Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-10-21
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~ ACT II appropriate the proce DIS Of he sales
oil the public lands, and TO grant presumption
rg"ts.
Re At enacted b. The ScAate and House II Repre-
eHtIiirts Of ths CHitei States If America en- Con- |
-roSs assembled. That from and after the ihir y /
irsi day of December m the year Of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred aud fOrty-one, there shall F,
pc allowed aud paid t. each OF tbs states Of %
mo Indiana, Illinois. Alabama, Mi Soufi, M,ssis-
suppl Iousiara, Arkansas and Michlgah, over
and above what each ul the said States sentl-
Tied tn by the terms of the compacts entered INTO
bel tween them aud the United States, upon their
admission into the Union. the sum of ten per ecu
tim on the nett proceeds of the sales Of the
public land, which, subsequent TO the day atOre-
sail, shall be made within tue limits of Zach Oi
said States respectively prOrided That the 81 N
50 allowed 10 the said States, respectively, shall
be IN uu wise affected OF diminished on account
of any sums which have been heretofore, or
shall he hereafter, appieu In the construction or
continuance of the Cumberland road. b.t that
the disburst ments for the said road shall remain
a. heretofore, chargeable on the two pc cenluun
fund provided for by comPacts with several oil
Sec, ?. AID Be Il further enacted That after
deductlng thS said temp centutn, and what by
the cOmpGcts alo esald, has hitherto been allow
ed tn the states aturcs ala, the residue OF the hel
Droceeds-whIch nett proceeds shall be asceriain-
] ed by dedurting trOm the gross proceeds all the
expenditures Of the year for the following OBJECTS;
/ salerlcs and expenses on account OF the OShtI !
Laad Office; expenses for surveying public lauds
alarlez ana expenses ln the surveyor Pcuei AZ ,
Office; s1,aiICs, commissions, and allowances 10
the registers and receivers the five per ccnium TO
new siafeS-of all the public lands Ci tue United
4 States, wherever situated, = mon Shli te sou
subsequent TO the sait thirty first day of Deccn-
Der shall be divided umOnz the twCnty-SlA states
OF the UniJu. the Dlstucf al COLUMBIA and TIE
/ Territories Of NucOusin, Iowa and FtOrila, &C.
coTdng 10 their respective federal represent tlNe
uoYulatinn a. ascertaincd b. the last Censns, To
hc Piled by the Legislatures of thS slIJ states
. such purposes Is the said legislatures may di-
rect: yrouiGed. That the d.stlOGtIVe share 60
which the District OF Columbia shall be entitled,
shall be applied To free schools, or CuuCatlOu ~
som. other form. as Congress may direct and
pTOr'd also That nothing herein cUnlsnt q
hall be construed TO the prejudice Of future app :
cations for a reduction OF tie Irlce of the puDiIi
lands, or TO the prejudice of applications for j
| transfer of the public lands on reasonable terms,
10 the states within winch the. he, or TO make
such iu'ure disposition OF the pCblc lands, or any
part thrree', n Congress may deem eNpcdenu
Sec. 3. And be Il further enacted. That the sew
eral sums of money received IN the treasury y,
ihE nett d. Occvds OF the lies Of the public land.
shall b" paid al the treasury ha.f yearly, on the
FIRST day of January and July IN each year. du.
ring the operation uf tins act. to such person Oi
p rsOns as the respective lcg s'aturss Of the said
states and territories, or the Cove! noTs thereof
! n case the Legislatures hay" made no such az
| sentiment, shall authorize and direct 10 !ecclvo
| The same.
| Sec. 4 And be IL further enacted. That any sum
| II money whIch atany time may become due and
payable 10 any state OF the Union, % the Dis
inct Of Columbia b. virtue oI this Bc', the BOT-
iion of the ali stale or District Of the proceeds of
sales Of the public lands, shall bc first applied IL
he payment % any debt, due md payable from the
SAID STA e or District Id the United States. pro.
riLe0, That this snail not be construed 10 extend
10 the sums deposited with tHc states under the
act Of congress of twrnty-thI Jane, eighteen
ndr'd and thirty SIX, entltlcd, An act 10 regu-
late the dCpgsites of the public money" OF To a
ny sums apparently due to the United States as
balances IL CcUtsgrowns out Of the tTansacuo ~
Of the Revolutionary war.
