Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-09-20


by deducting from the gross proceeds all the ex-
pendtures OF the year for the following objects /;
salaries and expenses on account of the General
Land Office expenses for surveying public lands
salaries and expenses in the surveyor generals Of
fce; salaries, commissions, and allowances to the
registers and receivers the five per centum 10
new states - of all the public lands in the United
states, wherever situated, which shall be sold sub
seqrient 10 the said thirty first day of December
shall be divided among the iwenty-sx states of
the Union and the District of Columbia, and the
| Territories of Wisconsin, Iowa aud Florida &C
cor,ling to the respective federal representative
population ms nscertained by the last census, 10 be
applied by the Legislatures of the said states to
such purposes ns the said Legislatures may d-
rect: Provided, Tint tie distributive share 10
which the District of Columbia shall be entitled,
shall be applied to free schools, or education in
some other foiln, as Congress may direct: And
prouided, also, That nothing herein contained
shall be construed to the prejudice of future ap-s
pcations for reduction Of the price ofthe public
lands, or to the prejudice or applications for trans
fer OF the public largis, on reasonable terms TO the
states within whicftbey lie, or to make such future
disposition Of the public lands, or any part thereof
as Congress may deem expedient.
See. 3. .4ndbe IL further endcied, That the sew
eral sums of money received in the Treasury as
the nett proceeds Of the sales of the public lands
shall be paid Mt the Treasury hail yearly, OH the
first day of Jan and July in each year, during the
operation ofhis actto suchperson OF persons as the
respective Legislatures of the said states and ter
ritories, the Governors thereof in case the LIE.
gisatures shall have made no such appointment,
shall authorize and direct to receive the same.
Sec. d. And be ii further enacted, That any sum
of money, which at any time may become due
and payable 10 any state in the Union, 10 the
District of Columbia, by virtue of this act as the
portion of the said state district of the proceeds
of the sales Of the public lands, shall be first APP
piled to the payment Of any debt due and paya-
BILE from the said state or district, to the United
States ProUided, That this shall not be consiru-
ed TO extend to The sums deposited with the states
under the act of Congress Of tweniy.third June,
eighteen hundred and thty-sx, entitled " An act
to regulate the deposes of the public money"
nor TO any sums apparently due to the United
States as balances of debts growing out Of the
transactions of the Revolutionary war.
Sch. D. find be further enacted, That this act
shall continue and he in force until otherwise pro-
vded by law, unless the United States shall be-
come involved in war with any foreign power, in
which event, from the commencement of hos-
Ties, this act shall be suspended during the con-
tinuance of such war: Prouided nevertheless,
That it, prior TO the expiration OF this act, any
new slate or states shall be admitted into the Un-
ion there be assigned TO such new state or states,
the proportion of the proceeds accruing after their
admission into The Union, to which such state or
states may be entitled, upon the principles OF this
act, together with what such state or states may
be emitted to by virtue of compac,s to be made
OH their admission into the Union.
| Sec. g. find be ii further enacted, Th9t there
shall he annually appropriated for completing the
surveys of said lands not less than one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars aud the min
imum price at which the public lands are now
sold at private sale shall not he increased, unless
Congress shall think proper TO grant alternate
sections along The line Of any canal other in
ternal Improvement, and ut the same time to in
crease the minimum price OF the sections reserV-
ed and in case the same shall be increased by
law. except aforesaid, Mt uny time during the
operation OF thisac, then so much OF this as pro-
vides that no nett proceeds Of the sales Of the
public lands stall be distributed among the sever
al states shall, from and atter 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 PrOrided. That II, at
any time during the existence of this act, there
shall be an imposition of duties on imports incon-
sstent with the provisions Of the act of March
second, one thousand eight hundred and thirty
TIN ee, entitled " An act 10 modify the act OF the
fourteenth of July, one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-two and all other acts Imposing duties
on imports" and beyond the rate of duty fixed by
that act, TO wit, twenty per cent. on the value OF
such imports or any of them, then the dIstrlbu-
lion provided in this act shall be suspended, and
shall so continue until this OF lis suspension
shall be removed and when removed, if not pre-
vented by other provisions Of this act, such disri
button shall lie resumed.
Sec. Z. find be 1t further enacied, That the Sec
rotary of the Treasury may continue any land
district in which is situated the seat of Govern.
ment of any one of the states and may continue
the land Office in such district, notwithstanding
the quantity Of land Unsold in such district may
not amount to one hundred thousand acres, when
in his opinion, such continuance may be required
10y public convenience, or in order to close the
land system in such state at convenient point un
der the provisions of the act ON the subject, ap
proved twelfth June, one thousand eight hundred
and forty.
Sec 8. find be IL further endcted, That there
shall he granted to each state specified in the frs
section Of this act five hundred thousand acres o
land for purposes of internal Improvement: Pro
rided, That to each OF the said states which Ina
already received grants for said purposes there II
hereby granted no more than a quantity OF lane
which shall, together with the amount such sst'
has already received as aforesaid, make five hund
red thousand acres; The selections in all of thu
Z said states to be made within their limits respect
! lively in such manner as the Legislatures thereo
shall direct; and located in parcels, comormabl!
TO sectional divisions and subdivisions, of not les
! than three hundred and twenty acres in one loca
non, on any public land except such ms s or INA.
: be reserved from snle by any law of Congress o
: proclamation OF The President ofthe United Saies
s which said locations may be made at any time al
ter the lnnds of The United States in said slares re
y specllvey shall have been surveyed, according
q existing laws. And there shall be and hereby
!" granted 10 each new state that shall be hereue
admitted into HE Union, upon such admission, $
much land as, including such quantity ma
have been granted TO such slute before lis admis
sion, and while under Territorial Government
e for purposes of internal Improvement aforesaid
J. shall make five hundred thousand acres OF lane
TO he selected and located aforesaid.
3 Sec. 8. find be II further enacted That the land
l. herein grained TO the states above named sha
I. not be disposed of alta price less than dollt
Il and twenty-five cents per acre. until Otherwise at
re thorized by law OF the United 5 ltes; and Ill
o. nett proceeds OF The sales OF said lands shall /
~ faith fully applied 10 objects of internal improve
We ment within the states aforesaid respeciive
le namely Roads, railways, bridges, canals and in