Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-09-28
LAND BILL.
AN ACT

AN ACT
10 APPROPRIATE THE PROCEEDS OF TIE
SALES OF THE PUBLIC LANDS, AND TO
GRANT PERCEPTION RIGHTS
Be IL enacted By the Senate and House
Of Representatives. Of the United States of
American Congress assembled, That from
and after the thrty-frst day of December,
in the ycarot our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and torty-one, there be allowed
and paid to each Of the states Of Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Alabama, Missouri, Missis-
sippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Michigan,
over and above what each Of the said states
is entitled to by the terms Of the compacts
entered into between them and the United
States, upon their admission into the I'M
ion, the sum of 10 per centum upon the
net proceeds Of the sales Of the public
lands, which, subsequent TO the day aiorc-
said, shall be made within the limits Of each
ofsaid states, respectively: PrOcided, That
the sum so allowed to the said states, re-
spcctively, shall be in no wise affected or
diminished on account Of any sums which
have been heretofore, or shall be hereaf-
fer, applied to the construction or continu-
ance Of the Cumberland road, but that the
disbursements for the said roads shall re-
main, as heretofore, chargcable on the two
per centum fund provided for by compacts
with several Of the said states.
SEC. 2. And be II further enacted, That
a'tar deIucting the said ten per ccntum,
and what, by the compacts aforesaid, the
residue of the mott procccds-which nett
proceeds shall he ascertancd by dcductng
oil 10 l.,
lures Of the year for the following objects:
salaries and expenses on account Of the
General Land Office; expenses Cor survey
ing public lands; salaries and expenses in
the Surveyor generals Office salaries,
commissions and allowances to tho regis
ters and receivers; the five per ccntum to
the new statcs-all Of the public lands Of
he United SIatos, wherever situated, which
shall b sold subs ,Quent 10 the said thirty
frat day Of December, shall be divided
among he twenty-six states Of the Union
and lhc ID strict Of Columbia, and the ter
tories of Wiscon sin, Iowa and Florida,
according to their respective federal repre-
sentative population as ascertalned by the
last census, to Ge applied by the LegiSa-
lures Of the said States to such purposes
as the said Legislatures may direct: Pro-
rided, That the distributivc share to which
the District Of Columbia shall be entitled,
shall be applied to free schools, or educa-
ton in some other form, as Congress may
direct: and provided also, That nothing
herein contained shall be construed to the
prejudice of future applications for re-
ducton Of the price of the public lands, on
reasonable terms, TO the states within which
they lie, or to make such future DISPOSE
ton Of the public lands, or any part there
Of, as Congress may deem expedient.
Sec. 3. BE Il 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 legislatures Of
the said states and territories, or the Cover
nors thereof in case the Legislatures shall
have made no such appointment. shall au-
thorzc and direct TO receive the same.
Sec. A. BE 1t further enacted, That any
sum Of money, which at any time may be-
came due and payable to any state Of the
Union, or to the District Of Columbia, by
virtue Of this act, rs the portion Of the said
state or district of the proceeds Of the sale
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 Proridcd, that this shall not be
construed to extend TO the sums deposited
within the states under the act of Congress
Of twenty-third june, eighteen hundred and
thrty-slx, entitled San act TO regulate the
deposites Of the public money!" nor TO
any sums apparently due to the U. States
as balance Of debts growing out OF the
transactions Of the revolutionary war.
Sec 5. Be ii further enacted, That this
act shall continue and be in force until 9TH
erwise provided by law, unless the United
States shall become involved in war with
any foreign power, in which event, from
the commencement of hostilities, this act
shall be suspended during the continuance
Of such war: Prorided, nevertheless, That
if prior to the expiration Of this act, any
new state or state or states, the proportion
Of the proceeds accruing after their aGmis-
sion into the Union, to which such state or
states may Be entitled to by virtue of COM
pacts to be made on their admission into
the Union.