Gazetteer of New York, 1860 & 1861, page 047

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LANDS. 47

The public lands are greatly reduced in quantity, and belong to the several permanent funds to
■which they have from time to time been granted.¹

Gospel and School Lands.—Under an act of 1782, a lot of 400 acres was to be reserved
in each township of the Military Tract for the support of the gospel, and two lots of 200 acres for
schools.²

In each of the Twenty Towns of the Chenango Tract a lot of 250 acres (usually Lot 45) was
reserved for the gospel, and another (Lot 46) of like extent for schools; but these lots were sold
with the lands, and the Canastota Tract, in Sullivan and Lenox, adjoining Oneida Lake, was
in 1805-08 given in lieu, and apportioned among the Twenty Towns.³

In each of the Ten Towns on the St. Lawrence a mile square (usually Lot 55) was granted for
gospel and schools, and in some towns was applied in early years to both these objects.¹

Besides these grants for'schools by the State, land proprietors have in some instances conveyed
certain lots for this purpose, to encourage settlement. In nearly every instance these lands have
been applied for the benefit of the original townships within which they were granted, and in
their subdivision the local school fund has been equitably divided. Other lands Avere subse¬
quently granted, as elsewhere noticed; and in 1822 the Constitution gave all the public lands
not specially appropriated to the school fund.⁵

¹ The quantity now owned forms about 4J per cent, of that
held in 1823, and compares between the two periods as
follows:—

Jan. 1,1823. Jan. 1859.

Lands belonging to the School Fund 991,6-59A. 9,463A.

“ “ Literature Fund 17,946 “ 640 “

“ “ Canal “ 129,769 “ “

“ “ General “ “ 39,269 “

“ “ Salt “ ...... “ 209“

Total 1,139,374 “ 49,581 “

^s These lots were designated by the supervisors of Onondaga
and Seneca cos., under acts passed in 1796 and 1808, as follows:—

Gospel and School Lands of the Military Trad.


Original Town¬	S Cp e ^	3	Present Towns sharing in Profits
ship AND ITS		3 o	Present Towns sharing in Profits
Numbers.	O 'f? tbig	fchq s	of School Lot.
1. Lysander....	9	100	Lysander and part of Granby.
2. Hannibal....	5	14	Hannibal, Cicero, parts of Os¬ wego City, and Granby.
3. Cato...........	25 •	89	Victory, Ira, and parts of Con¬ quest and Cato.
4. Brutus......	87	58	Brutus, and parts of Sennett, Mentz, Conquest, and Cato.
5. Camillas....	72	15	Camillus, Elbridgje, and Van Buren.
6. Cicero.........	14	16	Clay and Cicero. .
7. Manlius......	74	18	De Witt and Manlius.
8. Aurelius.....	60	36	Owasco, Fleming, Auburn, and parts of Aurelius, Sennett,and
			Owasco, Fleming, Auburn, and parts of Aurelius, Sennett,and
			Mentz.
9. Marcellus...	22	19	Marcellus, Skaneateles, and parts of Spafford and Otisco.
10. Pompey......	67	30	Pompey, Lafayette, and part of
10. Pompey......			Otisco.
11. Romulus....	50	55	Romulus, Varick, Fayette, and parts of Seneca Falls.
12. Scipio.........	1	82	Scipio, A’enice, and part of Niles.
			Scipio, A’enice, and part of Niles.
13. Sempronius	52	25	Sempronius, Moravia, and part of Niles.
14. Tully..,......	76	69	Tully, Preble, Scott, and parts of Spafford and Otisco.
15. Fabius.......	3	36	Fabius and part of Truxton.
16. Ovid...........	30	23	Ovid, Lodi, and Covert.
17. Milton.......	24	56	Genoa and part of Lansing.
18. Locke.........	15	94	Groton, Summer Hill, and Locke.
19. Homer.......	34	85	Homer and Cortlandville.
20. Solon.........	22	41	Solon and part of Truxton. Hector.
21. Hector.......	1	6	Solon and part of Truxton. Hector.
22. Ulysses......	5	24	Ulysses, Enfield, Ithaca, and part of Lansing.
23. Dryden......	29	63	Dryden.
24. Virgil.........	36	20	Virgil.
25. Cincinnatus	53	49	Cincinnatus, Freetown, Mara¬ thon, and Willet.
26. Junius.......	78	79	Junius, Tyre, AVaterloo, and part of Seneca Falls.
27. Galen.........	45	33	Galen and Savannah.
28. Sterling......	73«	88	Sterling, Butler, AVolcott, Huron, and Rose.

