at the lands sold in compliance
with the provisions of this and the preceding section shall
not be alienated by their purchasers within six years from
and after the passage of this act.

"SEC. 8. _And be it further enacted_, That the
'school-farms' in the parish of Saint Helena, South
Carolina, shall be sold, subject to any leases of the same,
by the said tax commissioners, at public auction, on or
before the first day of January, eighteen hundred and
sixty-seven, at not less than ten dollars per acre; and the
lots in the city of Port Royal, as laid down by the said tax
commissioners, and the lots and houses in the town of
Beaufort, which are still held in like manner, shall be sold
at public auction; and the proceeds of said sales, after
paying expenses of the surveys and sales, shall be invested
in United States bonds, the interest of which shall be
appropriated, under the direction of the commissioner, to
the support of schools, without distinction of color or
race, on the islands in the parishes of Saint Helena and
Saint Luke.

"SEC. 9. _And be it further enacted_, That the assistant
commissioners for South Carolina and Georgia are hereby
authorized to examine the claims to lands in their
respective States which are claimed under the provisions of
General Sherman's special field order, and to give each
person having a valid claim a warrant upon the direct tax
commissioners for South Carolina for twenty acres of land;
and the said direct tax commissioners shall issue to every
person, or to his or her heirs, but in no case to any
assigns, presenting such warrant, a lease of twenty acres of
land, as provided for in section seven, for the term of six
years; but, at any time thereafter, upon the payment of a
sum not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents per acre, the
person holding such lease shall be entitled to a certificate
of sale of said tract of twenty acres from the direct tax
commissioner or such officer as may be authorized to issue
the same; but no warrant shall be held valid longer than two
years after the issue of the same.

"SEC. 10. _And be it further enacted_, That the direct tax
commissioners for South Carolina are hereby authorized and
required, at the earliest day practicable, to survey the
lands