The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1854-03-24
WHOLE NO. s7s.
From The Ohio statS DSmoc ra,. I

GRANTING THE UNSOLD 1 AND,
UNAPPROPRIATED LANDS, TO
OHIO.
The following 10 the bill fairoduced
into the United States Senate " Mr..
CHASE, Cd i, passed ,hst body, TO grant
10 the State OF Ohio tho unso!d and un>
appropriated public lands remaining in
this State. lis prospects Of . passage in
the House Of Representatives, we afs
happy TO say, is good: 2 lie eai
Be Il enacted By tie Senate and House
Of Representatives. Of the United States
Of America ia. Congress assembled. Thai
all the public lands Of the United States
lying within the State of Ohio, which
shall remain unsold and unappropria,ed
from and after tho ihiTly-6rst day Of
March, eighteen hundred and ifty-fouT.
shall be. and the same are hereby grants
ed TO said State, to be disposed Of as III
Legislature thereof shall direct; prosie
ded, hovever, ,hat ,his grant shall not in
any manner affect any right Of pre-ernp-
iiSn, OF other righ! vested in any individS
ual, in OF TO any potion Of said land;
and provided, also, that tho lands within
the Indian Reserve al Roche de Bout
and Wolf Rspids, Tho LeuislOwn Reserve
the Wspakone,,a and Hog Creek, and
the O,,Owa Reserves, the nsit Proceeds
Of which, by treaty stipulaiions, arc re-
quired 10 be paid 10 the Indians, shall not
be regarded as iheYnde6 ID said grant,
until after the State of Ohio Ghall have
paid TO the United States seventy cents
per scre 70: each acre remaining unsold
in said reserves, that bsing the amount
Of the nett proceeds o! said lands. 9.i"
Src2. And be it further enacted, That
Immediately after The passage Of this act,
the Commissioners Of the General Land
Office shall proceed 10 close the current
land business 10 said State, and by or be-
fore the thihis.h day Of August, eighteen
hundred and fifty flour, shall transfer to-
the Governor of the State of Ohio, or
such person as he shall designate for that
purpose, all the archives OF every kind
relating TO lands within tue State ofOhio,
now in the district lald Offices in that
State; and all the lands belonginsto the
Chillicothe district, which lie within the
State Of Indiana, shall be attached to,
and subjec, 10 sale at JeGersonville dis
tr,ct Of that State, and tie archives rsla-'
ting TO those lands shall bs turned over
10 the lond officers OF that District lis
SIC. 8. Andbea further enacted, That
the lands granted by this act shall remain
charged with all the liabilities and equiir
ties 10 which they are now subject: and
the Legislature Of said Sia,e sball make
all necessary arrangements for dischay,-
ing those liabilities aud satisfying :hose
equities. , ~ a,;,.,
The amount orland is quite large, and
although it is ofa refuse characier,is daily
becoming valuable; lf6m the fact Of the
ev,ensive improvement of tho State BY
means Of railroads. Should il pass the
House Of Representatives aud become q
law, We hope the Legislature will pass
law throwing the entire proceeds erising
from their sale into the school fund, and
by investing il either in State or national
stocks, To lei II temain perpetusl fund
10 aid in schooling the children of the
STATE. or else TO sell il 10 actual settlers;
at nominal price, 80 as a, ones 10 bring
i. into Cultivation a, as early . day 40
possible. II the latter course, We trust
they will 50 guard the law ss to prevent
a repetition Of the scenes ct lhs State
Land Office al Defiance, where hundteds
Of acres Of the best land passed into iha
hands Of rich speculatorss which wera ilS
tended alone for actual ssttlers. t,,rr, Ia