When the action of this agent, shall have been approved by the board, and the scrip or any part thereof shall have been sold, and the price paid to the State therefor, the Surveyor General is directed to issue and deliver from time to time the said scrip to the purchaser or purchasers.

4. When such payments shall have been made, the same shall be invested as they accrue in the stocks of the State of Pennsylvania.

5. The interest which shall arise from such investments, shall be paid over to the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, in pursuance of the third section of the act of Assembly.

On motion, the board adjourned to meet at the Surveyor General's office, on Tuesday, the 2d day of August next, at ten o'clock, A. M.

SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE,
HARRISBURG, 2d August, 1864.

The board of commissioners met, pursuant to adjournment. Members present, Governor A. G. Curtin and Surveyor General James P. Barr. Evidence of notices having been served on the Auditor General, Isaac Slenker was received and accepted.

The Surveyor General appointed, agreeably to the rules provided, Professor William H. Allen, president of the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania. to make arrangements for the sale of land scrip, and Lewis U. Stout, secretary.

On motion adjourned.

SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE,
HARRISBURG, December 1, 1864.

The commissioners for the sale, &c., of land scrip met at this office. Present, His Excellency A. G. Curtin, Governor, and Hon. James P. Barr, Surveyor General. A written notice to Auditor General Isaac Slenker, of the time and place of meeting, and the acceptance thereof by him, was presented and filed.

The proposals received for the purchase of land scrip were opened and examined, and, on motion, the board adjourned, to meet at this office, on Monday, the 5th day of December instant.

SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE,
HARRISBURG, December 5, 1864.

The commissioners, in pursuance of an adjournment, met and decided to accept the following proposals, viz: Samuel Lynn, of Bellefonte, Pa., Jas. Gordon, of Zion, Centre co., Pa., . Edmund Blanchard, Bellefonte, Pa., R. H. Duncan, of Spring Mills, Pa., James McMannus, of Bellefonte, Pa., E. W. Hale, of Bellefonte, Pa., James T. Hale, of Bellefonte, Pa., E. C. Humes, of Bellefonte, Pa., Wm. Allison, of Potter's Mills, Pa., H. N. McCallister and James Beaver, of Bellefonte, Pa.,

Wm. P. Wilson, of Bellefonte, Pa., .

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It was further agreed by the board that eighty-five cents per acre should be the minimum price at which any of the scrip shall be sold, and that at that price the same may be issued on written application until further action of the board. Adjourned.

December 17, 1864.

The written proposals of Jacob S. Ahl, of Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, offering to take one tract of one hundred and sixty acres, and also the proposal of John Irwin, jr., of Howard, Centre county, Pennsylvania, offering to take two tracts at eighty-five cents per acre.

These two bidders were notified of the acceptance of their bids by Mr. Allen.

Same day all the bidders whose proposals have been accepted, were notified by mail to pay the one fourth of the purchase money within ten days from date of notice, and the remainder on the delivery of the scrip.

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The Surveyor General addressed the following communication to Hon. J. M. Edmunds, Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington city, D. C., and inclosed a copy of the act of Assembly therein referred to :

STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, SURVEYOR GENERAL's Office,
HARRISBURG, January 5, 1865.

SIR: In pursuance of an act of Congress, approved July 2, 1862, entitled "An act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts," I herewith forward, to be filed in the General Land Office, a certified copy of an act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, entitled "An act to accept the grant of public lands by the United States, for the endowment of agricultural colleges," approved the first day of April, A. D. 1863. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Hon. J M. Edmunds,

JAMES P. BARR, S. G.

Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington city.

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Issued scrip numbered from one to fifty-two, inclusive, as follows:

McAllister and Beaver,

E. W. Hale,

Nos. 1-16-16 scrips.

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May 5, 1865.

At a full meeting of the board held at the Auditor General's office, the following resolution was passed:

Resolved, That the Surveyor General is hereby directed to advertise the sale of the lands donated, at the expense and under such arrangements as he deems proper to make with the Agricultural College. The advertisement to be put in two papers in Harrisburg, at least two in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and in every county and city where there is a college or university. No bid to be considered which is under seventy-five cents per

acre.

On motion, the board adjourned.

Received the following payments:

May 11, 1865.

E. C. Humes and Adam Hoy, administrators of James T. Hale, deceased, paid $1,088.

Same day issued scrip to them, Nos. 53 to 60, inclusive.

June 13, 1865.

Received of William P. Wilson, $136, and delivered one scrip, No. 44.

