The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1836-07-23
[BY AUTHORITY.l
Law OF TUE UNITED STATES PASSED A
TIE TWENTY FOURTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION.

lPUpLrc-No AL
AN ACT supplementary to the act entitled
An act for the admission o! the State ol
Arkansas in:o the Union, and To provide
for the due execution Of tho laws Of the
United States, Within the same, aud sos
other purposes"
Be Il enacted, dc Tha, in lieu Of the
propositions submitted 10 tho Congress ofihc
Uaiicd states BY an ordinance passed by tho
ecnseniion Of delegates ai Liulr Rock, as
sc.nbied for tho purpose Of making Coussi-
tuition ior the State Of Arkansas, which arc
hereby rejected, and thai .l,e following propo-
si.inns be, aud tho same are hereby, offered
10 the General Assemhiy II the State oil Ar
kansas, for their fscc cscees ancc OF rejection.
which, il accepted undcrihc anlhosny grant
ed To the Geacrai Assembly for this purpose
BY The conren.inn which framed the cons,itu.
ton Of tho SAID Stale, shall DC obligatory up
on the United States
First. That section numbered sixteen in
every township. and, wiicu such section has
been sold. or Otherwise disposca af. other
lands equivalent thereto. and as contiguous
ss may be, shall be granted to the state tor
the usc cf the inhahit7n,s Of such township.
for the use Of schools.
Second. That al sal, springs. not exceed
ing twelve in number. with SIX SECTIONS OF
land anjoining to each. shall be granted 10
the said state, sot the use Of said state. the
same to be selected by the General Assembly
thereof, on OF before the hs.t day ot January.
one thousand cigh, hundred and forty; and
the same, when 50 selected. 90 bc used undcr
such terms, eondmIons. end regulations, as
tho General Assembly Of said state shall d'-
, rect P,oridcd, Tha, no saii spring, the
Yizhl whereof Is now vested IN any indissd-
ual OF individuals, shali, BY this section. be
granted 10 said state ind provided. also,
That the General Assembly shall never sell
or lease the same. at an! ono tinnc. Tor long
q period than ten years, without the consent
: Of Congress: and ,ha, n thing contained IN
tho nc, OF Congress entitled .'An act su.
sho.izing the Governor OF the Territory ol
Arkansas 10 lease the salt springs IN said
Territory, and for other purposes" or 'n any
other act, shall be eons,suet! TO give To the
said state any further or o,bes claim wh'sso'
ever, 70 any sal, springs or lands adjoining
thereto. than to hose hereby granted.
7Rird Tint 6ve per cent. OF the nett pro
ceeds Of the sale Of lands lying within the
said STATE. and which shall! br sold by on
gress. from and afier the - day Of
next, a!acr dcdue,ins all expenses incident &c
the same, shall be reserved for making pub
lie rosds and canals within the said state, un
der The direction of the General Asscmbl,
thereof
Fourth Tha, quantity of land not cx
cecding Eve sections be. and tho same
hereby, gran,cd 10 the said State. in addition
to tkcteh sections which have already beer
granted. for the purpose Of completing tn
Rock which said fire sections shall. undo
The direction Of the General Assembly o
said State. be located, q, any time, in lcga
divisions Of not less than ono quarter sec
zion, in such townships aud ranges as ,h'
General Assembly aforesaid may select. OF
any Of The unapfropria,cd public lands OF tn
United States within the SAID state.
Fifth. Tha, two entire townships OF lan'
uhich have already been located by virtue O
the &C, entitled Z" An act concerning sem'
nary Of learning in the Territory oi Arkan
sas." approved the second Of March, on
thousand eight hundred and ,wcn,y.scyen
and hereby sessed in and confirmed 20 th'
Genera! Assembly of the said STATE, be ap
propriated solely TO tho use OF such seminar,
by the General Assembly Prorided, Tha
the five foregoing propositions herein Offered
are Oh the condition .ha, the General Assem-
bly, or Legislature Of the said State, by yr,u,
Of the powers conferred upon It by the con
.ention shich framed the constitution Of tn
SAID State, shall provide, by an ordinance il
Ierocoble without the consen. OF The Un'te'