the


s  thfl  improTer  or  poaaessor  the  privilege  of  piirehMing  si
«inn  of  the  law  of  the  Dnited  States,  erer;  I6th  b


township  is  approiirialed  for  the  support  of  public  Bchoola.  This  is  one  thiiTf
Biith  of  all  the  public  Isude,  Mid  in  a  eMte  of  36,000  square  miles  woidd  giia  rms
thomiind  to  tliis  objeet

Previous  to  the  ii<loption  of  this  Bjetem  of  Buryejing  the  pab]i(^la^dl!,  great  con-
fusion  existed  for  the  want  of  a  general,  uniform  pluQ,  and  in  consequ«pce  ^llei
often  conQicted  nith  each  other,  and,  id  niuny  cbbbb,  severAl  erants  corerrd  the
same  preioixoa,  leailinK  Tsrj  frequentlj  to  litigation  mo«t  perplexing  and  ilniitl
intorminiible.  Now,  the  precise  boundaries  of  anj  piece  of  land  con  be  giien  in
a  very  few  lines;  aod,  in  b.  moment,  found  on  the  maps  in  the  gorernmeDt  land
ofGceH,  or,  if  the  land  baa  been  sold  to  indiriduals,  in  the  recorder's  office  in  the
county  in  'which  it  may  be  situated,  and  where  it  is  entered  for  taxation,  1^
laud  itself  can  bo  easily  found  by  the  permanent  comer  poata  at  each  oonierot
the  eectLoua

The  furtu  of  description  of  KOTemment  lands  is  thua  abown  bj  this  ciatiipl<>
"Norlli-East  tjuarter  of  Section  No.  23;  in  Township  No.  26  of  Kange  Nat
West  of  Meridian  Line,  in  White  Co.,  Ind„  and  containing  160  acres."  It  is  mmI
to  abridge  such  .Ip script! una,  thus:  "N.E.  (  S.  23,  T.  26,  R.  4  W.,  in  While  Ca,
loi,  Jt  cont'g  160  A."


The  state  inslitutiona  and  principal  educational  institntiona  of  lowiin
located  as  follows;  the  State  Universitj,  Iowa  City,  and  ita  Medin)  Dfl-
partniKnt  at  Keokuk  ;  State  Agricultural  College,  on  a  farm  in  Swrv
county  I  the  Blind  Asylum,  in  Vinton,  Benton  county;  Deaf  and  Pubd
Asylum,  Iowa  City;  Insane  Asylum,  Mount  Pleasant;  the  Penitentiuj,
Fort  Madison  ;  State  Uistoiical  Society,  Iowa  City  ;  Iowa  Orphan  AsjluiBi
Farmington,  Van  Burcn  county.     Among  educational  institutionB  ire:  the


M  ISSOD  Bl.
