Nebraska advertiser., 1857-07-16
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LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Public 15.l

PUBLIC 10.
AN ACT to authorize the people of the Ter
ntory of Minnesota to form a constitution
and State government, preparatory to their
admission in the Union on an equal footing
with tho original States
/. Sec. 5. 4nd be It fssBhr enacted, That
the following pio'7sitions be and the same ~
heih9y, offered - the said convention Of the
people Of Minnesota for their free acceptance
or rejection, which if accepted by the conven-
ton, shall be obligatory on the United States
and upon the said State of Minnesota, to wit:
First, That sections numbered sixteen and
thirty-six in every township of public lands in
said State, and where either of said sections,
or any part thereof, has been sold or otherwise
disposed of, other lands, equivalent thereto
and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted
to said State for the use of schools.
Second, That seventy-two sections of land
shall be set apart and reserved for the use and
support of State university, to be selected by
the governor of said State, subject to the ap-
proval of the Commissioners of the General
Land Office, and to be appropriated and ap-
piled in such manner as the legislature of said
State may prescribe for the purpose aforesaid,
but for no other purpose.
Third, That ten entire sections of land, to
be selected by the governor Of said State, in
legal subdivisions, shall be granted to said
State for the purpose of completing the public
buildings or for the erection of others at the
seat of government, under the direction of the
legislature thereof.
Fourth, That all salt springs within said
State not exceeding twelve in number, with
six sections of land adjoining, or as 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 so selected
to be used or disposed of on such terms, con-
ditions, and regulations as the legislature shall
direct: Provided, that no salt spring or land
the right whereof is now vested in any indi-
viGual or individuals, or which may hereafter
be confirmed or adjuGged to any individual ol
individuals, shall, by this article, be granted tc
said State.
Fifth, That FIVE per ceutum of the net pro.
ceeds of sales of all public lands lying within
said State, which shall be sold by Congress
after the admission of said State into the
Union, after dIsducting an The expenses Incl
/ dent 10 the sa ne shill be paid to said State
fsr the purposH Of making public rsiads anS
and internel ifhprovenents, as the llsgislatur'
shall direct: Ptovidea The foregoing propo
sitions herein elEeted are on the condition, tha
the said convention which shall form the con
stitution of said State shall provide, by claus,
in said constitution, or an ordinance irrevoca
bic without the consent of the United States
that said State shall never interfere with tn
primary disposal of the soil within the same
by the United States or with any regulation
Congress may find necessary for securing tn
title in said soil to bona fde purchasers there
of; and that no tax shall be imposed on land
belonging to the United States, and that in n
case shall nonresident prorrietors be take
higher than residents.
Approved Feb. rs, 1857.