Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-04-11

the United otatcS and that the LeglSla-
ture of said state shall never interfere
with the primary disposal of the soil by
the United States, nor with any regula-
! tons Congress may find necessary for
securing the title in such soil to bona hde
purchasers; and that no tax shall be i'm
posed on lands the property Of the
United States and in no case shall nom
resident prqprietors be taxed higher
! than residents.
See. S. Ind be it further enacted,
That, until The next general census shall
be taken, the said State shall be entitled
to one Representative in the House OF
Representatives of the United States.
Sec. e. Ind tie it further enacted,
That the following propositions be, ana
the same are hereby offered to the con-
vestion of the said territory of Missouri,
when formed, for their free acceptance
or rejection, which, if accepted by the
convention, shall be. obligatory upon the
United States:
First. That section numbered sixteen
in every township, and when such sec
ton has been sold, or otherwise dis
posed of, other lalsis equivalent thereto,
and as contiguous as may be, shall be
granted to the state for the use of the in
habitants Of such township for the use OF
schools.
Second. That all salt springs, not ex-
ceeding twelve in number, with six Sec
tons of land adjoining to each, shall be
granted to the said state for the use of
said state, the same to be selected by the
Legislature Of the said state, on or be-
fore the first day of January, in the year
one thousand eight hundred and twenty
live, and the same when so selected, TO
be used under such terms, conditions,
and regulations, as the Legislature of
said state shall direct: Provided, That
no salt spring, the right whereof now is,
or hereafter shall be, confirmed or adj
judged to any individual Or individuals,
shall, by this section be granted to said
state: Ind provided, also, That the
Legislature shall never sell or lease the
same, at any one time, fora longer period
than ten years, without the consent of
Congress. 4 e
Third. That five per cent. of the net
proceeds of the sale of lands lying with
in the said territory, or state, and which
shall be sold by Congress, from aud af-
ter the first day of January next, after de-
Quoting all expenses incident to the
same, shall be reserved for making pub
| lie roads, and canals, OF which three-Gfths
shall be applied to those objects within
the state under the direction of the
Legis laturc thereof; and the other two
tiiths in defraying, Under the direction Of
Congress, the expenses to be incurred in
making OF road or roads, canal or Ca
nails, leading to the said state. ''' ''
Fourth. That four entire sections o
land be, and they are hereby, granted to
the said state, for the purpose of fixing
their seat Of government thereon, which
said sections shall, under the direction
ofthe Legislature of said state, be located
as near as may be, in one body, at any
time, in such townships and ranges as
the Legislature aforesaid may select, on
any Of the public lands of the United
States /: Provided, That such locations
shall be made prior to the public sale of
the lands ofthe United States surround
ing such location. 81 80
'FJfih. That thirty-six sections, or one
entire township, which shall be desig-
mated by the President of the United
States, together with the other lands
heretofore reserved for that purpose,
shall be reserved for the use of Semi
nary of Learning, and vested in the
Legislature of said state, to be appropri-
| ated solely for the use ofsuch Seminary
by the said Legis lature Provided, That
the five foregoing propositions herein
offered, are on the condition that the
convention of the said state shall pro-
vide, by an ordinance, irrevocably with
out the consent of 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, CT any
other purpose whatever, for the term OF
five years from and after the day Of sale,
and further, that the bounty lands grant
ed, or hereafter to be granted, for mill
tary services during the late war, shall,
while they continue to be held by the
1patentees, 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. 7. And BE it further enacted,
That, in case a constitution and state