Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-09-28
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OF the public lands ana 10 grant pi'-S''P'''"
Rc "a enacted BE- he Senate aud House # Repre-
sesIafir,s offhc Uaiiei States # A@er'ca 'H Com
gross assembled, That from and after tue 'hiry
first DAY OF December in the year of our LORD one
thousand eight hundred aud iorty-One, mere sha
be allow Ell and p0Id To each Of ne states 1i "
hio. Indiana Illinois. Alabama, vi souri, hlsSlS-
sippi Lotisinra Arkansas aud Michigan, over
] md above what each ~ the SAID StHtcs - emu
Tied toby the terms OF me eomIaets en.eIeu t'',I
between them aud the United states, upon thtu
admission into the Union, the sum OF ten per cen
tom on the nett proceeds OF the sales oil tue
public lands, which, subsequent 20 the day aIotc
sad, shall be made within the hmils OF tach co
laid states respectively Prorided, That me suIi
allowed to the said States respectively, shall
be m ma wise affected or diminished on account
Oi any sums which have been hcretoibTe' or
shall ne hereafter appieu to the consu1cuoioi
continuance of the Cumberland road. bHt ilal
the disbursements for The said road shall rruhih'
a. heretofore, chargeabe on the two per ceniuui
! fund provided for by compacts Win Se'era' VI
{ the sand States
Sec, 2. Aad be q further enacted That after
deduetlng thu said ten per ceni1n, ana wAail ~
4 the cOmpacts aio esdd, has hitherto been alloN !
ed TO the states aforesaid, the residue OF the ht
proceeds-whIch nett proceeds SHAH be ascertain 4
ed by doductIng from the gross proceeds al tue
expenditures of the year Tor the following oJcc's
saleries aud expenses on account OF me 6SntI !
L1Rd Office; expenses for surveying public land,i
.aaries aBd expenses ~ the surveyor Seneral
=. Office; ssiaIIcs, commissions, aud allowances To
the registers aud receivers; tue hive per een,nm TO
y new states-of all the public lands of tue Ouiled
y states, wherever situated AhiCh shall &c sold
subsequent 10 the SAID thirty hrst day OF Decem-
u, -
oi the Union. the District of Columbia, aud the
| Territories of Wis Cousln, Iowa aud FluTida, ac
b. cordmg 10 their respective federal representauIe
4 population as asccrtancd by the last census To
5e applied BY the IeGi-laturcs of the sau states
d snch purposes the SAID legls latures may Oh
= | rect; pr0rided That the distlSatNe share TO
y which The District of Columbia shall be Cn,tled,
i shall br applied 10 free schools, or Cducaiion IN
q some othtr form. as Congress may direct: and
81 oror;ded also That nothing herein contain, d
I, hall be construed TO the prejudice Of future Hpp
IA cations for reduction OF the rTice OF the pu5ic
Ii. Hnaa .nf NfskFNE ltnFa
= transfer OF the public lands, reasonable terms,
20 u the states within which they lie or 10 make
suc!. future disposition Of Ihe public lands, any
~ part ihereet, a. Congress may deem eXprdIeni
Sec. 3. AHd be further oiiciod. That IlIe sew
, eral sums OF money received ~ the treasury a
The nett proceeds of the sales of the public iaud,
he shall b. paid the treasury nlf yearly on the
o. first day of January and July IN each year, dn
persons as the respective leg slaturss OF the said
in states and territories, the Cove nOrs Thereof
IN case the legislatures have made no such az
. lpontment, shall authOnse aud direct TO receive
the same.
an See f. And b. Il further enacieI That my sun
ip- Of money which at any time may become due an
der payable To any state of the Union or - the DIS
of Columbia by virtue this ac', the POI
ton of the said state or District of the proceeds
en- sales Of the public lands, shalt he first applied
rd the payment any debt due and payable from IN
hts SAID stare or District 10 the United States pre-
ha, riIed That this shall not he construed to eXIen
It'll To the sums deposited with the under IN
il is act Of congress of twenty Ihird june eihie,
ere ndrsd and thlrty-sX, eniIIIed An act To Tegu
his late the dcpostes OF the public money" or To
for ny sums apparently due TO the United States a
balances ol debtsgrowing out Of the TRANSACTION
CO. Of the Revolutionary war.
