| Yazoo Fraud (yazoo fraud) |
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| Yaz"oo Fraud |
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The grant by
the State of Georgia, by Act of Jan. 7, 1795, of 35,000,000 acres of
her western territory, for $500,000, to four companies known as the
Yazoo Companies from the region granted ; --
commonly so called, the act being known as the Yazoo Frauds
Act, because of alleged corruption of the legislature, every
member but one being a shareholder in one or more of the companies.
The act granting the land was repealed in 1796 by a new legislature,
and the repealing provision was incorporated in the State constitution
in 1798. In 1802 the territory was ceded to the United States. The
claims of the purchasers, whom Georgia had refused to compensate, were
sustained by the United States Supreme Court, which (1810) declared
the repealing act of 1796 unconstitutional. Congress in 1814 ordered
the lands sold and appropriated $5,000,000 to pay the
claims.
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