The Government has also realized $350.000 from resales of the lands. making in all over $700.000 besides the value of the land remaining on hand. The act provided that out of the proceeds of this land resold at a profit there shall be paid to the governor of the State of South Carolina onefourth of the amount to reimburse loyal citizens. or for such other purpose as the State may direct. The act also provided that there should also be paid over onefourth of the amount to aid persons of African descent to emigrate to Liberia and Hayti. which amount was disallowed by the Secretary of the Treasury. and this the Government retains. Therefore the Government. after paying this sum. will have threefourths of the profits of the resales of this land. amounting to $290.000 over and above the quota of South Carolina. [Here the hammer fell.]
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