Section 1. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact, That no sales of swamp lands, stocks or other property appropriated to the cause of education, shall be made, except by the authority of the General Assembly, on such terms as shall be prescribed by law, and all laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 2. This Act shall go into effect from and after its ratification.

Ratified the 17th day of March, A.D., 1869.

William W. Holden, Governor
Joseph W. Holden, Speaker of the House of Representatives
Tod R. Caldwell, Lt. Governor and President of the Senate

State of North Carolina
Office of Secretary of State,
Raleigh, September 1st, 1869.

I, Henry J. Menninger, Secretary of State, hereby
certify that the foregoing are true copies of the original
public acts and resolutions on file in this office.

Henry J. Menninger,
Secretary of State.