Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-09-09

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BE IL enacted By the Senate ard House Of Repr,
ssntatiUts ofths United States Of .7ncrieI ia Con
grsss assembled Thit from and after the thirty frs
day OF December, IN tho year Of Gus Lord thou
sand eight hundred and forty. one, there Oe above,
and plid 10 each Of the States OF Ohio. Ind ana
\. Illinois, Alahami Missouri, Mississippi, Louisi
II ana, Arkansas and Michigan, over and above wha
each OF the said States rs entitled by the terms
the cCmpacts entered into between tn m and the L
States upon their admission into the Union the sum
r at ten per ccnium upon the metz proceeds OF the
sales OF the public lands, which, subsequent Ia the
day aforesaid, shall Toe made Within the limits o,
each Of sad States respectively Prcrifsd, That
the sum allowed to the said States, respective, y,
shall be IN wise affected or diminished account
% any sums which have been heretofore or shat.
he hereafter. applied TO the construction or contnu.
ancc OF the Cumberland Road, but that the dis
burscments for the - road shall remain rs hereto
fore, chargelbe on the two per centum fund provI-
ded for 10y compacis with seycra, OF the sad States
Sec. ,. lad BE- II further caaeied, That after de.
Quoting the said ten per cenium, and what. by the
compacJs aforesaid, has heretofore been allowed TO
the States aforesaid the residue Of the nett proceeds.
which nett proceeds shall be aScertaned by deduct
IN. fcom the gross proceeds all the expendi-urcs Of
the year for the following objects salaries and ex.
pcnscs on account OF the General Land Oicr: ey.
peuses ior surveying public lands; salaries and or.
pcnsos IN the surveyor generals office: salaries
commissions, and allowances to the registers n,i
receivers; the five per ce1tum 10 new S,atcs-or all
the public lands OF the United States, wherever
situated which shall be sold subsequent TO The s,I
thirty first day of December, shall 6e DIVIDED ,n,on
the twenty-siX States of the Union and the D,Srict
of Columbia, and the Territories of Wisconsin
Iowa, and Florida, according 10 their respective fed
crAl representative population ascertained bv tho
last census, TO be applied by the legislatures of the
said States TO such purposes rs the said Legislatures
may direct; Provided, That the dstribu,ro share
To which the District oil Columbia shall be entitled
shall be applied to free Schools or education IN some
other form, as Congress may direct: ind prorif 4
also, That no;h'ns herein contained shall be con.
strued to the prejudice OF future applications for
reduction OF the price OF the public lands or lo the
PREF Idce OF application for transfer Of the public
lands, reasonable terms, to the States within
which they he, or to make such future disposition
oi the public lands or any part thereof Congress
may deem eXpedIent
Sec. 3 find be IL further enacted That the seye.
raj sums Of money received IN the Treasury rs the
melt proceeds OF the sales OF the public Lands shall
be paid at the Treasury half yearly, on the first
% day OF January and July IN each year, during the
operation OF this act, to such person or persons as
the respective Legislatures of the said States and
Territories the Governors thereof in case the
Legislatures shall have made no such APPOINTMENT
shall authorize and direct to receive the same
Sc. 1. .lad be i further enacted That any sum
of money, which at any time may become due ami
payable any State OF the Unloo or to the District
of Columbia, 10y yUiue OF this act as the port inn of
the said State District OF the proceeds OF the
sales Of the public 0snds, shall be first applied 10
the payment OF any debt, due and payable from
the salI State OF District, TO the United States
tend TO the sum deposited with the States under
the act Of Congress Of twenty third June, eighteen
hundred and thIrty-sX, entitled IAN act to regu-
late the deposiIes OF the public money nor to any
sums apparently due TO the United States As bal
nnces Of debts growing out of the transactions of
the Reynu tionary war.
Sec ;. find Be Il further enacted That this nc,
shall continue and be in force until otherwise pro
vided by law, unless the United States shall he.
come involved IN war with any foreign powcr IN
which event. from the commencement OF hos,i.I,es
this act shall be SUSPENDED during the continuance
of such war: Provided, nevertheless, That If, prior
the expiration Of this act any new State or
States shall 0e admitted into the Union there be
assigned TO such State or States, tie propor.
ton Of the proceeds uccTulng after their admission
into the Union, TO which such State or States may
he entitled upon the principles Of this act together
with what such State or States may be entitled 10
by virtue OF compacls TO be made on their admls-
SION into the Union.
