Arkansas intelligencer., 1858-05-28

lt4tt At4f AsAtE t NsitiNts~ &c Is acre
by, admitted into the Union on nm equal foot
iu- with the original States in all respects
whatever, but upon this fundamental condr
ton precedent. namely: that the question o.
admission with the following proposition in
leu Of the ordinance framed at Iecomr.on be
submitted to a vote OF the people Of Kansas
and asScuted 20 by them or majority of the
vosers voting at an election TO be held for
that purrose, namely: that the following pro-
position be, and the same are hereby, offered
TO the people of Kansas for acceptance or re-
4 Ie,tion, which, If accepted, shall be obligatory
on the United States and upon the said State
. OF hansss, 20 ws: That sections number six
teen and thirty < ia every township Of pub
/ lie lands in said State or where either OF said
sections or any part thereof has been sold or
otherwise disposed Of, other lands, equivalent
thereto aud rs contiguous rs may be, shall lie
granted to said State for ibe use of schools.
/ Second. That seventy-two sections of land
/ shall be set apart and reserved for tie sup-
/ port Of State University, to be selected by
I the governor OF said State, subject to the an
proval oi the Commissioner Of the General
/ Land Office, and to be appropriated and Ap-
. piled in such manner as the Legislature ofsaid
/ State may prescribe Cor the purpose aforesaid,
| bat for no other parpose. Third. That ten
/ entire sections Of land, to be selected bv the
/ governor Of said State, in .egal subdivisions,
| shall be granted TO said State for the purpose
Of completing the public buildings, or for the
/ erection Of Others mt the seat OF government.
under the direction Of the legislature thereof.
| Fourth. That all sat springs within said State,
not eXcecding twelve in number, with six
sections Of land adjoining, or as contiguous
rs may be TO each, shall be granted to said
State for its use. the same TO be selected by
! the governor thereof within one year after
the admission Of said State; and, when so Sc
lectel, to be used or disposed of on such
terms, conditions, and regulations as the leg
i>lature may direct: ProUiied, That no salt
spring or land, the right whereof is now vest
ed in any individual or individuals, or which
may hereafter be confirmed or adiudged to
any individual or individuals, shall by this
article be granted to said State. Fifth. That
five per Centum of the nett proceeds Of sales
Of all the public lands lying within said State
which sha!, he sold BY Congress after the ad-
mission or SAID State into the Union, after
deductng all the expenses incident TO the
same shall be paid to said State for the pur-
pose Of making public roads and internal i'm
proyements. as tae legislature shall direct
Pror5dea-The foregoing propositions herein
offered are on the condition that said State
of Kansas shall nuyet interfere with the pri
mary disposal Of the lands Of the United
States; or wj.h any regulation which Congress
may find necessary for securing the title in
said soil to bona lds purchasers thereof and
that no IA shal. he imposed on lands belong
inC to the United States, and that in no case
shall nonresident proprictors be taxed higher
| than residents. Sixth. and That said State
shall never tex the lands or property Of the
United Aatcs in that State.
At the said election the voting shall be by
ballot, and ty endorsing on his ballot, as each
voter may please, "lroposition accepted" or
'Proposi,iou -rciectcd.' Should a majority
Of the votes cast be for Proposition accepted"
the President ofthe United States as soon as
the fact is duly made known to him, shall
announce the same ~ proclamation; and
thereafter, and without any further proceed.
ing> 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 be complete and
ahSoiute, aad said State shall be entitled to
one member in the House Of Representatives
N the Congress ofthe United Statos until the
next census be taken 10y the federal govern
ment. Bat should 4 majority of the votes
cast be for "Propos.tiou rejected" it shall be
deemed and held that the people Of Kansas
DO not desire admission into the Union with
said constitution under the conditions set forth
in the said proposition; and IN tllat event the
people of said Territory are hereby authorized
and empowered to form for themselves con-
stitution and State government, by the name
/ of the State of Kansas, according to the fed
eril constitution, and may elect delegates for
( that purpose whenever, and not before, it is
/ ascertained by a census duly and legally Ia
/ ken that the population of said Territory
/ equals or exceeds the ratio of representation
/ required for member Of the House of Rep
! resentatiyes Of the Congress OF the United
! States; and whenever thereafter, such dele
! gates shall assemble n convention, they shall
| first determine by a vote whether it is the
wish Of the people of the proposed State to
! be admitted into the Union at that time; and,
if 50, shall proceed TO form constitution, and
| take all necessary stems for the establishment
of State government in conformity with
the federal constitution, subject to such Emi-
ta:ions and restrictions as to the mo lc and
manner of its approval or ratification by the
people of the proposed State as they may
have prescribed by law, ard shall be entitled
to admission into the Union, as State under
such constitution thus fairly and legally made,
/ with or without slavery, as said constitution
may prescribe.
SEC. 2. AHd be IL further enacted, That,
for the purpose of insuring, as far as possible,
that the elections authorized by this act may
be fair and free, the governor, United States
district attorney, and secretary of the Terrific
ry of Kansas, and the presiding officers of the
two branches OF its legislature, namely, the
president of the council and speaker of the
house of representatives, are hereby constitu'
ted a boatd of commissioners to carry into
effect the provisions of this act, and to use all