The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1820-03-29


before the first day of January. in the
year one thousand eight hundred and
twenty five, and the same, when SO Sc
lected, TO he used under such terms, con-
dinons, and regulations, rs the Legisla-
iurc OF said State shall direct: Proviata.
that no salt sprlng, the right whereof now
Is, or hereafter shall be. confirmed or adi
Judged to any individual OF individuals,
hal by this section be granted to said
-tate: Ind preridea, aIso, That the Le-
gislaturc Shall never sell or lease The same,
At any one time, for q longer period than
ten Years, without the consent oi Con-
gress
Third That FIVE per cent. of the net
proceeds OF The sale OF lands lying withir
the SAID territory, or state, and which
shall be sold by Congress, icm and after
The FIRST day Of January next, after de-
ducnng all expenses incident TO the sane,
shall be resolved for making public roads
and canals, of which three hlhs shall bt
applied to those objects within the State,
uader the direction of the Legislature
thereof; aud the other two-fiilhs in de-
iIaying. under the direction of Congress,
the expenses TO be incurred in making OF
IA ,uad or roads, canal or canals, leading
to the said State.
|. Fourth That four entire sections oi
land be. and the same are hereby, granted
TO the said stale for the purpose OF fixing
their seat Of government thereon, which
said sections shall, under the direction oil
th, Legislature OF said state. be located,
as near as may be, in one body, a, an,
time, in such townships and ranges as
the Legislature aforesaid may select, on
any OF the public lands of the United
States: ln,ocidtd tha such locations
shall be made prior to the public sale OF
the lands of the United States surround.
ing snch location.
Fifth That thirty-six sections, or enc
entire township, which shall be desigoat-
ed by the President OF the United States,
together with the other lands heretofore
reserved for that purpose, shall be reserv-
cd ior the.use OF Seminary of Learning
and vested inihe Legislature OF said state,
TO be appropriated spely for the use Of
such Seminary by the said Legislature
Progided, that the five foregoing proposf-
tons herein offered, are on the condition
that the convention Of the said state shall
provide, by an ordinance, irrevocabIe
without the consent oi the United States,
that every and each tract of land sold by
the United States, from and after the
first day of January next, shall remain
exempt from any tax laid by order or
under the authority of the state, whether
for state, county, or township, or any
other purpose whatever, tor the term of
FIVE years from and after the Gay Of sale
and /nrfher, that the bounty lands grant
cd, or hereafter TO he granted, for mill
tary services during the late war, shall,
while they continue to be held by the
patentees, or their heirs, remain exempt
as aforesaid from taxation for the term Of
three years from and after the date Of the
patents respectively.
Sec. z Hnd be it further enacted,
That, in case constitution and state
government shall be formed for the peo-
pie of the said territory of Missouri, he
said convention, or representatives, as
soon thereafter as may be, shall cause
true and a,tested copy of such constitu-
ton, or frame of state government, as
shall be formed or provided, to be trans.
mitted to Congress.
Sec. 8. and be IL further enaefcd,
That IN all that territory ceded by France
TO the United States, under the name ol
Louisiana, which lies north of thirty.siS
degrees and thirty minutes north latitude
not included within the limits of the s.a;e
oDtemplafed by this act, slavery and In
voluntary sereitude, otherwise than IN
The punishment Of crimes, whereof, the
isrles shall have been duly convicted,
shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited:
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