White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-07-15
AFAU
.,.,;.,iou Of the state Of Kan
For tAs into the Union

AN AS4
.ami.sion Of the State Of Aan' :
For the =. intO the Union.
.,... the people of the Territory Of
Whls:.S1 Nv a Convention Of Dele
K.ns. .s.'S.mbled at LecOmptOn on the sew,
s'i:' i ,sS II November. one thousand
en!h d na.yndrsd and ffty-seven. for that
eight nuF soru, for themselves q constltu-
purpost State sS government, which consti-
II! G republican; and whereas, at the
td'lOa .;u,s and place, said Convention olo
', aan, .n ordinance, which said ordinance N
sd0p! - .h.t Kansas, when admitted as a
t'sS riIl have an undOubted right to
sac 4. lands within her limits belonging
~ H. ~ United States, and propose: to re-
y y: = ssid asserted right if certain con-
l In. set forth in said ordinance be &C,
dflOII', md agreed to by the Congress oil
1tp' If,itsi States and whereas the said
'D' citation and ordinance have been pre-
e 's,.J to Congress by order OF said Con
''nI:u and admission of said Territory
a !',n h. Union thereon as State reques,
in'O an and whereas said ordinance is not
'sa liable to Congress, and it is desirable
>. NV 'i.ertsin whether the people Of Kan
70 o0cnr in the changes in said ordi-
81 ... . hereinafter stated, and desire ad-
na ;..;on into the Union ss a State, as
S.rsiu proposed: TherefOre-Bs Il enact
n oS :. i, Ssuuls and House Of RePressn-
~ If he United States Of america
.a'' Ta,1,,,, a,,snNed, That the State OF
T,O.s: be. and is hereby, admitted on an
.cu,I footing With the original States. IN
Il rsspects whatever, but upon this fnn-
! J,ment.I condition precedent, namely
tS,t the question Of admission with the
following proposition. in lieu Of the ordl,
dance framed at Lecompton, be submitted
20 a vote Of the people Of Kansas ana
.ssented to BY them. or majority Oh tne
voters voting at an election to be held Tor
that purpose, namely that the following
nrona itianS be, and the same are hereby,
rF.r.l to the people of Kansas fer accep-
t,no. or rejection, which. if accepted,
,b.H be obligatory on the United States,
and mon the said State Of Kansas, tO-wlt:
First That sections number sixteen and
thirty.sir in every township Of public
lands in said State, or where estker Of
said sections or any part thereof has been
sold or otherwise disposed of, ether lands
e1uiyalent thereto and contiguous as may
BE- shall be granted to said StSte for the
use of schools. Second. That seventy
two sections Of land shall be set apart
and reserFed fer the support Of State
University, to be selected by the Govern
or Of said State, subject to the approval
Of the Commissioner sf the General Land
Office, and to be appropriated sRd sp-
piled in such manner as the Legislature
Of said State may prescribe fer the PRr-
pose aforesaid, but fer ne ether purpose.
Third. That ten entire sections of land.
10 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 gov
eminent. under the direction Of the Leg.
stature thereof Fourth. Thst adj Sad;
springs within said State. nat exceeding
twelve in number, with six sections Of
land adjoining or as contiguous as Rsy
be to each. shall be graRted to said Stat'
for It's use, the same to be selected by thu
Governor thereof within sae year afel
The admission Of said State: and wher
50 selected, to be used or disposed Of Oh
such terms, conditions, and regulations a.
the Legislature may direct: Provided
That no salt spring or land, the righ
whereof is now vested in any iRdividus a
or individuals, or which may hereafter b,
confirmed or adjudged to say individual
or individuals. shall by this article b
granted to said State Fifth. That fv'
per centum Of the nett proceeds Of sale
Of all public lands lying within sale
State, which shall be sold by Congress
after the admission of said State into tn
Union, after deductiRg all the expense
incident to the same, shall be paid to sale
State for the purpose Of making publ
roads and internal improvements, as tn
Legislature shall direct: Provided. tn
foregoing propositions herein offered ar
on the condition that said State Of Kan
sas shall never interfere with the prim ar,
disposal Of the lands of the United States
or with any regulations which Congress
may find necessary for securing the It'll
Inssid soil to bona fde purchasers thereof
and that no tax shall be imposed on land
belonging to the United States, and tia
Ic no case shall non resident proprietor
be taxed higher than residents. Sixth
AMI that said State shall never tax tn
lsnls or property Of the United States i
that State.
A: the said election the voting shall b
by ballot, and by endorsing on his ballo
{" each voter may be pleased, "Propos
ton accepted" or Proposition rejected.
Should majority of the votes cast |
for Proposition accepted, " the Presider
Of the United States, as soon as the fst
Iduly made know to. him, shall snnount
the same by proclamation. and thereafte
and without any further proceedings Q
the part of Congress, the admission Of Il
State Of Kansas into the Union upon g
equal footing with the original States
all respects whatever shall be compile
and absolute /; and said State shall be Ell
titled to one member in the House
representatives in the Congress of Il
United States until the next census
taken BY the Federal Government. b
should majority Of the votes cast be f
Proposition rejected" It shall be deem
Nd and hald that r K-..r =