Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-04-09


discrcjiUB,a ,and in such instances as iheychooSe,
other fl persons fer The same purpose; and
B when the purpose of the election is TO elect
delegates TO 4 Convention 10 form Constiiu-
ton, as heTeinbeiore provided, the number of
| delegates shall lie SIXTY, and they shall be ap-
puriloned by said board among the severa!
Counties OF said Territory, according to the
number of voters; and in making this appor-
tIonment. the board may join two or more
| counties together to make an election or rep
resentaiivc district, where neither Of the said
counties has the requisite number OF voters 10
eni:ile ii 10 a delegate, or 10 jvin smaller TO
a larger county, having a surplus population,
where il may serve TO equalZe the representa-
ton. The election hereby authorized shall
continue one day only, and shall not be con-
. tnued later than sundown on that day. The
said board shall appoint the day of election
, for each of The elections hereby au,horlzed,as
the same may become necessary. The said
Governor shall announce, by proclamation,
The day appointed for any one of said cleo
ions, and the day shall be as eaily one
is consistent with due notice thereof 10 the
people OF said Territory, subject 10 the provI
>IouS of this act. The said board shall have
full power TO prescribe the time, manner, and
places of each of said elections, and 10 direct
the time and manner of the returns thereof,
which returns shall be made 10 the said board.
whuse duty II shall be 10 announce the result
by proclamation, and to appoint therein as
early day as practicable for the delegates
elected (where the election has been for dele
eateS) 10 assemble in convention al the seat
Of Government Of said Territory. When SO
assembled, the Convention shall first deter
mine, by vote, whether it is The wish Of the
proposed State 10 he admitted into the Union
n If G.
Constitution, and take all necessary steps
tor the establishment of state Government,
IN conformity with the Federal Constitution,
subject 10 the approval and ratification of the
people Of the proposed State. And the said
Convention shall accordingly provide for its
submission 10 the vote of the people for appro-
val or rejection and If the majority OF votes
shall be given Tor the constitution so framed
as aforesaid, the Governor of the Territory
shall, within twenty days after the result Is
known, nutiiy the Presden, of the United
States of the same. And lhereupon the Pres
ident shall announce the same by proclama-
ton, and thereafter, and without any further
proceedings whatever on the part of Congress,
the admission Of The said State OF Kansas in-
10 the Union, upon an equal footing with the
original States in all respects whatever, shall
be complete and absolute. q.
SEE. 4. Ana be IL further enacfed, That in
the elections hereby authorized, all white
male inhabitants of said Territory. over the
age of twenty-one years, who are legal voters
under the laws of the Territory of Kansas,
and none others, shall be allowed TO vote and
this shall be the only qualification required To
entitle the voter 10 the right of suffrage IN
said elections. And If any person not so
qualified shall vote. or offer TO vote, or if any
person shall vote more than once at either of
said elections, or shall make, or cause 10 be
made, any false, fictitious, or fraudulent re-
turns, or shall alter or change any returns of
either Of said elections, such person shall,
upon conviction thereof before any court OF
competent jurisdiction, be kept at hard labor
not less than six months, and not more than
three years.
SIC. 3. And be II further enacted, Tha, the
members of the aforesaid board of commits
lIoners, and all persons appointed by them 10
carry into effect The provisions of this act,
shall, before entering upon their duties, take
an oath 10 perform faithfully the duties of
their respective Offices, and on failure thereof,
iheg shall b a9e and SUBJECT e IRf ID FAIRS Re
cases under The territorial laws.
Src. 6. And be ii further enacted, That the
officers mentioned in the preceding section
shall receive for their services the same COM
the territorial laws.
SIC. 7. And be II further enacted, That the
said State of Kansas, when her admission as
& State becomes complete and absolute, shall
be entitled 10 one member IN the House of
Representatives, in the Congress of the Uni
ted States, TIL the next census be taken by
the Federal Government.
SEC. s. And be IL further enacted, That the
following propositions be, and the same are
hereby, offered to the sal people of Kansas
for their free acceptance or rejection, which,
if accepted, shall be obligatory upon the Uni
ted States and upon the said state OF Kansas,
. 10 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 been disposed of, other lands,
equivalent thereto, and as contiguous as may
be, shall be granted TO said Stale for the use
of schools. Second That seventy-iwo sec
iions of land shall be set apart and reserved
for the use and support Of a State university,
10 be selected by the Governor Of said State,
subject TO the approval of the Commissioner
Of the General Land Office. and 10 be apprO-
priated and applied in such manner the
Legislature OF SAID State may prescribe for
the purpose aforesaid, but for no other pur-
pose. 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
al the scat of government, under the direction
of the Legislature thereof. Fourth, That all
salt springs within said State, no, exceeding
twelve in number, with SIX sections of land
adjoining, or as contIouou as may be TO each,
shall be granted 10 said State for its use
the same 10 be selected by the Governor there
Of, within one year after the admission of said
State, and when So selected, to be used or
disposed of On such terms, conditions, and reg
ulatons, as the Legislature shall direct: Pro-
rided, That no salt spring or land, the right
whereof is now vested in any individual or
individuals, or which may be hereafter con-
iirmed oI adJudged 10 any individual or indi-
'vidnals, shall by this article be granted to
said State. Fifth. That five per centum of
the net proceeds of sales of all public lands
living within SAID State, which shall be sold
by Congress after the admission of said State
into the Union, after deductins all the cYpen-
seS incident 10 the same, shall be paid TO said
State for the purpose of making public roads
and internal Improvements, as the Legis slature
shall direct: TrOrided. The foregoing propo-
sition herein before offered are on the condi-
ton tina, the people OF Kansas shall provide,
by an ordinance irreyOcable withou, the con-
sent of The United States, that said State shall
never interfere with the primary disposal of
the soil within the same, by the United States,
or with any regulations Congress may find