June 21,

1865.

Received of Edmund Blanchard, $1,088.

Same day issued him scrin from Nos. 51 to 68, inclusive.
Received of Samuel Lynn $136, and issued one scrip, No. 69.
Received of R. H. Duncan $1,088, and issued eight scrips, Nos. 70 to
inclusive.

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June 22, 1865.

The board of commissioners met at the Surveyor General's office, in pursuance of an advertisement published by direction of the resolution passed on the 5th of May last, and opened the bids received for the land scrip.

The following bids were accepted, and notice given to the parties to make payment:

George F. McFarland, Harrisburg, .
Parly Coburn, Harrisburg,

Abraham Hoover, West Fairview,
L. A. Tucker, Rockdale, Pa.,

David Pollock, Maysville, Mercer county,

Forney & Bro., Harrisburg,

Charles P. Coburn, Harrisburg,

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John H. Merllison, Co. H, 190 P. V., John H. Merllison, Co. H, 190 P. V., On motion, resolved, that the Surveyor General or the president of the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, be authorized to accept all the bids made at seventy-five cents per acre, or such amount as may be offered exceeding that. Adjourned.

SCRIP ISSUED.

July 5, 1865, issued to Forney & Brother six scrips, No. 78 to 83, inclusive.

July 6, 1865, issued to Abraham Hoover one scrip, No. 84.
Same day issued to Parley Coburn two scrips, Nos. 85 to 86.

July 8, 1865, issued to Charles B. Coburn four scrips, Nos. 87 to 90, inclusive.

July 12, 1865, issued to George F. McFarland two scrips, Nos. 91 and 92. August 12, 1865, issued to George Thomas one scrip, No. 93, at $1 per

acre.

August 22, 1865, issued to George M. Young one scrip, No. 94, at 80 cents per acre.

September 2, 1865, issued to Richard Morely one scrip, No. 95.

September 23, 1865, issued four scrips, Nos. 96 to 99, inclusive, to Charles B. Coburn, at 76 cents per acre.

September 23, 1865, issued six scrips to William H. Allen, Nos. 100 to 105, inclusive, at 75 cents per acre.

September 23, 1865, issued six scrips, to A. O. Hiester, Nos. 106 to 111, inclusive, at 75 cents per acre.

September 28, 1865, issued four scrips, to Andrew Reed, Nos. 112 to 115, inclusive, at 75 cents per acre.

September 28, 1865, issued eight scrips, to William Allison, Nos. 116 to 123, inclusive, at 75 cents per acre.

November 6, 1865, issued four scrips, to Hon. Daniel Kaine, Nos. 124 to 127, inclusive, at 75 cents per acre.

November 6, 1865, issued six scrips, to Alfred Howell, Nos. 128 to 133, inclusive, at 75 cents per acre.

November 6, 1865, issued eight scrips, to J. Skiles, jr., Nos. 134 to 141, inclusive, at 75 cents per acre.

April 14, 1866, issued six scrips, to Stephens and Miller, Neosho, Newton county, Missouri, Nos. 142 to 147, inclusive, at 75 cents per acre.

April 25, 1866, issued one scrip, to John Scherick, of Lisburn, Cumberland county, Penn'a, No. 148, at 75 cents per acre.

HARRISBURG, PA., May 10, 1866.

Board of commissioners for the sale of "agricultural land scrip," met at the office of the State Agricultural Society.

Members present: A. G. Curtin, Governor and ex-officio president; J. F. Hartranft, Auditor General; J. M. Campbell, Surveyor General.

Surveyor General Campbell reported the fact that the minute book and papers of the board had been taken away by the former clerk, and that no record or papers of the board remained in his office.

On motion, it was resolved that Surveyor General Campbell and William H. Allen be and they are hereby authorized and requested to proceed at once to Philadelphia and New York, for the purpose of negotiating the sale of land scrip.

The board adjourned to the office of the State Treasurer, for the purpose of ascertaining what amount of land scrip had been withdrawn from the vault, and what amount of bonds or other securities belonging to the board had been deposited there.

Board met at the office of the State Treasurer, where, upon examination, they found that (167) one hundred and sixty-seven quarter sections had been taken from the package of land scrip, and that there was deposited to the credit of the board, two packages purporting to contain respectively $12,300 and $5,800 in State bonds. On motion adjourned.

J. M. CAMPBELL,
Secretary pro tem.

SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, HARRISBURG, PA., May 23, 1866.

The commissioners for sale, &c., of agricultural land scrip met at this

office.

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