30-1Public LandsReport : Memorial of A. Rawson. [526] Seneca reservation in Ohio.1848-13

House of Representatives Report No. 650, 30th Congress, 1st Session (1848)

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THIRTIETH CONGRESS-FIRST SESSION . . Report No~ 650. [To accompany bill H. R. No. 517.] HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SCHOOL LANDS IN SENECA COUNTY, OHIO. MAY 30, 1848. Mr. CoLLAMER, from the Committee on Public Lands, made the following REPORT: The Committee on Public Lands, to whom W11s referred the memo-rial of .libel Rawson, report: · It appears that at the time of the first survey of township No. 3 north, in range 16 east, in Seneca county, Ohio, more than half of the' same was within the Seneca reservation, to which the Indian title was not extinguished, and therefore the 16th section could not then be. had for the use oJ s9hoo ls. The township was, therefore, regarded as a sectional one, and another tract therein, to wit, the west half of section 12, was selected and allotted for the use of schools therein. Some years afterwards, the Indian title to the Seneca reservation was extinguished, anfl the who'le of the township became unincumbered and subject to sale; and the whole was sur· veyed and platted, and then the 16th section reserved, by the general law, for the use of schools in the township, being ~ts full proportion, independent of. sa1d west half of section 12, was re-served from sale; yet said west half of section 12 was never dis-posed of by the government. :By a general law of Ohio, the school land~ in the State were sold and the avails are funded, and the accruing interest is expended in the townships for schools. In relation to this township, this sec·-tion 16 was, under the law of the State, sold; and afterwards, by and under an act of the State, passed in March, 1843, the west half of seCtion 12, aforesaid, was also sold. These sales were for amounts above the minimum price of the public lands, and have been paid for by the purchasers to the State. As doubts have arisen as to the lega~ title of said purchasers, the 2 Rep. No. 650. senate and house of representatives of the State of Ohio, by joint resolution, have requested that the titles under these sales be, by act of Congres<:, confirmed, upon there being being paid into the treasury of the Unifed States the amount for which the said wt:st half of section 12 was sold. The committee regard that as entirely equitable, and report a bill accordingly. A copy of 'ilaid resolutions of Ohio are hereto an-nexed. PREAMBLE -AND JOINT RESOLUTION Relative to the confirmation of title to section 16, township 3 north1 range 16 east, Seneca county. Whereas, in the ·year 1836, section sixteen, in township three north, in range sixteen east, in Seneca county, pursuant to an act of the general ass~mbly of the State of Ohio, passed January thirty, one thousand eight hundrf'd and thirty-six, was sold as land appro-priated by Congress for the use of schools, and full payment has been made, and deeds executed and delivered to the purchasers, for the same; and whereas, doubts have been expressed n S to the title of the purchasers, and as to the appropriation of s~·id lands for the use of schools; and whereas, in the year one thousand etght hun-dred and forty-five, the west half of section twelve, in the same township, pu'rsuant to an act of the general assembly of Ohio, passed March tenth, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, was, in like manner, sold as land appropriated for the use of schools; and whereas, it is believed that all the purchasers of both tracts purehased in the confident belief that . they would ac-quire a good title by such purchase, and gave fa ir prices for the land so purchased; and whereas, it is presumed that" the United States will readily confirm -to the inhabitants of such t :; wnship said section sixteen, and that it was never intended by Congress that any larger quantity of land should be so appropriated for such township; therefore·, Resolved, by the general assembly of the State of Ohio, That our senators and representatives in Congress be requested to use their influence to procure the passage of an act of Congress, providing for the con.firmation of the title to section sixteen, in said township, to those holding the. same by grants from the State of Ohio, and also for the payment of the purchase money, for the west half of section twelve, into the treasury of the United Stat~s, according to the terms of the sale thereof. Re~olved, That the governor be requested to forward copies of the above preamble and resolution to our senators and representa-tives in Congress respectively. _ ELIAS F. DRAKE, Speaker of the llouse of Representatives. SEABURY FORD, JANUARY 17, 1846. Speaker of the Senate. 

School lands in Seneca County, Ohio.

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School lands in Seneca County, Ohio.

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