The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-04-30
Admission of Kansas.


eed the following bill for the admission Of
Kansas, which has been read the ifst and
second times n
bill % authoTise the people Of the Territory Of
kanaas TO tOfnl eOnstiiuiion and State goyerH-
ment, pFeparatdIy to her admission INTO Ire UR-
ion, when tAey have the requisite pOPuiation. =
Be Il enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United StStes of A
merica in Congress assembled, That when
ever II 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, fear hundred and
twenty inhabitants {that being the number
required by the present ratio Of representa-
ZION for member Of Congress1 wibhin the
limits herein. after described IN the Terrific
ry of Kansas, the Legislature of ssid Terri
tory shall be, and ia hereby, authorized to
provide by law fer the election Of delegates
by the people of said Territory, TO assemble
in convention and form a constitution and
State government. preparatory to their ad.
mission into the Union, on an equal footing
with the original States. in all respects what
soever, by the name of the State Of Kansas,
with the following boundaries to wit:-Be
| ginning on the western boundary Of the
State Of Missouri where the thirty seventh
/ parallel of north latitude crosses the same,
thence west on said parallel to the one hun
dred and third meridian Of longitude, thence
north on said meridian to the fortieth ar
allel oiIlHtitude to the western boundary of
the State Of Missouri, thence southwark
withSaid boundary 10 the place of begin
ming. -tE
Sec, 9. And be ii further enacted, That
the said convention shall be composed Of
delegates from each representative district
within the limits of the proposed S.ate, aud
that each district shall elect double the
number Of delegates to which it may be en-
titled to representatives in the Terrific. ia
Legislature; and that at the said election Of
delegates, all white male inhabitants who
shall have arrived at the age Of twenty one
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 election,
and who shasl possess the other quaii6ca-
tions required by the organic act OF the Ter
ritory, shall be entitled to vote and that
none esaers shall be permitted to vote at
said elections. @
4 Secs And be it further enacted, That
the following propositions be, and the 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 ard upon the said Sale
of Kansas, to W t.
|. That sections numbered sixteen and
thirty six in every township Of pubic lands
in said State, and where either Of said sec
tons or any part thereof has been sold or
Otherwise been disposed of, other lands,
equivalent t. ereto and as cont guous as
may be, shall be granted in said State for
the use of schools.
| 2. That seventy two sections Of land
shall be set apart and reserved Tor the use
and support Of Safe university, to be Sc
lected by the Governor of said State. sub
ject to the approval of the Commissioner Of
the General Land Office, an to be appto
4 priated and applied in such mac ner as the
Legislature Of said State may prescribe for
the purpose aforesaid, but for no other pur
pose. ..-..... ..............
8. That ten entire sections of land, to be
selected by the Governor of said State. in
legal sub divisions, shall be granted to said
State for the purpose Of completing the
public build ngs, or for the erection Of 9th
ers at the eeat Of government, under the di-
recton Of the Legislature thereof
4. That all salt springs within said State
not exceeding twelve in number, with six
sections of land adj 3ining, or contiguous as
may be to each. shall be granted to said
State for its use; the same to be selected by
the Governor thereof within one year after
the admission of said State and, when SC
selected, to be used or disposed of on such
terms, conditions and regulations as the
Legislature shall direct. Pr viied that nc
salt spring or land, the right whereof is now
vested in any individual or Individuals,
which may be hereafter confirmed or ad
Judged to any individual, or individuals
shall by this article be granted to said
State. "&l'&@ US
S. That Eve per cent Of the net proceeds
7 ofsaIes of all public lands lying within said
S ate, which shah be sold BY Congress af
ter the admission of said State into the Tn.
ion, after deducting all expenses incident
to the same, shall be paid tu said State Ioi
the purpose of m king public roads and in
ternal improvements as the Legislature
: shall direct: Provided. The foregoing pro
posi- ions herein offered are on the condition
that The said convention which shall forn
the constitution Of said State shall provide
by clause in said constitution, or an ordi
nance, irreyoeabe without the consent o
+ the United States, that said State shall new
er interfere with the primary disposal of the
y soil within the same by the United States
or with any regulations Congress may fns
r necessary for securing the title in said sol
. to ''bona fde" purchasers thereof. and tha
no tax shall be imposed on, lands belonging
: to the United States, and that in no cas-,
shsll non resident proprietors be taxed high
er than the residents. ia s.g.tt, ,..st y. g,9;F
i gA SENATOR sewARD's SUBSTITUTE.
: A bill for the admittance of the State of Kansa
al ~ into tho Union. s"
Sec. ]. Be it enacted &C., That III,
State ofKansas shall be one. and Is hereb,
2 declared to be one, Of the United States d
: Americs and admnted into the U6ibn 81
an equal footing with the oiiginal States ii
+ all respects whatever, with the following
boundaries TO witt Beginning on the west
. ern boundary OF the State Of Missouri, .wher
the 37tb parallel OF north latitude crosse
the same thence west on said parallel 4