Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-04-29

such manner as the Legislature of the said State
may prescribe for the purpose aforesaid, but for
no other purpose,
Third-I'hat 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 build
ings, Tor the erection of others at the seat of
government, under the direction Of the Legisla-
ture thereof.
Fourth-That all the salt springs within the
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 Gov.
thereof, within one year after the admission of
said State, and when so selected, to be used or
disposed of on such terms, conditions or regula-
lions as the Legislature shall direct; Provided,
That no salt spring, or land, the right whereof
is now vested in any individual or individuals,
or which may hereafter be confirmed or adiudg-
ed to any individual orindividuals, shall by this
article be granted to said State.
Fifth-Ihat five per centum of the proceeds
Of the sales of all public lands lying within the
said State, which shall be sold by Congress after
the admission of said State into the Union, after
deducting all the expenses incident to the same
shall be paid to said State for the purpose Of
making public roads and internal improvements,
as the Legislature shall direct; ProUided That
the foregoing propositions herein offered to the
State of Kansas shall never interfere with the
primary disposal of the United States, or with
any regulation Congress may find necessary for
securing title in said soil to bona fde purchasers
thereof, and that no tax shall be imposed on
land belonging to the United States, and that in
no case shall nonresident propretors be taxed
higher than resident.
Sixth-And that said State shall never tax
the lands or the property of the United States.
At said election the voting shall be by ballot,
and by endorsing on his ballot, as each voter
may please-Propostion accepted, or PROPOSE
ton rejected
Should the majority of votes b. cast for propo-
sition accepted, the President of the United
States, as soon as the fact is duly made known
to him, shall announce the same by proclama-
ton, and thereafter, and without any further
proceedings on the part of Congress, the almis-
sion of the State of Kansas into the Union on
an equal footing with the. original States, in
all respects whatever, shall be complete and
absolute; and said State shall be entitled to one
member of the House of Representatives in the
Congress of the United States, until the next
census be taken by the Federal Government
But, should the majority of the votes cast be
against the proposition of Congress and admis-
sion, it shall be deemed and held that the people
of Kansas do not desire admission INTO the Union
with said Constitution, under the conditions
set forth in said propositions and in that event
the people of said Territory are hereby author
lied and empowered to form for themselves a
Constitution and State Government by the name
of the State Of Kansas, according to the FEEDER
al Constitution, and may elect delegates for that
purpose, whenever, and not before, it is ascer-
tanned, by census duly and legally taken, that
the population of said Territory equals the ratio
Of representation required for a member of the
House of Representatives of the United States ;
and whenever thereafter such delegates shall as
semble to convention, they shall first determine
by vote whether it is the wish of the people
of the proposed State to be admitted into the
Union at that time, and if so, shall proceed to
form Constitution, and take all necessary steps
for the establishment of a State Government, in
conformity with the Federal Constitution, sub
ject to such limitations and restrictions as to
the mode and manner of its approval or ratifi-
cation by the people of the proposed State as
they may have prescribed by law, and shall be
entitled to admission into the Union as a State
under such constitution thus fairly and legally
made, with or without slavery, as said consti-
fusion may prescribe.
Sic 2. And be 1t further enacted, that fol
the purpose of insuring, as far as possible, that
the election authorized by this act may be fair
and free, the Governor, United States District
Attorney and Secretary of the Territory Of
Kansas, and the presiding officers of the two
branches of its Legislature, namely the Pres
ident of the Council and Speaker of the HOUSE
of representatives are hereby constituted a
Board of Commissioners to carry into effect the
provisions of this act, and to use all the meant
necessary and proper to this end. Any three
of them shall constitute Board and the Boart
shall have power and authority to designate
and establish precincts for voting, or to adop
those already established to cause polls to b.
opened as such places as it may deem proper
in the respective counties and election precincts
of said Territory to appoint, as judges o
election at each of the several places of voting
three discreet and respectable persons, any TIVE
of whom shall be competent to act to require
the sherifs of the several counties, by them
selves Or deputies, to attend the judges at eacl
of the places OF voting, for the purpose o
preserving peace and good order or the SAT-
board may, instead of said sherifs and their dep
uties appoint at their discretion, and in sucl
instances as they may choose, other fit person
for the same purpose. The election hereby au
thorized shall continue one day only and shall
not be continued later than shutdown on tina
day. The Board shall appoint the day for holding
said election. and said Governor shall announc
: the same day by proclamation and the da
, shall be as early a one as is consistent with du
notice thereof to the people of said territory
The said Board have full power to prescribe tn
r time and place of said election, and to direC
the time and manner of the returns Thereof
which shall be made to said Board, whose dut
/ it shall be to announce the result by proclamG
: ton, and said Governor shall certify the sam
the President of the United States without dt
. lay
SEC g. And be it further enacted, that il
the election thereby authorized, all white. NAL
Q inhabitants of said Territory over the age
G 81 years who possess the qualifications whc
/, were required by the laws of said Territor
Q for a legal voter, at the last general eectio
/; for member of the Territorial Legislature, an
/ this shall be the only qualifications require
: to entitle the citizens TO the right of suhrag
, in said elections, and if any person not :
s qualified shall vote, or offer to vote, or if an
S person shall vote more than once at either
!, said elections, Or shall make or cause to |
q made any false fictitious, or fraudulent returns
# Or shall alter or change any returns of eitht
of said elections, such person shall, upon col
% viction thereof before any court Of Competel
Jurisdiction, be kept at hard labor not less tina
V six months and not more than three years.
:; SEC. T. And be it further enacted, that Il
members of thealoresaid board of commission
o ers and all persons appointed by them to carr
l. into effect the provisions Of this actshal, befo
IS entering upon their duties, take an oath to pc
l. form faithfully the duties of their respect,
J. offices, and on failure thereof they shall be
able and subject to the same charges and pc
Is alties as are provided in like cases under Il
n Territorial laws.
> SEC. 5. And be Il further enacted. that Il