Section 2

Section 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Governor be and he is hereby authorised to employ one or more able counsel, generally to attend to the interests of the state, in and to the aforesaid lands, in all suits already commenced, or which shall be ready for trial at the next April or at any succeeding term in the circuit court of the United States, and to draw his warrant or warrants in favor of such counsel, for such sum or sums as may be thought proper, which shall be paid out of any unappropriated monies in the treasury of this commonwealth: Provided, Such sum or sums do not exceed one thousand dollars; and that the appearance and attendance of council as aforesaid, shall not be so construed as to acknowledge or give any further or additional power or jurisdiction, other than the courts have heretofore constitutionally possessed and exercised in the plea aforesaid.