Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-03-14

tue 6onvsbun q! The fssii leltl6y OF M!ssoari Sneu
formed. Tor their Tree acceptance sc,on which a
accepted ny the convention, sha be obligatory upon
the u. states.
First That section NUN cred siAtesn IN every town
ship, aud VIXEN such section has been sold. Other
wise dposed Of othsi lands equivalent thereto, aud
contiguous as may be- sbai he granted tue State for
the use Of tue inhabitants Of such township Tor the
Second. rha,ai salt springs, not excee ling twelve
IN ngmber, with elk sections of iapd adjoining To each
shall be granted the said state for the use VI SAID
state tue same To he selected tue Legislature Of the
SAID state. on or before tie HrS day Of Jannar IN tue
year 1873 aud the same, whtn selected To be used
unuer such ters Conditions, aud regulations as the
Legislature OF said state shall direct Pr0Uioe that
sait spring. tbd right whereof is hereafter
ssdll he couhrHed or adju sed to any individual or
i1asiduais, shall by this section be granted said
state: sRa ProUided atSo That the Legislature shan
never sell or lease the saue al any one time, for
longer teriod than ten Years without the
4 Congress.
Third That i've per OF the net proceeds OF the
sal, OF lands lying within tie said territory or stase
aud Witch shall be sold ~ Congress nom aud er
tit .Tsi day nj JaGua next alter dejucting all en-
IN id,ni HE e. st.ii reserved Tor maxim.
pubc roads sad can.'t III which three maths shall be
apsied tn thoEr o,j within the state under the
direction OF thu Legislature taere"f aud abe other
two hiihs In etraiIns, und tue direction OF Couses
the expences 20 he incurred ~ making Of "A ruad or
roads, cana canals, leading To the Cd id slate.
Fourth. That four entire sections of laud be- and
the same a'e hereby, grained tn abr state fr the
pn' -se o. hNips tncir seat cf government thereon
which said sections shall under the direction oi the
Legislature Of sale state. be oced, rs u,ay
be, ia body, at amy time, IN snch Townships an
ranges as the LEGISLATURE esad may select, any
Of ,he public Land, OF tho United States: PyOSidyd
that such ocaiion shaii be made prior to The
'ss the lands of the uni,ed states Surrounding such
! location.
FT)ih That thirt, SIX sections or one entire to,su
ship, which shall bs designated by tie tie
United cgriheT with the ether lands
reserved ior puspose, shall reserved for the ua
of SEMINAR OF L-aTkinS, anu vesfed n the L.gislh
tnr. Of said tate 10 be aPprop lated sSely Tor The use
o. such Seminary nj tue SAID L, es,ainrs: Procided
that the ave foregoing propositions herein offered
"h tr condition that the >enion of III said state
shall provide by an ordinance, rTevocsblr Without The
Of The United States that ever and each
OF land sold by The United States, fom and after the
htst day OF January next. shal remain exempt Tou
any laid by order uder she horn, Of The
sia'e "hsiher for state, county or township or any
hei purpose whatever fer the term Of I'VE Years from
am e. be oay 90 SAFE snd juTthsr that tue bounty
iard' ganied hereafter TO lie granted tor military
services during The late war; shall while they continue
enpt as aforesaid fun Tor the term of thrse
years from aud after tue date Of the patents re.pee.
| ts.ly
Sec 4md be i further enacted, That, in cas-. a
C" osiiirtion and stat .ovsrumeut shan re formed ~
the peorie OF h said territory OF Missouri, the said
convention, OF representatives, as soon thereafter a.
ma, be, shall cause rne and attsstsd copy of such
constitution, or frame OF state government, as shall
be formed revdcd to ne trans ntisd 10 Congte ss
SEC 3. find be 10 further enacted That in al, that
territory ceded ~ France to the United States under
the aare of louisiana which lies north OF thnty six
degrees and thirty minutes north latitude not
within the iiii> OF the state contemplated by this act
slavery and inVOlpDtary servtuds oherwise than in
the punishment OF crimes, whereof the parties shall
have been duly Convicted shall be- and is hereby Cor
ever prohibited ProUided ARRAYS, That any person
escaping into the same, from whom labor or servic,
is lawful! claimed, in any state territory Of the w.
s. such fugitive may Ne law fully reclaimed and con
Cd 10 the person claiming his or her labor services
| AFORESAID. n. CLAY
| Speaker Of the House of Representatives
JOHN OAKLAND,
President of the Senate pro ten Dol e.
JAMES MONROE.