Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1856-01-05
ON SCHOOL LANDS.

entereo upon ana are occupying sections
sixteen and thirty-six-donated by be-
fificent Congress in every township to the
sacred ends Of common education.
We presume that in most instances these
tresspassers are the result Of tlouglhlessnes'
or ignorance of that sure uncertainty of IT,
tie which must follow all sucl, attempts or
"making claime." The School Lands wer.
not given for the benefit Of the first settler.
of Minnesota, but for the benefit Of thei,
: children, and their children's- children te
the remotest future generation. Govern
,nent, in opening all other than Schoo
Lands to present and future settlement
thinks she las done her full duty; and ba!
wisely entrusted only to the future State O
Minnesota the disposition Of tile Schoo
Lands. If the disposition Of the authori
ties Of that State do their duty, these school,
lands can never pass into the hands of ci.
tier settlers or spectators at price nearly
as low as the minimum price Of Govern
ment lands.
We think it, then, the duty Of every
man who expects to roar family in Min
nesota-and even those who have no such
expectation, but are good citizens-to set
their faces against all settlements and tres
passers upon sections sixteen and thirty six
in every township in the Territory. The
cause Of common education prompts us all
to this duty: and the utter insecurity Of IL.
tie, which must attend all such adventures,
should prompt self interest to take part on
tile Same side. You do not wish heavy
burthcns of taxation to hang over jott
property for Common School purposes in
your after years. Then see that the School
Lands are now preserved from violation.-
The masses must he educated; and if the
lands devoted to that purpose are wasted
their natural resources of timber and soil
destroyed before We Leco,ne State, the
tax for that purp6se;,nust come out of the
pockets Of the peopen
But this is clear Question, and admits
Of no argument. In country where there
is so much good land not yet taken up,
We can scarcely imagine how any one can
BE- guilty Of entering upon School Lands
with the vain hope Of holding title to
them in contravention of laws National ard
Territorial, which it is the duty of every
tax-payer-present and prospective-to see
enforced. For general information, we an
mex the Territorial Law, now in force, in
regard to tresspasses upon School Lands.
1t is Chap. Of the Collated Statutes, pa
ges Is and 10:
AN Arr -
School LANDS IN MINNESOTA Terrific
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assemjiy
yf the Territory Of Minnesota: That
any person who shall willfully cut any
standing or other timber, on any lands set
apart as School La"tls, for the use either of
Common Schools or the University of Min
ncsota, not having acquired a title to such
lands, every person so offending shall be
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor, and up
on conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned
in the county Jail for period not less than
three days, nor more than six months, or
sha]! forfeit and pay a fire Of not less than
twenty-five or moro than FIVE hundred dol
lars one half Of said fine to 20 to the
party complainant, and the other half to
the Common School fund; and in case Of
tie neglect or refusal to pay the fine above
specified he shall he, in addition to tho i'm
prisonment above imposed, confined in the
County Jail or Territorial Prison, ono day
for every dollar thereof until said fine shall
be discharged.
"SEc. 2. In all cases of conviction
under this act, if there be no Jail within
the County where the offence was commit
ted, or to which, it may be attached for
judicial purposes it shall be competent for
the Court before which such conviction
was ad,sto commit the offender to tue
nearest Jail in any other county; and it is
hereby made the duty Of the keeper Of
such Jail, to receive the prisoner so commit
tel, and in al! respects to proceed with him
as # lie had been committed by the prop
er authorities Of the county il which such
Jail Is situated: Provided, That the county
in which the offence was committed shall
pay the costs of his confinement.
"SEc. 8. /. shall be the duty Of all
Sheritfs, Justices Of Peace, County Com
lnissioners, Constatles, ard all School Tr,s-
tees, to use alt necessary means to obtain
information Of tresspa*sers on said School
Lands, and to give such information to the
proper authorities.
"SEc. 4. The several District Courts
and Justices of the Peace shalt have con-
current jurisdiction in all cases arising un-
| der this Act.
Sec. S. This Act shall take effect
from and after its passage.
"Approved-Marcl,, 6, 1882"
MATR1MoN1AL.-Aw writer has computed
that a woman has lost half Of her chance.