The Arkansas advocate., 1836-01-22

COHtl1uOuS dS nay DCt @hoH " 0 6'1"ss = - i the State for the use of schools.
 All salt springs within the State, and one entire township of the public lands including ] the same, shall be granted to the State for 1 the use thereof, and the same to be so'used and disposed of. under such terms, condi- lions and regulations as the General As sembly shall direct.
 The seventy-two sections of land hereto fore granted by the United States, and re- served or to be reserved by the Secretary of the Treasury for the nse of seminary of learning, shall be vested in the General As sembly of the State, to be appropriated sole ly to the use of a seminary of learning by said General Assembly.
 Five per centum of the nett proceeds of the sale of public lands lying within said State, and which shall be sold by the United States from and after the day of next, after deducting all expenses incident to the same, shall be reserved for the pur- poses following, to wit: Four fifihs to be dsbursed within the State, under the direc- lion of the General Assembly of the State, for roads and canals, and one fifth for the encouragement of learning.
 1 quantity Of land equal 10 one township, to be located under the direction of the Gen eral Assembly of the State, according to any of the legal subdivisions of the public lands, shall be granted to said State, 10 be applied 10 the erection or completion Of a State House, and such other public buildings as, in inc discretion Of the General Assembly, the public good may require.
 number of sections of the unan- propriated public lands lying within this State, shall be designated under the direc- lion of the General Assembly, s;ad granted to the State for the purposes ol internal im- provemen;s.
 All that section of country lying west of the western boundary of the State of Ark ansas, which was formerly part of the Territory of Arkansas under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved the 23d of May, 1924, and which was ceded by the United States to the Cherokee and Choctaw l Indians, whenever tie Indian tide shall be extingalshed to the same, shall be attached to and form part of the State of Arkansas, and when the said Indian title shall be ex- tlnguished, the western boundary of the said State shall be in accordance with the provisions of lhe said Act of Congress.
 The people of the State of Arkansas shall never interfere with the primary dis posal of the public lands within the said State, nor shall they levy tax on any of the lands of the United States within the said State.
 The roads commenced in this State, for the construction of which appropriations have been made by Congress, shall be com pleted and put in repair at the expense of the United States
 II the public lands within the State of Arkansas. which have been offered for sale ] five years and upward, the htle of which is In the United States, shall be ceded to the State Of Arkansas for such purposes as the General Assembly may deem proper.
 The Delegate in Congress from the Ter ntory oi Arkansas is hereby authorised and empowered to make or assent to, such oth- CT propositions, or such variations of the propositions herein made, as the interests ot the State may require; and any such changes or new propositions, when approv- ed by the General Assembly, shall be as obligatory as fl the assent Of tins Gonven- ton were given thereto; and all stipuations entered into by the General Assembly with i the United States, shall be considered art- l cles of compact between the United States and the State of Arkansas
 l Laid on the table and ordered to be print ed.
 .Hr C'tfoeu offered the following resolu- ton, which was laid on the table, l Resotued, That q committee be appointed. to consist of eleven members, to take into consideration the proprety of permanently locating the Seat of Government of the State ct Arkansas, at some convenient point on the .aississippi river.
 Friday Jan. 15, 1886.
 This day was principally consumed in de- cldlng questions of order, and in offering and i rejecting amendments to the report of the Executive committee. The following amend ment, however, offered by .Nr. FoaoIer, was adopted
 Whenever the office of Governor shall have 1 become vacant, by death, resignation, remo val from office, or otherwise-progided such vacancy shall not happen within eighteen months of the end of the term for which the late Governor shall have been elected-the President of the Senate, or Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, exercising the powers of Governor for the time being. shall immediately cause an election to be held to fill such vacancy, giv ing, by proclamation, fixty days previous mo- tice thereof; which election shall be govern ed by the same rules prescribed for general 1 election of Governor, as far as practicable the returns shall be made to the Secretary of State, who in presence of the Acting Gov 1 ,I T,,le