M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-06-03
The EngIish Conference RIll.


form for themselves q Constitution and
State Government, which Constitution
| is Republican; and
Whereas, At the same time and
place, said convention did adopt an
ordinance, which asserts that Kansas,
when admitted as a State, will have
an undoubted right to tax the lands
within her limits, belonging to the U.
States and proposes to relinquish said
asserted right, if certain conditions set
forth in said ordinance be accepted and
agreed to by the Congress Of the Uni
! ted States; and
Whereas, Said constitution ard or.
dinance have been presented to Con-
gress by order of said convention, and
the admission ofsaid Territory into the
Union thereon as State requested;
and
Whereas, Said ordinance is not &C.
ceptable to Congress, and it is desira-
BILE to ascertain whether the people Of
Kansas concur in the changes in sRid
ordinance hereafter stated, and desire
admission into the Union as o State,
as herein proposed, Therefore
Belt enacted, &C., That the State Of
Kansas be and is hereby admitted into
the Union on an equal footing with the
original States in all respects whatev.
er, but upon this fundamental condi.
tion precedent, namely: That the
question Of admission with She follow.
ing proposition, in lieu of the ordi.
nance framed at Lecompton, shall be
submitted to the vote of the people Of
Kansas, and assented to by them, oi
the majority or the voters voting at an
election TO be held for that purpose
namely, ,thatthe following propositions
be, and the same are hereby offered
to said people of Kansas, for theil
free acceptance, &C., sc.
First, that sections numbered six
teen 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 other
wise been disposed Of, other lands
equivalent thereto, and as contiguous
as may be, shall be granted to the sMd
State for use of Schools.
Second, That sevcnty-two sections
Of land shall be set apart and reserved
for the use and support of a State
University, to he selected by the Gov.
ernor Of said State, subject to the ap,
proval Of the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, and to be appro-
priated and applied in such manner as
the Legislature Of the said State may
prescribe for thepurpose 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 bull
dings, or for the erection of others at
the seat Of Government, under the di-
rection of the Legislature 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 Governor thereof, with.
in one year after the admission Of said
State, and when so selected, to be used
or disposed of on such terms, condi-
tions and regulations as the Legisla-
ture shall direct; Provided, That no
salt spring, Or land, the right whereof
is now vested in any individual or in
or which may be hereafter
confirmed or adjudged to any individ-
ual or individuals shall by this article
be granted to said State.
Fifth, That five per centum of the
proceeds of the sales of 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 pub.
lie roads and internal improvements,
as the Legislature shall direct; Provi-
1ed, That the foregoing propositions
herein offered to the State of Kansas
shall never Interfere with the primary
disposal of the lands Of the q. States,
Or with any regulations Congress may
lind necessary for securing title in said
soil to bona tide purchasers thereof,
and that no tax shall be imposed on
and belonging to the United States,
and that in no case shall nonresident
Droprietors be taxed higher than resi-.
dents.
Sixth, And that said State shall
never tax the lands or property ofthe
United States.
At said election the voting shall be
BY ballot, and by endorsing on his
ballot, as each voter may please,
proposition accepted" or "proposi-
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