The Arkansas advocate., 1833-02-13

Mir. Wickliflc, from tine minority oi the
 Committee on Pahllc Lands, report
 cd iile following amendment to the
 bill (No. 4O2) toreduce and graduate
 the price oi ihe Public Lands.
 AMENDMENT.
 Strike out tne whole bill, and inse rt---
 Br a aesspcfsd ty fhHe Scnate a,,d House ot Representatives. of the U,Hfed sfsaes of H @asriea in Congress assembled, [ lsi. from aaa after the third day of si.reh, ore taousa d eig't hundredand thirty three, there be allowed and paid 10 each of the St.sies oi Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, AIaba- m, Missouri, Mississippi, and Louisia- na. and the Territories of Michigan. Florida. and ArIsansas. in li.n of .he asnoaat now allowed hy law, seventeen and Y hait per centam upon the nett amount al the sales If the pnblic lands, which, subsequent to the fourth of March, one thousand eight hundred and ' l,sl1,adt. within the SC vessl l'soits ofthe said States and Terri. tories.
 Sec. ?. aad bc t further enaetcd,. That afier-deducting the said seven, teen and one half per cc.itum, the re- sidne of the nett proceeds of all the pub lie lands of the United States, wherever situated, which shall be sold subsequent to the fourth day of March, one thou sand eight hundred and thirty-three. shal' be divided among the twenly-four States, and the said Territories Of fMiehi@ gan, Arkansas, and Florida. aecordine to their respective federal population, as aseertained by the last census. to be applied by the said Stats and Yerri,o rlesto such objectsand purposes as their respective Legislatures may direct, to be paid over 10 the agents of the said States and Territories semi annually. hy fthe Secretary of the Treasury of thc sUaited States, under such rules ana regulations as may be prescribed by the department.
 Sec. 5. .AM be Il further enacted, Tint this act shall contiaue and be m dorce from tha said fourth day Of MarSn, one thousand eight huEdred and thirty three. until the United States shall have Abccomc involved in war with any for eign power: in which event, from the commencement of hostiIitics, tills act shall cease. and be 10 longerin force.
 Sec. 4. find 6e Il f,uti,er enacted. That from and after the said third ia, oi March, ono thousand eight hundred and thirty three, all lands which have been offered tor sale, and have resnai,.s cd nnsold for twenty years, may be cn tcred for private sale at twenty-five cents per acre; all lands that have been iii snafket for 1tfeen years, and remain ul.. sold, may be entered at private sale st fliiy cents per acre; and all lands which l =iiase, Fl like manner, been u market for ten years, and remain unsoId. shall be | subject to sale at private entry, atseyen- 1, five cents per acre: Provided, and II is hereby declared to be of the condi- tiDi,s sii watiei, iiic States are 10 accent of the distribution herein provided :s- Fifst, that the Congress of tue United States. so long as this act shall contirrle and be in fsTse, shall not inere ase the :miaimnn price of the public lands as now fixed by law. Second. Congress Asll appropriate, annually, the sum of ssa'v thousand dollars at least. and 1:s same 10 be expended ander tsls n,sfilg iaws of Congress providing sssss s'sd directing, the mode of survey tss tisailr lands. ana continue tle sisfyt> off fl'e bliclauds until the whole ale survestsd :it.d ready to he brought info market Thiri, there shall be ol: i..r.'i aaoiie sale, in. each and every yeaf, nnaer the existing laws of tho tsslFssd Mates directing the mode of sel- ispg nc public lands at public sale, at least acres of land, ssHsil the whole domain of the United Ssates within the said States and Terr; tories, shail have been offered at public sale.
 Ser. 5. .aad be it further e,,ooted That the division of the proceeds of tbe sales Of tho pahlic lands herein direct cd, shall he made uponthc basis of tie iast censns, until the coming in of inc re flrns of the next census of the neonle of the United States, which shall, lhereaf ter, De taken as inc basis on which ,o make the slisf Dntion aaong the sever4 ! 8tates and Territories, and So. continue