Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-10-19

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Re IL enacted b. ne Senate aud House If Repre-
eHtafires II the Uaiiod States cf America IA Con-
'rtSS assembled. That from and alter the thar y.
irst day OF December IN the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred aud fOrty-Onc, there shall
De dlloNed aud paid T. each of tbs States ut % /
mo- Indiana, Illinois, Alabama. Mi SCUM, Misss-
s'ppL Louisiana, Arkansas aud Michlsan, over
aud above what each Of the said states isent-
lied To by the terms Of the compacts entered into
between them aud the Unlted States, ppon thCu
ADMISSION into the Union, the sum of ten per cen
tam on the nett proceeds Of the sales of the
public lands, which, Subsequent To the day afOre-
SAIL, shall be made within the limits of Sach Oi
said States respectively. prOridcd, That thS sum
81 allowed To the said States, respectively, shall
be IN nn wise affected or diminished on account
OF any sums which have been heretofore, or
shall ne hereafter appiicG tn the construction or
continuance of the Cumberland road, b 4 thai
the disbursements for the said road shall remain,
a. heretofore, chargoHble ON the two pc centutn
innd provided Tor by comPacts with several Of
the said Stats
Sec, 2 Aud be IL further enacted That after
deductIng tbs said ten per centunl, and what, by
] the cOmpacts ato esaId, has hitherto been allow
ed to the states aforesaid, the residue of the nett
proceeds-w hIch nett y. ceeds shall be ascertain
ed by deducting from the gross proceeds all the
expenditures of the year for the following objects:
salerles and expenses on account of the GeneI
/ LAID Office; expenses for surveying public land;
| .alaries and expenses IN the surveyor generai =
Office; saiaIIrs, c. mmssuns, aud allowances 10
/ the registers ana receNetsi the i've per ccnium TO
new siares--0f all the public lands of the United
States, wherever situated, Inch shall he sold
| subsequent TO the sand thirty first day ofDecem-
Der shall be divided amOns the twenty-stN states
Of fhc Union. the District of Columbia, and the
Territories of Wisconsin, Iowa and FtOfiJa, &C.
cOrdug ID their respective federal representative
pouula tIon as asceTiancd by the last census, to
be applied by the Legislatures Of the saio states
. such purposes : the said legis laures may iii
rect: prCriGed That tie stlbutive share TO
which the District of Columbia shall be entitled,
shall he applied 20 free schools, or education m
some other form. as Congress may direct aud
prOridcd also, That nothing herein containrd
hall b. construed TO the prejudice Of future app :
cations for reduction of the yrice of the pu5i,.
lands, or to The prejudice of APPLICATIONS for a
transfer of the public lands, on reasonable terms
ID the states within which they lie, or 10 make
suc1 iuluTe disposition Of the public lands or any
3art thereof ~ Congress may deem expcdleni.
Sec. 8. And be further enacted. That the sew.
eral sums OF money received in the TREASURY A f,
he nett proceeds Of the sales Of the public lands
shall bu paid at the treasury half yearly on the
first day of January and July IN each year, dn-
ung the operation of thlsac to such person or
D rspns as the respective LEG slaiuT@s of the said
states and territories, or the Governors thereof
case the legislatures have made no such ap-
eoin ment, shall authorize aud direct 10 receive
the same.
See. 4. And be IL further eaactsl, That any sum
uf money which 4 any time may become due and
payable To any state of the Union, or % the Dis
inct Of Columbia b. virtue OF this as' as the por.
ton Of the sa state District OF the proceeds of
sales of the public lands, shall be first applied To
the payment o any debt, due add payable from the
saId sine or DIslrlct to the United States pro
ri@ed That this snail! not be construed TO extend
20 the sums Deposited with the states under the
act of congress of twsnty-thrd June, eighteen
n udT,d and thirty SIX, entitled, An act to repu-
late the depaSijes OF the public money" OF to a
ny sums apparently due TO the United States as
balances 81 dcbtsgrowIng out OF the tTansact.o e
UG ihe R' voluuOnary war.
SIC 5. And Be At further enacted. That this act
,hail continue and be la force until Olherw Use
prov .ded by law, uhl 81 the Unitrd Sat- Shall
become l"Vo'ved IN war With any foreign pow err
n which event, from the commencement OF hos
:Ill;Ies this act shall be suspended during the con
Inuancc OF such war provided never ,hcless, That
4 prior to the expiration of Ih's act, any new
state OF states shall De adml,t'd into the Union,
there shall I've assigned 20 such new state or states
he proportion of he proceeds sccIung afei
their admi-sIon int the Urion. 10 which su n
STATE or states may be enutled, upon the pnnci
plCs OF This act, together with what such state
n states may be entitled to BY virtue of compacts
10 be made on thcir odmtssion Iat0 the Union.