Sc. 3. And he al further cnacis!, That tiis act
,hal continue and be Ia force uatii oiherv lee
a al gf.Il
become Involved IN war sIth any Foreign pOwC
~ which event, from the commencement OF hos
JilI'Ies trIs act shah be suspended during the
tuuancc Of such war prov .dcd never .heess, haJ
( prior 10 the expiration OF this act any new
state or states shall ne admit d into the Union,
there shall be assigned such state or states
no proportion Of The proceeds sccTulBg af,ei
their adrifsiOn mt the GuIun. to which 81 h
state or states mnyb be enuti;d, upon the prnci.
es a Si Be- 2Ef!r y bg Thai sSn s5Ss
10 he made on their admssIOn iHto the Union.
See. q. And he a further enacted That there
shall be annually appropriated for completing iEe
surveys OF the sad lands a sum not 'oss than one
hundred aud fifty thousand 30 lars; and the mint
mu - price at which the pubic lands are now
sold shall not be Increased, unless congress shall
think 5TupsI TO grant alternate sections ai.ns the
une o. aly canal or other internal improvement
ina al the same time lacTea5o the minimum
price OF the seJuOH5 reserV,o, and n case ihc
sane ~ Incrca scd icy law, except as aiOr ssald at
any time during the opeTauou OF this ash thsn so
'huyh oi ths at as provides lhat me nett pro
inonR ths several states snail, from aud alter the
increase o. tle mihlmIn price theie lt cease
aha bscDns utterly void and Of m effect, eDy
ting IN this act TO he coRtrqry notwithstanding
PROVIDED, hat H. at any Tune ddrnS the existence
Of tiils act there shall be All imposition OF duties
on imports Inconsistent with the provisions OF
the act of 'arch second, one thousand eight
hundred and thirty a. roe, en:ltlo0 An oct 10 mo
ody the act nt The fourteenth oil July. one nous
and eight hundred and thirty-'wo, anu all other
acts lm,5Os!ng duties on imports" and beyond
the ate of duty fixed by that aci 10 wit, twenty
per cent. on the value Of such imports, OF any OF
them, thea the distribution provided III this aci
snail be suspended, and sha s. COutInne until
lhls cause OF ITS suspension shall he removed,
ana when removed. If nst prevented by Other pro-
sumCi
Sec. I. And JsH further eaqefeI That The SEES
retary of the Treasury NAV continue any land
district IN which - situated the seat Of Govern
eminent If any one Of the states, md may con
tnue the and oiiicein 81 district, not withstan-
ding thu iantlry Of land uusOld IN such district
may not amount 10 one hundred thousand acres.
Whtn. m his opinion, such continuance may be
f.q"red b the public convenience, or II order To
tIusc ne land sysicm IN such state al convent
Ell POINT under the provisions Of the act on that
subject, approved twelfth June, one thousand
clSht Hundred aud forty.
Sec. .. And b. n further c.dcfcd, That there
snail be granted TO each STATE specified in the
hr5i section Of this act FIVE hundred thousand
a'Its o. Lana Tor purposes Of internal ImprOy e
Went. Prov dc+. That 70 each Of the said states
hlch has aireadf received grants for sa pIryo-
ses there IS hereby granted no more than guam
ivy oi Iand which shall, together with the a
mount such state has already received as afOre-
said, make five hundred thousand acres; the Sc.
ect Ons 30 all II the said sfa Is 10 be made with
ln Their limits respectively in such manner as the
legislatures thereof shall direct; and located IN
parcels, CONFORM bly, 20 sectional divisions and
SUBDIVISIONS, Of not less than three hundred and
twenty acres 90 one location on any public land
except such a. ls or may be reserved from sale
~ any law Of Congress or proclamation Of thc
PTesid NJ OF the United States, which said 10 "a
Ton may be mode az any time after the lads Of
the Jn'sd states In the said states respective
snail have been surveyed, according 10 existing
laws. And there shall be aud hereby is Eranted
- ga new state hat shall be hereafter admit
tel mo nc JuOn, upon such admission, 90
much land as, including such quantity az may
have been granted % such state before lie admis.
sion. and wuEe under n Territorial Government
Tor purposes @ internal Improvement a-afOr. saiI
shall make five hundred thousand acres oflaud
10 De selected and located BE- aforesaid
sec .. AH1 he further enacted. That the land
herein granted 10 the states above named shall
nor '' dlsPos"d OF az price less than one dollar
40 twenty i've cents per acre, uulGsz orersgise
AUTHORISED by law n he United States and
the ncii proceeds ~ The sale ~ SAID lands shall
De- iaithiu.lg applied fD object zof internal improve
mont within tnC states aforesaid respectively I