Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-08-25

in such manner rs the legislature Of said State
may prescribe fur tho purpose aforesaid, but for
M otheF purpose, Third, that ten entire sec
tions of land to be selected by the governor of
said State, in lesal subdivisions, shall be granted
to said State for the purpose Of completing the
public buildings, or for the erection Of others
ut the scat 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 be to each, shall be
granted to said State for its use, the same to
be selected by the governor thereof, within one
wear after the admission Of said State, and when
so selected to be used or disposed of on such
terms, conditions, and regulations, as the legis-
lature may 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 adjudged to any indi-
vidual or individuals, shall, by this article, be
granted to said State. Fifth, the five per centum
of the net proceeds OF the sales OF all public
lands lying within said State, which shall be
sold by Congress after tho 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 lesis'
Iaturc SHALL direct Provided, The foregoing
proposition herein offered arc oil the condition
that the State of Kansas shall never interfere
with the primary disposal Of the lands Of the
United States, or with any regulations which
Congress may find nccSsary for securing the title
in said soil to bona tide purchasers thereof, and
that no tax shall bc imposed on lands belonging
to the United States, and that in no case shall
nonresident propretors be taxed higher than
residents. Sixth, and that said State shall ner,
er tax the lands or property of the United States
in that State.
At the said election the voting shall bc by
ballot, and by endorsing on his ballot, as each
voter may please, proposition accepted, Or pro,
position rejected. Should majority Of the
votes cast be for proposition accepted, the Pres
jdent OF thp United states, as soon as the fact
is duly made known to him, shall announce tho
same by proclamation; and thereafter, ant
without any further proceedings on tho part U
Congress, the admission Of the State Of kansa:
into the Union upon an equal footing with tht
original States, in all respects whatever, slial
he complete and absolute, and said State shall
be entitled TO one member in the House Of Rep
rcscntativcs in the Congress Of the Unitet
States, until the next census be taken by th
federal government But should u majority Q
The votes cast be for proposition rejected, it shal
Le deemed and hold that the people of Kansa
do not desire admission into the Union wit
said constitution under the conditions set Fort
in said proposition and in that event tho pee
pic Of said Territory are hereby authorized an
empowered to form for themselves q constitu
tion and State government, by the name Of til