State journal & flag. [volume] (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 1843-1846, 1846-11-13

district, under an act entitled IAN act to estab-
lish the judicial courts of the United States"
He shall appoint clerk for said district, who
shall reside and keep the records Of SAID court
at the place of holding the same and shall re-
ceve for the services performed by him the
same fees to which the clerk of the Kentucky
district is ty law entitled for similar services.
There shall be allowed 10 the Judge OF said dis
trct court the annual compensation of fifteen
hundred dollars, to commence from the date of
his appointment, to be paid quarterly ut the
Treasury of the United States.
SEC. S. Ind be i further snacted, That there
shall be appointed in said district person learn
ed in the law TO act as attorney of the United
States, who, in addition to the stated fees, shall
be paid tho sum Of two hundred dollars annually
by the United States, as full compensation Tor
all extra services; the said payment to be made
quarterly at the Treasury of the United States.
And there shall also be appointed marshal for
said district, who shall perform the same duties,
be subject to the same regulations and penalties,
and be entitled to the same fees, as are press
cribed and allowed TO marshaIs in other districts,
and shall, moreover, be allowed the sum of two
hundred dollars annually as a compensation for
all extra services.
SEC. g. ind be il further enacted, That, until
another census shall be taken and apporlon-
ment made, the State of Wisconsin shall be en-
titled to two Representatives in the Cor gress of
| the United States.
SEC. z. ind be IL further enacted, That the
following propositions are hereby submitted to
the convention which shall assemble for the pur-
! pose of forming constitution for the State CT
Wisconsin, for acceptance or rejection; and if
accepted by said convention, and ratified by an
article IN said constitution, they shall be oblig-
alory on the United States:
First 1 hat section numbered sixteen, in eve
| ry township of the public lands in said State,
and, where such section has been sold or other
wise disposed of, other lands equivalent thereto,
and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted
| to said State for the use of schools
Second. That the seventy-two sections or
two entire townships of land set apart and re-
served for the use and support Of university by
an act Of Congress, approved on the twelfth day
ofJune, eighteen hundred and thirty-eight enti-
tied IAN act concerning seminary of learning
in the Territory of Wisconsin, are hereby
granted and conveyed TO the State, TO be APP
proprated solely 10 the use and support Of such
university. in such manner as the Legislature
may prescribe.
Third. That ten entire sections of land, to be
selected and located under the direction of the
Legislature, in legal divisions of not less than
one quarter section, from any of the unappro.
prated lands belonging to the United States
within the said State, are hereby granted to the
said Slate, for the purpose of completing the
public buildings of the said State, or for the
erection of others at the seat Of government, un-
der the direction of the Legislature thereof.
Fourth. That all salt springs within said
State, not exceeding twelve in number, with six
sections Of land adjoining, or as contiguous
may be to each, shall be granted to the State
for its use ; the same to be selected by the Legis-
lature thereof within one year after the adms-
ton OF said State and when SO selected, to be
used or disposed OF or. such terms, conditions,
and regulations as the Legislature shall direct /;
Provided, That no salt spring or land, the right
thereof is now vested in any indivual or indvi-
dusls, or which may hereafter be confirmed or
adludged to any individual or individuals, shall,
BY this section, be granted to said Stale.
Fifth. That five per cent. of the nett pro.
ceeds of sales of all public lands lying within
the said State, which have been or shall be sold
by Congress, from and after the admission of
said State into the Union, after deducting all the
expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to
the said State for the purpose of making public
roads and canals in the same, as the Legislature
shall direct: Provided, That theforegoing propo-
sltions herein offered are on the conditions that
the said convention which shall form the consti
tuition of said State shall provide by clause in
SAID constitution, or an ordinance, irrevocable
without the consent of the United States, that
said State shall never interfere with the prima-
ry disposal of the soil within the same by the
United States, nor with any regulations Con-
gress may find necessary for securing the title
in such soil to bona fde purchasers thereof;
and that no tax ahall be imposed on lands the
property OF the United States and that in no
case shall nonresident proprietor be taxed high
er than resident
Approved August 6, 1886,