Sec. C. .7nd5 further enacted, Thatrhers shall
Uc annually appropriated for completing the sur.
yeys OF said lands q SUM not less than one hundred
anG fifty thousand dollars; and the minimum price
at which the public l9nds are sold at private
sale shall not be increased, unless Congress shall
think proper 10 grant alternate sections along the
line OF any canal or other internal Improvement and
at the same lime 10 increase the minimum price OF
the sections eservcji aUd IN case the same shall he
increased by law, except as aforesaid, al any time
during the operation OF this act then 50 much of
this act provides that tie nett proceeds Of the
sales Of the public lands shall be distributed among
the seyea. States shall, from and after the increase
OF the minimum price thereof, cease and become
utterly null. and Of no effect, any thing in this act
20 the contrary notwithstanding: Provided, That
IT, at any time during the existence OF this act there
shall he an imposition of duties on imports inconsist
Cnt with the provisions OF the act OF March second
thousand eight hundred and thirty three en-.
tItlcd can act 10 modify the act Of the fourreenih
OF July, one thousand eight hundred and lhirly-t#o
md all other acts imposing duties on imports" and
beyond the rate of duty fixed by that act 10 tyit
twenty line Df cur fF INN
any Of them, then the distribution provided in ihrs
act shall be suspended and shall 20 continue unit,
ihls cause OF its suspension shall he removed ard
when removed, u not prevented by other provisions
OF this act, such distribution shall be resumed
Sec. Z. find be hJirthsr enacted, That the Sec.
rotary OF the Treasury may continue any land dis
trct m which is situated the seat Of Government Of
any ono of the States, and may continue the land
office IN such district, Notwithstanding the quantity
of land unsod IN such district may not amour, 10
one hundred thousand acres, when, in his opiniop
iuch continuance may be required 10y public cJnvc-
ncnce or M order 10 close the land system In such
state at convenient point, under the provisions OF
the act on that subject, approved twelfth June one
thousand eight hundred and forty.
Sec. :. Aud he Il further enacted That there shall
he granted 10 each State specified in the first c,on
of this act FIVE hundred thousand acres of lind for
purposes OF internal improvements PT0uided That
10 each Of the said States which has already r.ceiy
ed grants for said purposes there Is hereby granted
no more Than quantity 81 land which shall togeth-
CT with the amount such State has already rccc we'd
MS Aforesaid, make five hundred thousand acres: the
selections IN all OF the said States 10 be made within
their limits respectively in such manner as the Lee
ElsIlturGs thereof shall direct and located in parcel
COgiormnbiy TO sectional divisions and subdivisions
of not less than three bundled aGd twenty acres in
one location, on any pubic land exccp. such MS Is
or may Uc reserved from sale 10y suy law Of Con.
grcss proclamation OF the Preside M Of the United
States, which said locations may be made a, nny
time after he lands OF the United States i'm said
States respectively shall hive been surveyed me-.
c0rding TO existing avs. Aud there shall l. and
hereby u granted 10 each new State that fflr be-
hereafter admitted into the Union, upon such adj
mission, 30 much land as, including such quantity
us may have been granted 10 such State before 10
admission, aud while under a Territorial Goyern.
mrut, for purposes OfIntsTna Improvement as arore
gii' shall make five hundred thousand acres Of
land, TO be selected and located as aforesaid.
Soc. q. Add be % further enacted That the lands
herein granted % the States above named shall mot
be disposed Of at price less than ono dollar and
twenty-five cents per acre. unit. Othcrw se auttorz.
cj ny law of the United States and the nett pro
Cgsds OF the sales Of said aDds shall be flrbilWy
applied to objects Of internal improvement, within
ihg States aforesaid respectively, namely: Roads
railways, canals, bridges and watcr-r0urscs when
made or improved shd.I hc free for the trausrorfl.
ton Of The United States mail, and munitions Of war.
and for the passage Of their troous without tc On
InCut OfOny toll whatever.
Sec 10. And be Dc further enacted TI.t c,,, oil, a
after the passage OF this act, every person being the
head Of uamuy, or widow, or single man over t,c,go
or years, and being citizen of tho o. S orL,vn,
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