Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-02-12

.horebv granted and remaining unso'I, may
~ hed and disposed of by the Stat OF WIS,
o,-;n las part of the Eve hundred Thousand
o oorss If land to which SAID state is entitled
A.. the proyisions of an act of Congress en-
,;,led ssan act to appropriate the proceeus
Of the sales of the public lands and 10 gram
nre-emption rights,n approved the Iour'I
5av If September, eighteen hundred anu
fartv-one: and further that the even-nuili-
hared sections reserved by Congress may %
offered for sale by the United 49, '., 70 the
same minimum price, ana sup g,her nublic
same rights of pre-emptioh a.
lands of the United states. no further
I'd. Resolred, That CohsreIhS , the excess
requested to pass an act WIFE, and twenty
price over and above one uonai haye heen
five cents per acre, whicn nc. I'm ,,,,n,her-
paid by the purchasers OF sai ha ~ sold hv the
ed sections which shall nave ooon ioa ~
ca S,a,es be refunded to the present
ona..u thereof. or they be allowed to enter
oMhe.s ,ha nubIic lands of the United States,
any " equal in value to the excess so
paid. = IT, - oose tho sold odd
.,''ahareJ sections shall be coded to the
State as aforesaid, the same shall De soid py
the State, in the same manner as the otner
school lands, provided that the same rights
of presumption as are now granted py the
laws of the United States shall be secured 10
persons who may be actually settled upon
such land at the time OF the adoption OF TINS
constitutions; and prorided further, that the
excess price over and above one dollar and
twenty-five cents per acre, absolutely or con-
ditionally contracted to be paid by the pur-
chasers of any part of said sections which
shall have been sold by the Territory of
Wisconsin shall be RENTED to such purcha-
sers, their representatives or assigns.
4th Resolued, That Congress be request
ed, upon the application of Wisconsin for
admittance into the Union, to pass and act
whereby the grant of five hundred thousand
acres of lands, to which the state of Wis
consin is entitled by the provisions of an act
of Congress entitled &c An act to appropriate
the proceeds of the sales of the public lands,
and to grant presumption rights" approved
the fourth day of September, eighteen hun
dred and forty-one, and also the five per
centum of the nett proceeds of the public
lands living within the State, to which it
shall become entitled on its admission into
the Union, by the provisions of an act of
Congress entitled g an act to enable the peo-
pie of Wisconsin territory to form consti-
tuition and state government, and for the adj
mission of such state into the Union," APP
proved the sixth day of August, eighteen
hundred and forty-six, shall be granted to
the state of Wisconsin for the use of schools,
instead of the purposes mentioned in the
said acts Of Congress respectively.
9TH. Resolred, That the Congress of the
United States be and hereby is requested
upon the admission of this state into the
Union, so to alter the provisions of the act of
Congress entitled " an act to grant certain
quantity of land to aid in the Improvement
of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, and to con-
meet the same by canal in the territory of
Wisconsin" that the price of the lands re-
served in the United States, shall be reduced
to the minimum price of the public lands.
9Th. Resolred, That the Legislature of
this state shall make provision by law for
the sale of the lands granted to the state in
aid to said Improvements, subject to the
same rights of presumption TO the settlers
thereon, as are now allowed by law to set
tiers on the public lands. NM
7th. Resolced, That the foregoing reso-
buttons be appended to, and signed with the
constitution of Wisconsin, and submitted
Herewith to the people of this territory and
to the Congress of the United States.
We the undersigned, members of this
convention to form constitution for the flu
ture state of Wisconsin, to be submitted to
the people thereof, for their adoption or re-
lection, do hereby certify that the foregoing
is the constitution as agreed to by the con-
vention
In testimony whereof, we have hereunto
set our hands, at Madison, this LIST day of
February, A. ID. lS4s.
MnpCAN T MARTIN