Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-02-04
Ri OIL TONS.

nes3frcJ That the Congress of the United
States bc and is hereby requested upon the appli-
cation OF Wisconsin Tor admission into the Union
50 to alter the provisions OF the act Of Congress-
e9titlcd act to grant quantity OF land to the
Territory OF Wisconsin for the purpose ofaidng in
oIcnlng a canal 10 connect the atcrs Of Lake Mich
igan with those OF Rock River. owed June cgh
tccnth Eighteen hundred and thirty eight and TO alter
the terms and conditions 10 the grant made therenSo
that the oiduumbcred sections thereby granted ard
remaining uns old, may he held and disposed OF by
the State OF Wisconsin, part OF tie five hundred
Thousand acres Of Land 10 which said State is EMIT
led by the provisions OF an act OF Congress entitled
act to appropriate the proceeds OF the
saies Of tae public Lands, and TO grant pre-emp
ton rights. approved the fourth DAY OF September
eighteen hundred aud torty-onc And further, That
tho even numbered sections reserved by Congress
may b. offered Tor sale By the United States for the
same minimum price, and subject 10 the same rights
of pre- emption otler public lands of the United
States.
Rcso'rcd, That Congress be further requested to
pass an act whereby the excess price over and
above one dollar and twenty-five cents, which may
have been PAID BY the purchasers of said mum
bcfcd sections which shall have been sold by the
United States, he refunded to the present owners
thereof or they be allowed TO enter any OF the pub
lie lands 81 the United States, to an amount equal
in value to the excess so paid
RrSoired That in case the said odd numbered sec
ons Shall lie Ccded to the State aoreSaidthc same
shall be sold By the State in the same manner as
other school lands: Prorided That the same rights
OF pre-cmptIon granted by the laws of
the United States shall be secured 10 persons who
may lie actually settled upon such lands at the time
Of the adoption OF this constitution Ind Dr0rtded
further That the excess price over and above one
dollar and twenty-five cents per acre absolutely or
condItonally contracted 10 be paid by the purcha-
sers OF any part OF SAID sections which shall have
been sold by he Territory OF Wisconsin shall he
RENTED 10 such purchasers their representatives or
assigns.
ReSo're3, That Congress be requested, upon the
application OF Wisconsin for admission into the
Union, 10 pass act whereby the grant OF five hun
bred thousand acres OF land. to which the State of
Wisconsin, is entitled by the provisions OF an act Of
. Congress entitled an act 10 appropriate the pro
cceds OF the sales of the public Lands and to grant
prc-cmpton hts approve ed the fourth day of Sept
ember eighteen hundred and forty one, and also the
t,e per centum OF the nett proceeds of the public
lands lying within the State 10 which it shall become
entitled on its admission into the Union BY the pro
visions Of an act Of Congress entitled An act 10 en-
able the people Of Wisconsin Territory 10 form
a Constitution and State government, and for the
admission OF such State into the Union, approved
the sixth day OF August. eighteen hundred and forty
the Of schools instead Of the purpose mentioned
in the said acts of Congress respectively
! Resoirsd, That the Congress of the [. States be
and hereby is requested upon the admission Of this
Safe INTO the Union 50 70 alter the provisions OF
tie act Of Congress entitled. An act 10 grant
certain quantity of land 10 aid in the improvement
Of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers and to connect the
same by canal in the Territory OF Wisconsin,
taat the price Of the lands reserved 10 the United
States sh4li be reduced the minimum price OF the
public lands
Res8Ired Tia, the legislature Of this State shall
make provision by law for the sale OF the lands
granted 70 the State IN aid of said improvements
subject 70 the same rights fpre-empon 10 the set
tiers thereon as are now allowed by law 10 settlers
en- the public lands
Rssolrcd That the foregoing resolutions be appen-
dcd 10 and signed with the Constitution Of WIscon-
sin and submitted herewith to the people OF this
Territory, and 10 the Congress ofthe United States