See 9. And he az further enacted, That there |
shall be annually appropriated for mpleting the /
surveys OF the SAD lants sum not 'e-s than one /
hundred aud fifty thousand 40 lars; and the MINI j
nu "a price al which the public lands are nov |
sold shall not be Increased unless CONGRESS shall |
hinN 5Topcl To grant alternate sections alS N the
IlJ % any canal or othcr internal Improvement
ma at ine siine time Lacrosse the IN .nImum
rice ol the sections rcsery, d. and II case he
aH.e ~ increased 10y law, except ofOT ssaId, al
my iIme during the operation OF this ~, then so
nuch Of tins at "a provides that the nett pro.
etds OF the publiS lands shall be distributed a
nonS the several states siall, from nnd after the
nc ease oI tie main an price theI ept. cease
nd bscoms utterly void aud of no eilect, rny
hlng IN this act 10 he coRtr1ry Notwithstanding
'TONlded, that H. al any time during the existence
Il itl5 act there shall be an imposition of duties
~ imports Inconsistent with the provisions of
ne act OF arch second, ono thousand eight /
lundted and thirty tl,ree, cn:itlcd An act 10 mo
iy the net he fourteenth Of July. one thOus-
md eight hundred aud thirty wo an. oil other |
cts imposing duties on imports" aud beyond !
he tate of duty fixed by that ac', 10 wit, twenty
'cr cent on the value Of such imports, or any OF \
hem, then the distribution provided Ia this act 1
hall be suspended, and sha 50 cOntinne dntIl |
ms cause of IT'S suspension shall be removed |
" Np,tu n ~ prp Tod he fhgt
'umei.
Sec. !. And Be Il further enacted. Thal the ses
etary of the Treasury NAV continue any land ]
iistrct IN which IL sItsatCd the seat Of Govern
lrnmcnt Of any one Of the states, aud may con |
nue the laad Office IN 81, district, nOiwiihsar-
ilng the q1anu'y Of land unsold IN such district .
nay not amount TO one hundred thousand acres
"hCn, IN lbs opinion. such continuance may be !
, ftIel Dy INC public convenicnce, or m order to
: losc me anu system IN such state at n cOnvenI
-it point, under the provisions Of the act on that
subject, approved twelfth June, ono thousand
ll-nt hundred md forty.
Sec. 8. Md Be Il further enacted, That dere
snail be granted TO each STATE specified in the
nlst SECTION OF this act FIVE hundred thousand /
a+Ies o. land Tor purposes Of internal improve
hSnt. PROVIDES. That o. each Of the said states
hich mas already received grants for sa d pIrJO-
ses thrre - hereby granted no more than o quau-
luy OF land whih shall, together with the
mount such state has already received as aiOre-
said, make five hundred thousand acres; the Sc
iecl ons 90 ali Of the said states 10 be made with.
!" t''ll Hlii.ls respectively iu such manner as the
LEGISLATURES thereof shall direct; and located IN
parcels, cnniOtm tbly to sectional divisions and \
SUBDIVISIONS, OF not less than three hundred and
twenty ceres IN one location, on any public land
except such a. ls or may be reserved from sale
,y any "a" OF Congress or proclamation Of thu
resident OF me JnttCd States which said ln "a
iOn may be made az any time after the lands Of
.nc Unitrd States ~ the SAID states respective
'lHll nave been survey, a, according 10 existing
avs. And there shall be and hereby is aranted
y each new state that shall be hereafter admit
81 iulO ne Union, upon such admission 80
nuch land as, intending such quantity az NAV
ave been granted % such state before lie aImis
ION. and while under n Territorial Government
if purposes ~ internal Improvement safO-. said
~ al nlho 1--we hundred thousand acres Of land I
o 1e selected aud located az aforesaid
sec .. AHf u Jarfher enacted, That tho land ]
tIc.h 81 .uted 20 the states above named shall
' .a ois'os. d 81 az price less than one dollar
y lNtHif I'VE cents per acre unless Of .crwiaa T.
htnorsed by law n me United States and 9
pc heIt proceeds Df the sale Of said lands shall
ialthiuIY applied iD ObioctaOf internal improve
itht within INC states aforesaid rcspectivc'v I 7
amely Roads, railways bridges, canals. anil \
HprOVement Of water courses and draining off :
Numpsi and SUCK roads, railways, canals brd-
p. auo water courses, Wnen raie or ifn1TovrI .
iaH De nee Tor the tfaussortaron Of tho United
a e ma LII I'll N"