,me See ,. And b. Il further enacted. That this ac
for Shat continue and be IN force until Otherw ~
prov .ded by law uhl S. the United States shall
become Involved IN war With any foreign pow er
K. IN which event from the cOmmen cement OF hos
10 Titles This act sha be suspended during the con
tmuance Of such war. provided never hciess, Tina
ht 4 prior TO the expiration OF THIS act, any new
Of state orsla'cs shall % admitted into the Union
the here shall nc assigned 20 such new state state
ne DIOpDTtHun oil Tie proceeds aCCTuug
tEeT ADMISSION mt the UuIGn. To which su
T. state or states may be entItisd upon the pIInci
pl6s of this act together with what such slate
yan states NAV hc entitled To by virtue OF c1upacts
> TO be nlnde on their All sson into the Union.
en- See. g. AHI be ~ further eHIcted, That there
ac shall be annually appropriated for completing the
~ surveys o! the sJC lands not less thdH one
oof hun ircd and ty thonslud collars md the mini
th mu - Price AT which tn public lands are now
sold shall teircreased, unless congress snail
on think roper Ia grant alternate sections aI' NJ the
~ Inc Of any canal other internal Improvement
m aud at the same time Increase the IA HImum
al prce OF the sections reserved; and IN case abe
ais sane Is increa sC ay law except afJT sad
,sr any time during the operation OF tins act thsn 80
ms muCh OF TINS act provides lhnt the nett pro
no cecds OF the puhs dnds shl!l be distributed n
nIong the several states shall from and alter the
increase Of the minimum price thelcbt. cease
aid b,conc utterly void and OF NJ elect, Pnv
-, tllrg IN this act 10 the contrary NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
- Provided, that H. at time during the existence
- OF tins act there shall be an imposition OF duties
VI on imports inconsistent with the PROVISIONS OF
the act of 'iarch second, one thousand eight
hundred and thirty three, en-tieo An act 70 mo
DIV the act of lhe fourteenth OF July. one nous
and eight hundred and thirty-rwO. ana all other
-. acts imposing duties on imports" and beyond
The latc OF duty fixed by that ACT ID wit, twenty
10 per cent on the value OF such imports, any OF
an tlen thea the distribution PROVIDED Ia thus act
of shall be suspended, and shall 50 continne until
he tins cause OF its suspension shall be removed
and when removed. If not prevented by Other pro-
70 sumc1.
dJJ Sec. !. And belt further enacted. That the SEES
ed rotary Of the Treasury may continue any land
FL district ia which Il sltsatcd the seat OF Govern
al eminent ~ any one Of the states and may con.
ty t'nue the land Office in su district nowthstan
dinS the quantity of land uusOld IN such district
may not amount TO one hundred thousand acres.
WhCn, IN ms opinion, such continuance may be
required by the public convenience, or in order 10
he close ihc and system IN such state at conven'
of ct point under The provisions of the act on that
bs subject approved twelfth June, one thousand
eight hundred aud forty.
Sec. 8. And he Il further enacted. That there
shall be granted TO each STATE specified IN the
e. hfst section Of This act five hundred thousand
acres OF land for purposes of internal inpTOyc G.
ment Prov dc5. That te each Of the saId states
lg hich mas already received grants for sad pirpO-
Il ses there rs hereby granted no more than guam
is NY OF land winch shan, together with the a.
at mount such state has already received as oioTe-
n, said, make five hundred thousand uCTesi the Sc
u lcct IN all Of the sad states 20 BE- made with
he IA thcr limits respectively ga such manner as the
us legislatures thereof shall urecti aud located IN
q. parcels, COMO mlbly 20 sectional divisions and
al Subdivisions Of not less than three hundred aud
be twenty acres Iu one location, on any pub &C. land
ln except such "a De- or may be reserved from sale
rt President Of the Unitcc States. which said lO
tlJn may BE- made 90 any time after the lands Of
Tue lntcd States 20 the suid states respective y
shall have been surveyed, according 10 existing
- laws And there shall be and hereby - GRANTED
fh % en- new state shat shall be hereafter admit
n, teJ INTO The Union, upon such admission, 80
mnch idnd as, including such quantity a. may
have been granted % such before It's nd mis-
sion. and while under n Territorial Government,
Tor purposes 81 internal Improvement afor, said
- sH all MAKE FIVE hundred thousand acres Of land,
- 70 De selected aud iUCatei as aforesaid
~ Sec ,. IND b. % fnr6iey enacted. That the land
I'd .H ga ala. uN.a al
not De- cisH's.d OF asa price lees than one dollar
q 1ni twenty five cents per acre, unless at. erwisc
u AUTHORISED by q law Of he United States and
y tive nett proceeds ~ The sale Of sad lands shall
Do fathfully applied ~ bIects0f internal improve
mtnt within ihf states aforesaid respectively
namely. Roads, railways, bridges cauals. and
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