¹ Exchanged for No. 17 by Chap. 177, Laws of 1812.

³ In each of the following townships a lot of 640 acres was
reserved for schools, viz.:—Fayette, now Guilford, and part of
Oxford; Clinton, now Bainbridge, Afton, and part of Coventry;
Greene, now parts of Greene, Smithville, and Coventry; Warren,
now parts of Colesville, Sanford, and AVindsor; Chenango, now
parts of Port Crane, Conklin, Colesville, and AVindsor; Sidney,
now parts of Binghamton* and Vestal; Randolph, now parts
of Sanford, Windsor, and Conklin; and Hambden, now parts
of Vestal, Owego, and Nichols.

4 In Plattsburgh 640 acres was reserved for the gospel, and
460 for schools; and in Totten and Crossfield’s Purchase -16 lots
of 640 acres each. The latter have been selected under the
Sackets Harbor and Saratoga R. R. Grant. In Benson Town¬
ship (Hope and Lake Pleasant) 4 lots of 160 acres .ea'ch were
given for schools and literature.

⁵ The lands of the school fund were, Jan. 1859, as follows:—
4,270 acres in Hamilton, 2,861 in Essex, 1,680 in Clinton, 350 in
AVayne, 105 in Schoharie, 75 in St. Lawrence, 30 in AVashing-
ton, 28 in Oneida, 25 in Fulton, 16 in Montgomery, 12 in Her¬
kimer, 6 in Dutchess, and 5 in Onondaga cos.

Literature Lands have been reserved as follows:—1 mi. square
in each of the townships of Fayette, Greene, Clinton, Chenango,
Warren, Sidney, and Hamden. Townships 1, 4, 5, 8, 13,14,
17, 19, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 41, in Totten and Crossfield’s
Purchase. Lot No. 56 in each of the Ten Towns of St. Law¬
rence co. A lot of 550 acres (less 50 for survey) in each of tho
28 towns of the Military Tract. These lots were appropriated
as follows:—

Military Tract.—Townships 7, 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 15, 16,17, and
20, to Union College.

Township 13, to Oxford Academy, Chap. 112,				Laws of 1800.
“	5,	“ Pompey “	“ 119,	« 1813.
ti	3,	“ Cayuga “	“ 71,	« 1814.
“	1,	“ Onondaga “	« 200,	“ 1814,
<£	19,	“ Cortland “	“ 10	« 1822.
II	28,	“ Auburn “	“ 260,	« 1825.
It	22,	“ Ithaca “	“ 308,	“ 1825.
The remainder were sold for the benefit of the Literature Fund,

Clinton Township, granted to the town of Jericho, Chap. 3,
Laws of 1822. All other townships in Broome and Che¬
nango cos. were sold for the benefit of the Literature Fund

Ten Towns, in St. Lawrence Co.—In Potsdam, granted to St.
Lawrence Academy, Chap. 148,1816. In Canton, granted
to Lowville Academy, Chap. 134, Laws of 1818. The re¬
mainder was sold, and $1,000 given to Middlebury Aca¬
demy in 1823; $1,000 to Redhook Academy in 1824; $2,500
to St. Lawrence Academy in 1825; and the remainder
passed to the Literature Fund.

Totten and Crossfield’s Purchase.—10,240 acres absorbed by

S. H. & S. R. R. In Benson Township, 4 lots of 160 acres
each remain unsold. Of the unsold lands of the State in
Jan. 1859, there were 39,269 acres; of which 19,020 are in
Clinton, 5,133 in Hamilton, 5,111 in Essex, 4,728 in Frank¬
lin, 1,643 in Warren, 1,147 in Delaware, and the same in
Erie, 780 in Herkimer, 212 in Cortland, 175 in Seneca, 116
in Sullivan, and 57 in Washington cos.

The Salt Springs Lands are, by Article 7, Sec. 7 of the Consti¬
tution of 1846, declared as belonging inalienably to the
State, and comprise the grounds upon which salt is manu¬
factured, whether by solar evaporation or artificial heat.
The Commissioners of the Land Office may sell, under au¬
thority of law, certain portions for the purpose of pur
chasing other lands, so that the amount shall not be dimi
nished. Since 1846, 114.85 acres have been sold, fa.
$153,039.50, and 543.12 acres purchased, for $154,161.79.

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