Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1854-08-14

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M. Calhoun's Land Bill. to Dispose Of til
Public Lands to the New States III whic
they are stu ated.
[Ofered in the Senate. January, 1841.]
Sec. l. Re IL enacted, &C., That ali tn
public lands within the States of Alabams
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mis-
souri,, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Mich
gan, with the exceptions of sites Of fortifi
cations, navy and dock yards, arsenals
magazines, and all other public buildings
shall, after the thirteenth day of June
1872 be disposed Of the States within tn,
limits OF which they are respectively stu
ated, they having previously complete
with the following conditions:
First. That the said States shall several
ly pass acts, to be irrevocable, that they
will monthly, as the sales Of the said land.
shall progress, pay into the Treasury o.
the United States, at The most convenient
places Of deposit, aud to such officer AZ
may be appointed to receive the same
sixty. fue per cent. on the gross amour; o.
the sales Of such lands, including under.
sales, grants, and donations by the States
estimating the lands at the selling price Al
the time Of the grant or donation. on Of
before the LIST day Of February of each
succeeding year.
Secondly. That the minimum price, a.
now fixed by law, shall remain unchanged
until the 30th day Of June as aforesaid
but, after this period, the price may be re.
duced BY the States respectively, accord
ing to the following scale: All lands
therefore offered at public sale. and then
remaining unsold ten years or upwards,
preceding the 30th day Of June aforesaid.
may be reduced, by said States, to price
not less than one dollar per acre; and all
lands that may have been offered at pub
lie sale, and remaining unsold fifteen years
or upward, preceding the said Goth day Of
June, 1912, may thereafter be reduced by
said States to price not less than seventy
five cents per acre; and all lands that may
have been offered at public sale, and re-
naming unsold twenty years or upward,
preceding the said 30th day Of June, 1912,
may thereafter be reduced by said States
to price not less than fifty cents per acre;
and all lands that may have been offered
at public sale, and remaining unsold twen-
ty-five years or upward, preceding the
said 3Oth day Of June, 1912, may .hereaf-
ter be reduced by said States to price not
less than twenty-five cents per acre; and
all lands that may have been offered al
public sale. aud remaining unsold thirty
years or upward, preceding the said s0th
DAY OF June, 1912, shall be coded imme-
diately to the States in which said lands
are situate; Provided, that all lands which
shall remain unsold after having been Of
fered at public sale tor ten years, and
which do not come under the above pro-
visions shall be subject. to the provisions
OF presumption. graduation, and DISPOSE
ton as aforesaid. at the respective periods
Of ten, fifteen, twenty. twenty five, and
thirty years, after said sale, commencing
from the expiration of ten years after the
same have been offered at public sale.
Thirdly. That the said lands shall be
subject to the same legal subdivisions in
the sale and survey as is now provided by
law, reserving for each township and frac-
tional township the 10th section, or the
substitute, for the use Of schools, as here
Iofore provided BY law; and the land not
yet offered for sale, shall be first offered
by the State at public auction, except in
cases o: presumption, and be sold for cost
only in the manner now provided by law;
and any land now or hereafter remaining
unsold, after the same shall have been Of
iered at sale at public auction, shall be
subject to entry for cash only according
to the graduation which may be fixed by
the States respectively. under the provi-
sions Of this act and that the acts of Con-
gress which may be in force at the time
Of asserting 10 this act shall. remain un-
changed, except as modified by this act,
unless with the assent of Congress: Pro-
vided, that any Of the said lands may, az
ter they shall have become subject to pri-
vate entry, be sold at the option Of the
purchaser, in quarter sections, without any
whatever.
Fourth. This disposition Of public lands
together with the portion of the sales to
be retained by the States respectively, un-
der the. provisions Of this act, shall be in
full Of the five per cent fund or any other
part thereof, not already accrued to any
State and the said State shall be exclu-
siyely liable for all charges that may here
after arise from the surveys, sales. and
management of the public lands, and ex-
tinguishment Of Indian title within the
limits OF said States respectively.
Fifth. That, on failure to comply with
any Of the above conditions, or violation
Of the same, on the part Of any Of the said
Stetes, the cession herein made to the
State, failing to comply with. or violating
said conditions, shall be hereby rendered
null and void; and all grants or titles there
after made by said State, for any portion
Of the public lands within the limits OF the
same, coded by this act shall be, and are
hereby declared null and void. and Of no
effect whatever.
SEC. 2. Allows States accepting lands
to grant prescription right to actual set
tiers.
SEC. 3. That whenever the President
Of the United States shall be officially no.