The true Democrat., 1856-04-15


 was perfectly provided by water tight bulk heads.
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 Tine Admission oi kansas-PreparatOry
 Bill of Judge Douglas.
 In the Senate of the United States, March l7, 1856, Mir. Douglas, from the committee on territories, reported the following bill, which was read the first and second times:
 4 dU to authorize Ae people of the territory cf
 HansaS t0 form q Consultation and State Co.,
 vernnse,t, preparatory 10 their admission into
 tle Union 104en they Aa0e the requisite po-
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 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ame- rica in Congress assembled, That whenever it shall appear by a census to be taken under the direction of the Governor, by the authority of the Legislature, that there shall be ninety. three thousand four hundred and twenty inhabitants (that being the humber required by the present ratio of representation for member of Con- grcss) within the limits hereinafter described in the territory of Kansas. the Legislature of sad territory shall be, and is hereby, autho- rIzed by law to proyile for the election of de- Iegates by the people of said territory, to as- semble in convention, and form constitution and State government, preparatory to their ad- mission into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, i'll all respects whatsoever by the name of the State of Kansas, with the fol- lowing boundaries, to wit: Beginning on the western boundary of the State of Missouri where the thirty-seventh parallel of north h. | parallel to the one hundred and third meridian of longitude, thence north on said meridian to the fortieth parallel of latitude, thence east on said parallel of latitude to the western boun- diary of the State of Missouri, thence south ward with sad boundary to the place of be- ginning.
 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said convention shall be composed of delegates from each representative district within the li- mits of the proposed State, and that each dis trlct shall elect double the number of delegates to which 1t may be entitled to representatives III the territorial Legisature; and that at the sad election ot delegates, all white male nha- btants, who shall have arrived at the age of twenty-onc years and shall have been actual residents in said territory for the period of six months, and in the district for the period of three months, next preceding the day of cleo ton, and who shall possess the other qualfca- tions required by the orLa3i: act of the terri tory, shall be entitled 10 vote, and that none others shall be permitted to vote at said cleo ton.
 Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the following propositions be, and athe same are hereby offered to the said convention of the people of Kansas, when formed, for their free acceptance or rejection, which, if accepted by the convention and ratified by the people at the election for the adoption of the constitution, shall be obligatory on the United States and upon the said State of Kansas to wit:
 l. That sections numbered sixteen and thir- ty-SlX In every township of public lands in sad State, and where either of said sections or any part thereof has been sold or otherwise been disposed Of, other lands, equivalent there to and as contiguous as may be, shall be grant, ed in said State for the use of schools Z. That seventy-two sections of land shall be set apart and reserved for the use and sup port of State University, to be selected bv the Governor ot said State, subject to the ap- proval of the commissioner of the general land office, and to be appropriated and applied in such manner as the Legislature of said State may prescribe for the purpose aforesaid, but for no other purpose.
 ' O' H''u VNii Cibllc ScCllOlS Ol lallO, to De lected by the Governor of said State. in leoa1 Subdivlslons, shall be granted to said State for the purpose of completing the public build. lngs, or for the erection of others at the seat o government, under the direction of the Legis- lature thereof
 f. That all salt springs within said State, not exceeding twelve in number with six sections ot land adjoining, or as contiguous as may be 10 Dlcn shall bp al tp c.il S+ata for itc use; the same to be selected by the Governor thereof within one year after the admission of said State, and, when so selected, to be used or disposed of on such terms, conditions and re- gulations the Legislature shall direct. Pro- vlded that no salt spring or land, the right whereof Is now vested in any individual or in- dividuals, which may be hereafter confirmed or adudged to any individual or individuals, shall by this article be granted to said State. | 3. That five per cent. of the net proceeds of sales of all public lands lying within said State. which shall be sold by Congress after the ad. mission of said State into the Union. after de. ductng all the expenses incident to the same shall be paid to said State for the purpose of making public roads and internal improvements as the Legislature shall direct Provided. The foregoing propositions herein offered are on the condition, that the said convention which shall form the constitution of said State shall pro- vide, by clause in said constitution, or an or dlnance, irrevocable without the consent of the United States, that said State shall never inter- fere with the primary disposal of the soil with Tn the same, by the United States, or with any regulations Congress may find necessary for se- curing the title in said soil to bona .f1e purcha- seIs thereof, and that no tax shall be imposed on lands belonging to the United States, and that in no case shall non resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents
 SENATOR sEwARD's SUBSTITUTE. bU .torhe admission cf he State ef Kansas into tue Union.
 SECTION l. Be it tenacted, etc., That the State of Kansas shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal foot ing with the original States in all respects what ever, with the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning on the western boundary of the State of Missouri, where the 37th parallel of north Iok,k lo 4 tIoa I