The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-11-07

I in expressed shall be construed Ia .re.
STRAIN the said Territory OF Iowa, after
lappropria,ing sufficient quantity Of land
within said selected section for the size
and accommodation Of the said public
buildings, from selling and disposing Of
the residue of said section in lots or 9th
erwise for the use Of said Territory, in
the erection and completion OF said build
ing. a;a ft,, 81.
The act Of Congress comes in direct
conflict with the acts ofthe Legislative
Assembly, and the memorial presented 10
Congress by their order. Ii confines the.
selection to surveyed public lands, when
there were at the time Of lis passage
but two town ships of surveyed public
land within the county Of Johnson--one
lying between the line Of Washington
and Musouatine counties, and he other
north OF the same in the south east COR
neI OF the county, being entirely in the
prairie. and had been offered for sale in
the Du Buque land district, al The public
land safes in November. 1888. The re-
sirictons under which the selection is TO
be made, and the conditions connected
with the grant are such, as never can
be acceded to without an entire dlsre-
gard 10 the interests aud prosperity Of
the Territory. First, the selection is
confined to surveyed townships, when
the memorial presented TO Congress pray,
cd for the grant TO be within the late
lpurchrse Of the Sac and Fox Indians
Second-the section Of land must be Sc.
lee ed under the authority Of the Terri,
torial Legislature, the seat Of government,
located thereon and notice of sail seiec-
jtion officially returned to the Register Of
the Land Office. Thi,d -tha, when the
official return is made to the Land 'ffice,
every contiguous section, to the section
selected as the seat Of COVE nment be-
comes Congressional reservations, and
erihereatter is reserved from sale IN
any manner, until the sale shall be or
dered by a special &C, Of Congress. gao
What would be the effect of the last
condi.ion? 1t would inevitably tend to
check The Improvement OF the city, and
! retard The prosperity OF the inhabitants
! Fhe city would be surrounded on every
! side by Cong ressionu' reservations Of a
/ contiguous section, and must ever remain
! so, until a special act of Congress should
provide Tor the disposal OF these con,ig-
1 ious sections which would probably not
oss for many years, and then apon terms
/ hat would check the Improvement Of
4 the CITY, am clearly Of the opinion
that the gran, proposed under the. afore-
said Of Congress ough, not be acceped
by the Territory and ha, it would be
better lor.the Territory to pay the gov
eminent price for ten sections Of land
than to accept the dono,on Of one section
under such embarrassing conditions
therefore recommend 10 the Legislative
. Assembly the passage OF memorial C
!. Congress, calling tneir attention TO the
memorial that was forwarded by lheis
direction to the la,e Congress, and re
questing that grant or pre-emp'ion ighI
may be secured TO the Territory, for the
: land on which the seat Of government il
: located without any restrictive conditions
{ on Cong reservation in the vicn
n i,y thereof.
The commissioners appointed by tht
: late Legislative Assembly, proceeded t,
! locate The seat Of government in III,
! county OF Johnson, (and think very prop
: FerIy too) without reg ,rd to the act o
: Congress Of The Sd Of March last, ant
: have made report of the proceedings &
the Executive, in accordance with The
). provisions Of the legislative acts Of tht
i Territory. The section selected by,hcn
has been laid out into city lots. and OF
application Of the acting commissioners
: public sale of lots were by proclamation
fof the Executive ordered TO be- held O,
y .he 81 Monday Of August. and on tht
first Monday in Oc,ob3r last at which
. sale there was 203 in lots and 8 out lot
a sold for The aggregate sumof $23.85475
$ The lots,so'd ca mot be estimated at NOR,
: than one fourth in value OF the whole Cit,
!. plat. 4 special report. it is expected
e Will be submitted to the Legislative As
1 senby by the commissioners
i would suggast to the Legislative As
, sembly the revision of the act establish
& lng the seat OF. government, SO as to de6n,
d the manner Of discussing the funi
by Congress in accordance
! Iw1th the views of the Secretary of tn
d Treasury. as expressed in his letter {,
d me Of the 9Th Of September, heretofore
a Erelerred to. Also, to pom, out the mod
= iofi milking deeds OF conveyance to III
n purchasers Of lots IN Iowa city; AIso,. t
e define more definitely the plan for III
$ public buildings, and The manner Of ST.
! pe:in'ending their construction by an ex
= perienced architect. at. Il s.ae.
n rs rhs 10th Sc :lion Of the militia Law
# states, that in order to secure unilormit,
I in the organization. discipline and gov
eminent Of the militia of this Territory
J it shall be the duty ofthe commanderIn
Il chief. from time to time, to provide. at tn
= expense Of the Territory, such books Q
9 9 instruction as are, or may be, prescrib be-
e for the use OF the army or militia Of TIL
), United States, and to furnish each com
f missioned officer with copy. This du,
}, would have been performed with pleas
=. ure by the commando chief, had fund