Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-06-05
English Conference Bill.


be and is hereby admitted into the Union on an
equal footing with the original States in all
spects whatever, but upon this fundamental con-
dition precedent, namely That the question of
admission with the following proposition in lieu
of the ordinance framed at Lecompton, shall be
submitted to the vote Of the people Of Kansas,
and assented to by them or The majority of the
voters voting at an election to be held for that
purpose, namely: That the following propositions
be and the same are hereby offered to said people
of Kansas for their free acceptance or rejection,
which, if accepted shall be obligatory upon the
United States and upon the said State of Kansas,
to 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 the
said State for the use of schools
SECOND-That seventy-two sections of land
shall be set apart and reserved for the use and
support of a State University, to be selected by
the Governor of said State, subject to the approval
OF the Commissioner of the General Land Office,
and to be appropriated and applied in such man.
ner as the Legislature of the said State may
prescribe for the purpose aforesaid, but for no
other purpose.
THIRD--Tbat 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 at the seat of Gov
ernment, under the direction 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 10 each shall be granted 10 said State
for its use, the same to be selected by the Cover
nor 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 regu-
latons as the Legislature shall direct; PROVIDED,
That no salt spring, or land, the right whereof is
now vested in any individual or individuals, or
which may be hereafter confirmed or adjudged
to any individual or individuals, shall by this ar
tcle be granted to said State.
FIFTH-That five per centum Of the proceeds
of the sales Of all 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 public roads and internal improvements,
as the Legislature shall direct; PROVIDED, That
the foregoing propositions herein offered to the
State Of Kansas shall never interfere with the
primary disposal of the lands of the United
States, or with any regulations Congress may find
necessary for securing title in said soil to bona
fde purchasers thereof, and that no tax shall be
imposed on land belonging to the United States,
be taxed higher than resident.
SIXTH-And that said State shall never tax the
lands or property Of the United States.
At said election the voting shall be by ballot,
and by indorsing on his ballot, as each voter may
please, proposition accepted or proposition
rejected Should the majority of votes be cast
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 pro
clamation, and thereafter, and withoutany further
proceedings on the part of Congress, the adms-
sion Of the State of Kansas into the Union an
equal footing with the original States, in all re-
spccts whatever, shall be complete and absolute;
am d 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 ia
ken by the Federal Government. But, should
the majority of the votes be cast for proposition
rejected, it shall he deemed and held that the
people of Kansas do not desire admission into
the Union with said Constitution, under the con-
ditons set forth in said proposition; and in that
event the people of said Territory are hereby
authorized and empowered to form for themselves
q Constitution and State Government by the name
of the State of Kansas, according to the Federal
Constitution, and may elect delegates for that
purpose whenever, and not before, it is ascer
tained, by census duly and legally taken, that
the population of said Territory equals the ratio
Of representation required for member of the
House of Representatives of the United States;
and whenever thereafter such delegates shall as
scmble in convention, they shall first determine
by vote whe ther il is the wish of the people of
the proposed State TO be admitted into the Union
at that time, and, if so, shall proceed 10 form
Constitution and take all necessary steps for the
establishment of a State Government, in cOnfor-
nifty with the Federal Constitution. subject to
such limitations and restrictions RS to the mode
and manner of its approval or ratification by the
people of the proposed State as they may have
prescribed by law, and shall be entitled to adm s.
sion into the Uuion as State under such Consti-
tuition thus fair and legally made, with or without
Slavery, as said Constitution may prescribe.
SEC 2 And be it further enacted That for the
purpose of insuring, az far as possible, that the
election authorized by this act may be fair and
free, the Governor, United States District Attor-
ney, and Secretary of the Territory Of Kansas,
and the presiding officers of the two branches of
its Legislature-namc the President of the
Counon and Speaker of the House of Represen-
tatives, are hereby constituted Board of Com
missioners to carry into effect the provisions of
this act, and 10 use all the means necessary and
proper to that end. Any three Of them shall
constitute a Board, and the Board shall have
power and authority to designate and establish
precincts for voting, or to adopt those already
established; to cause polls to be opened at such
places as it may deem proper in the respective
counties and election precincts of said Territory;
to appoint, as judges of election at each OF the
several places Of voting, three discreet and re-
spectacle persons, ary two Of whom shall be
competent to act; to require the sherifs Of the
several counties, by themselves or deputies, to
attend the judges at each Of the places of voting
for the purpose Of preserving peace and good
order; or the said Board may, instead of said
Sheriffs and their deputies, appoint, at their dis
cretion and in such instances az they may choose.
,.hn. g, persons for the same purpose. The
election hereby authorized shall coatinue one
day only aud shall not DO continued later than
sundown on that day. The Board shall appoint
the day for holding said election, House, and
said government shall announce the same by
proclamation, and the day shall be as early one
as is consistent with due notice thereof to the
people of said Territory, subject to the provision
of this act. The said Board shall have full power
to prescribe the timeI manner and place of said
election, and to direct the time and manner of
the returns thereof; which returns shall be made
to said Board, whose duty it shall be to announce
the result by proclamation. and said government