Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-05-01
Report Of the Committee Of Conference
tIpon the Bill TO Admit Kansas as a

SC .iliLc IIl41. -
They 'e'a1iraesdy reeeonmend the ;adoptio
Of this amendment by the two Houses {
Congress.
i JAMES S. GREEN,
r. NJ. L. HUNTER.
j Managers on the part of the Senate.
WIN. II. ENGLISH,
ALEX. ii. STEPHENS,
Managers on the parv Of the House.
4 The undersigned, one Of the managers OF
the part Of the Senate, does not agree to n
foregoing report.
WIN. I. SEW ARD.
The undersigned, one of the managers OF
the part of the House, does not agree to thc
foregoing report.
WM. A. HOWARD.
BILL FOR TIE ADMISSION OF KANSAS.
I Whereas the people Of the Territory Of
Kansas did by a Convention Of Delegates
assembled at Lecompton, on the 7th day Of
November, one thousand eight hundred and
fifty seven, for that purpose, form for them
selves q CONSTITUTION aad State ,Govie,n-
ment, which Constitution is Republican
and whereas, at the same time and place,
said Convention did adopt an Ordinance.
which said Ordinance asserts that Kansas.
when admitted as q State, viii have an uu-
doubted ;sigEt to tag the lands within her
aimits belonging to the United States. and
proposes to relinquish said asserted right if
certain conditions set forth in said Ordi-
nance be accepted and agreed to by the
Congress of the United States and where
as the said Constitution and Ordinance have
been presented to tie Congress Of the Uni
saed States .by order Of said Convention and
admission Of said Territory into the Union
thereon as State requested; and whereas
said Ordinance is not acceptable to Con-
gress, and it is desirable to ascertain wheth-
er the people Of Kansas concur in the chan
ges in said Ordinance herein after atated,
and desire admission into the Unien as a
State as herein proposed: Therefore,
Re i, enacted, DC, That the State of
Kansas be and is hereby, admitted into the
Union on On equal footing with the original
States IN all respects whatever, but upon
the fundamental eqp lition pre- codcnt,
Fnamely: that the question Of admission
tWith the following proposition in lieu of
the ordinance framed at Lecompton be sub
mitted to vote Of the people Of Kansas,
and assented to By them Or majority of the
voters voting at al election to be held sor
that purpose, namely: that tie following
propositions be, and the same are hereby,
offered to the people Of Kansas for accep-
lance Or rejection, which, if acc eilted, shall
be obligatory :qnsthe UlGted State, ard upon
the said State Of Kansas to wit: First, that
sections number sixteen anI thicty-six in
every township Of public lands in said State
or wheEe either .of said sections or any part
thereof has bq2Qn .sQld or Otherwise disposed
Of OTHER Ilansls.. equivalent t!.eretc and as
contiguous as may be, shall be granted to
SAID State for the use Of schools. Second,
that seFtnty-tEo sections Of land shall be
set apart and reserved for The support of !.
State upiEersitg, 10 he selected BY the gov
ernor Of said State, subject to the approval
OF the Commissioner u the General Land
oifce, and to be appropriated and applied
IN such manner as the legislature of tie
State may prescribe for the pprpose afare-
said, hpt fer 70 other .pla;pose tlns4ird,
that ten entire sections of land, to be- selec-
ted BY the governor OF sad State, III j cal
Subdivisions, shall be granted to said State.
tor 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 sail State, not cxccc :.
ing twelve III number, With six sections Of
lan1 adjoining, or as contiguous as may be
to each, shall be granted to said State for
is use, the same to be selected by tie c.
ernor thereof within one year after the ad-
mlaslqn of said State, and, when 50 selected,
to be- used o. disposed Of on such terms,
conditiqas, and Regulations as tue Legisla-
ture may direct: Provided That 10 salt
spring or land the right whereof is now
vested in any individual or individuals, or
which may hereafter be confirmed or I'D
judged to any individual or individuals,
shall By this a.stiole l. granted tc said Safe.
Filth, that five per euutum Of the net pro-
ceeds Of sales Of al the public lands lying
within said State which Shall be sold bs
Congress after the admission Of said State
into the Union, after dodacting al the ex-
penses incident to the same, Shall be reid
to SAID State for the purpose of making
public roads ana..;nter,al improvements, as
tie Legislature shall direct: Provided,
Tie foregoing propositions herein offered
are OF the condition that said State of Kan
sas shall never interfere with the primary
disposal Of the lands. Ct, the >Ju.ted States,
or with any regulation which Congress may
find necessary for securing the title in said
soil to bora fife purchasers thereof; and
that nc taz shall be imposed on lands be-
ssQ.ng.ng. to the United States, and that in
no case shall nonresident proprietors be
taxed higher than residents. Sixth, and
that said State shall never tax the lands or
property of the United States in that State.
AT the said election the voting shall be
BY ballot, and by endorsing on his ballot,
as each voter may please, proposition ac-
ceptep or proposition rejected" Should
a majority of the votes cast be for ''propo-
sition accepted" the President Of the Uni
ted States, as soon as the fact s-dEly made
known to him, shall announce the same by
and thereafter, and without
any further proceedings on the part Of Con-
gress, the admission of the State of Kansas
into the Union upon 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 in the
House of Representatives in the Congress-