Demoine courier., 1856-03-13
Public Lands in Iowa.

bill N relation to the tive per centum on ths PFC
ceets # The sales If pubic lands III The Sra;
OF Iowa.; which was read tw ce by its title.
Mr.. HARLAN. | move the refer
encrs Of 'iiis bil TO the commluee 81
r2blic Lsrds; and | desire To suhml
briefly the reason on which the tina
passage o. the b. VIII be- cIa:mei.
In a passage ri an ncs s~upp'iinental !,
an actfier the admission OF Iowa an,
Florida into the Union, Congress grant
ed To tn. Stale oi low the sixteenth sec
tl,n os The public lands ~ every town
ship Tor school purposes. sev-n,y.tw,
sectors for university purposes, five sec
lions 10 aid IN ihe erection III publ,
buildings, and certain lan5si in conneciIor
with sat, spsings IN this S,ate, and lastly
'tise per cent on the proceeds of The safe
vi public lands y ing within sand State,
which have been, or shall be, sole by
Congress from and after the admission
oi said State, after deducting all the ex
penses incident To the same. at2
Bun these several giants were made
by Congress .pn condii len that the Leg
~islalure %, Me said Safe, bv virtue oi
the powers conferred upon II by the con.
venton which framedrhr con, itu,ipn of
the -aio State. shalt provide, ny al or
dinance. itrevocable without the consenI
Of The Uuilrd States. INA, The SAID State
shall never m,erf. re with The primary
Disposal oi The soil wi,htu The same b,
The United States, iior viii any rrguia-
Hons Congress may iind necrssarv for
scouting The uile,in surh soil To- tao bona
file purchasers liereui: aud tiai ma TAX
shall be- Imposed ON lan.is the properly
OF The Um,eI States; and ltss, in no case
shall nnn-iesldent proiHiesoss he taxed
higher lsan resid,.sis; and thai rle buun
~ lands grained. or hereafter I'D he grant
ed, ior military services during The late
war, shall, lille they conlluue to be
hello BY ,hs pa,eniees or ,h.,r hears. re-
ID ,in exemli from any tax Ian b. nrd,r
or u,ter the authority 1T the S!s:r.
" hether for STATE, Count, ,tp"n.hiE, or
any oihei purpose. ipr thr trrp nj three
ears - IN aud alter the date Of The pat
est, respeciseiv.' Il Is 10 ,h,s las, clause
thai ! request the attention 1T the Sem
ale. and especially the memb-rs 81 thls
.cou.Luis,ee, 10 whom ! ask reference of
This bil. 4. .'..4n sa
In the ratification Of This law, which
Is the compact entered ipts oslwesn the
Stale OF Iowa and the Government OF
The United States. as a cosssi lesaHou, in
a. 4 y.r tho s.uaral urauta m a,ts n, hnt
Iowa agrees nut only 10 luss The five per
cenium 10 which she would have been
enliied On the value of these lands, #
sold for cast aud not entered with var
ruuts, bus also 10 exemp, them from tax
axiom for lht.e years from the Gate of the
patents. Al that time, however. there
were but few W lrIants OF This Glars IN
existence, aud but few lands were sub
ject To be ,hus located within her limIis.
In confederation Of which ! will ask ,hr
attention oi The Senate aud "a ihe Com
mil.er 10 an ACT of Congress. spproved
July, 27, le42, which provides;
That in al! cases Of warrants for
bounty lands for military services III the
war OF 1912 x,th Gfea, Baiain. which
remain unsaus6ed al the date of this aci.
il shall be lawlulfort the person in whose
rame such warrants shall have been is.
.aatd. bis heirs or legal representatives,
10 enter at the proper baud oiiice in any
| OF the Ststes or ,erIiiuries in which TIT
same may he. The quannly Of the public
lands subjsct !" prisale entity 10 whIct
said pefeon ehali be entitled IN virtue ol
such warrant. in quarter seclions: Pro
Uided. such WARRANTS stsli be locates
~inin Jfue gears jaom the date Of Thu
ate
This Law also provides Tia. all apph'
ca,ions fog land warrrnts under preri
Gus Ia VS. revived and extended for five
Years thereafter, not disposed OF withil
the period OF five years. shall be forever
barred. .aa8 q e4e,.f
This ACT was approved. as | before re
marked Jal, 81, lSi2, and expired b,
hni,siion July ~, 1917. The State "
iowu was admitted lnio the Unlan Dec.
70. 1886; SD ina ,be provisions Of lhi
law udb uCdtiy CAHtSd "u'
adnuted INTO The Uni,0 as u soyrr.igl
Sla,e. Ga he 81, day al July iSt7. al
CLAIMS Tor WARRANTS contempla ed b,
Iowa in acceedlng 10 ihis conJ,.'on oi III
compact, aud The location oil all sue
warrants wnhm her linus, would i.av
been forever barred. Blu. a email guam
u,y Of Iand could have been located VII,
these warrants between Decrmher &c
1916. aud Jul, ~. lS47 The FIVE %
centum Of ,hr mlulm value OF lbis an
tac. laxes retlnq.lshed. woIdd have bee
comparatively small IN amount; bn: q
The 20 day of Juoe. 1916; Subsequent !
lir date ut this cuinpact AMI ,iie date {
the ADMISSION Of Iowa iplo ibs Unloi
Cuner,s .. again leslvsd aud extend III
PROVISIONS 1T ,hrs law for thu adti lin.
period Of Ave years, and on the Sth da
of February, 1854. 'kesa several ac'
were a third ums revived aud ex'elar
aud are npwin lorce. By yiriue OF whicl
large quantities Of The pnbiic lands !
/ Iowa have been located with land wa
! rants for services rendered in the war
1872, not coun N plated BY either Il
, s ate oi lava by ihe Congress Of u
:. Uni,ed States in the enactment and ra;
ica,ian uf The compact now exisiing b.