The Placer herald., 1858-06-05
Bill for the Admission Of Kansas.

Bill for the Admission Of Kansas.
The following is the bill for the admission
OF Kansas which WAS agreed upon by the
Conference Committee and which subsequent.
ly passed both Houses Of Congress- and was
signed by the President:
Whereas, the people Of the Territory Of
Kansas did by convention Of delegates
assembled at Lecompton, on the 9TH day Of
November, one thousand eight hundred and
fify-seven, for that purpose, form for them.
selves constitution and State govern ment,
which constitution is republicans; and where.
as, at the same time and place, said conven-
ton did adopt an ordinance asserts that Kan.
sas, when admitted rs q State, will have an
undoubted right TO tax the lands within her
limits belonging to the United States, and
proposes TO relinqush said asserted right if
certain conditions set forth in said ordinance
be accepted and agreed to by the Congress
OF the United States; and whereas, the sail
constitution and ordinsn}e have been present.
ed to the Congress of the United State by
order Of said Convention, and admission Of
said Territory into the U ion thereon rs
State requested; and whereas, said ordinance
is not acceptable to Congress, and it is de.
sirable TO ascertain whether the people of
Kansas concur in the changes in said or,lin.
ance hereinafter stated, and desire admission
into the Union as state as herein proposed;
therefore,
BE it enacted, &C., That the State of Kan.
sas be, and is hereby, admitted into the
Union on an equal footing with the original
States in all respects whatever, but upon the
fundamental condition preced ent, namely:
that the question Of admission with the fol
lowing proposition in lieu Of the ordinance
framed at Lecompton be submitted 10 vote
OF the people of Kansas, and assented to by
them or majority OF the voters voting at
an election to be held for that purpose, name
ly: that the following propositions be, and
the same are hereby, offered TO the people Of
Kansas tor acceptance or rejection, which,
If accepted, shall be obligatory on the United
States and upon the said State of Kansas
to wit:-First that sections number sixteen
and thirty-six in every township of public
lands in said State, of where either Of said
sections or any part thereof has been sold or
otherwise 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 twenty-five sections Of land
shall be set apart and reserved for the sup
port OF State University, to be selected 10y
the Governor Of said State, subject 10 the ap
prova of the Commissioner OF the General
Land Office, and to be appropriated and an.
Piled in such manner as the Legislature OF
said State may prescribe for the purpose
aforesaid, but for no other purpose. Third,
that ten entire sections of land, to be selected
by the Governor Of said State IN legal sud.
divisions, shall be granted to said State for
the purpose of completing the public build
ngs or for the erection of others at the seat
of government, under the direction of the
Legislature thereof. Fourth, that all salt
springs within said State not exceeding
twelve in number, with six sections of land
adjoining, or as contiguous as may 10 to
each, shall he granted to said State for its
use; the same to be selected hy the Goaernor
thereof within one year after the admission
of said State, and when so selected to be
used or disposed Of on such terms, conditions
and regulations as the Legislature may d
rect; provided that no salt spring or land
the right whereof is now vested in an irdivd.
ua or individuals, or which may hereafter
he confirmed or adjudged to any individual
or individuals, shall by this article be grant
ed to said State. Fifth, that FIVE per centum
of the net proceeds Of sales Of all the public
lands lying within said State which shall be
sold by Congress after the admission of said
State into the Union, after deductng all tho
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: Provided, the fore
going proposition herein offered are on the
condition that said State of Kansas shall
never interfere with the primary disposal Of
the lands Of the United States, or with any
regulation which Congress may find necces.
sary for securing the title in said sell TO bona
fde purchasers thereof and that no tax shall
be imposed OF lands belonging 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 tho
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 accepted"
or ''rejecled." Should majority of the
votes cast be for proposition accepted" the
President of the United States, as soon as
the fact is duly made known to him, shall
announce the same by proclamation; and
thereafter, and without any further proceed
ings on the part Of Congress, the admission
of the State of Kansas into the Union upon
an equal footing with the original States, in
all respects whatever, shall he complete and
absolute, and said State shall be entitled to
one member in the House Of Representatives
in the Congress Of the United States until
the next census be taken by the federal gov.
ernmen,; but should majority of the votes
cast be for proposition rejected" it shall bo
deemed and held that the people of Kansas
| do not desire admission into tha Union with