The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-10-22

as congress may direct: ind pr0UjdeC
also, That nothing herein contained shall
be construed to the prejudice of future
applications for 4 reduction of the price
of the public lands, or to the prejudice Of
application for n transfer of the public
lands, on reasonable terms, to the state.
within which they lie, or to make such
future disposition Of the public lands, OF
any part thereof, as congress may deem
eXpedient
SEC. 3. find be ii further enacted,
That the several sums of money received
in the treasury as the nett 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 legis.
latures of the said states and territories,
or the governors thereof in case the le-
gislatures shall have made no such APP
pointment, shall authorize and direct to
receive the same.
SEC. A. ind be ii further enacted,
That any sum of money, which at any
time may become due and payable to any
state Of the union, or to the District Of
Columbia, by virtue of this act, as the
portion Of the said state or district, of the
proceeds of the sales of the public lands,
shall be first applied to the payment OF
any debt due and payable from the said
state Or district to the United States /:
PrOvided, That this shall not he constru-
ed to extend TO the sums deposited with
the states under the act Of congress of the
Odd June, 1896, entitled San act to regu-
late the deposits of the public money!"
nor to any sums apparently due to the
United States as balances Of debts grow
ing out of the transactions Of the reyolu-
iionary war.
SEC. 5. .Aaa be il further enacted,
That this act shall continue and be in
force until otherwise provided by law,
unless the United States shall become in
volved in war with any foreign power, in
which event, from the commencement of
hosllilies, this act shall be suspended
during the continuance of such war :
PrOri3ei nevertheless, That if, prior to
the expiration Of this act, any new state
or states shall be admitted into the union,
there be assigned TO such new state or
states, the proportion of the proceeds ac-
crung after their admission into the union
TO which such state or states may be enti-
tied upon the principles Of this act, toge-
Their with what such state or states may
be entitled to by virtue Of compacts to be
made on their admission into the union.
Sec 6. ,4nd be II further enacted,
That there shall be annually appropriated
for completing the surveys Of said lands,
q sum not less than one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars and the minimum price
at which the public lands are now sold at
private sales shall not be increased, unless
congress shall think proper to grant alter
nate sections along the line of any canal
or other internal improvement, and at the
same time to increase the minimum price
of the sections reserved and in case the
same shall be increased by law, except as
aforesaid, at any time during the opera
ton of this act, then so much of this act
as provides that the nett proceeds of the
sales of public lands shall be distributed
among the several 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 to
the contrary Notwithstanding: Provided,
That if, at any time during the existence
of this act, there shall be an imposition
OF duties on imports inconsistent with the
provisions of the act of March I'd, 1888,
entitled San act TO modify the act of the
l4lh of July, 1882, and all other acts i'm
posing duties on imports" and beyond
the rate of duty fixed by that act, to wit,
twenty per centum on the value OF such
imports, or any Of them, then the distri-
button provided in this act shall be sus-
pended, and shall so continue until this
cause of its suspension shall be removed +;
and when removed, if not prevented by
other provisions Of this act, such distribu-
ton shall be resumed.
SEC. Z. ind be Il further enacted,
That the secretary of the treasury may
continue any land district in which is sit
uated the seat Of government of any one
of the states, and may continue the land
office in such district, Notwithstanding
the quantity of land unsold in such dis
trict may not amount to one hundred
thousand acres, when, in his opinion,
such continuance may be required by
public convenience, or in order to close
the land system in such state at a conye.
nient point, under the provisions of the
act on that subject, approved June l2th
one thousand eight hundred and forty.
SIC. 8. ind be IL FURTHER enacted
That there shall be granted to each state
specified in the first section Of this ac
five hundred thousand acres OF land 70