The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-05-06

on Fridayl
Whao Tho people of lhe Torrito.
~ of Kansas did by Convention Of
Delegates assembled at Lcoompton, ON
che 1ih day of November, 1857, for that
purpose form FOR themselves a Consligu-
tion and State Government, which Con-
sdluHon is Republican; aud Whereas,
ottho same time and place, sold Convon-
tiou did adopt an ordinance, which said
ordinance asserts chat Kansas, when adj
mittod os a State, viii have an uudoubt-
ed right To- tax ihe lands within her linn.
ita belonging Go che United states, and
proposes 10 relinqueh said asserted
right if certain conditions SET forth I'm
said ordinance bU accepted and agreed
10 by tho Congress Of thC United States;
and Whereas, the said Constitution and
ordiuauco havc been presented to the
Congross Of TIE United States by order
sof said Convention, and admission of
said Territory into che Union thereon
as State requested; and Whereas, said
ordinance Is not acceptable 90 Congress,
and q Is desirable % gscetait tChsiba hc
people Qf Konsos concur In tho changes
In said ordinance hereinafter stated and
desire admission inf0 he Uniop as a State
as herein proposed. Therefore
Boit en1c'cd, &C., That the State of
Kansas be, and is hereby, admitted into
the Union on an equal footing with the
original States in on respects whatever,
but upon he Fundamental condition prsc-
edcnt namely, that tie question of adj
mission toith hc foHorng proposition in
licu Of tbs ordinance framed 40 Lccomp-
con Be submitted 70 a ro,s of the people of
Kuus1s. and assentod 10 by them or o
majority of the voters voting at an cleo
tion to be held for that purpose, name
ly, that the following propositions be,
aud the same are hereby, offered TO the
people Of Kansas for acceptance or re-
lection, which, if accepted shall be OBJ
ligatory 10 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, or where either of said Sec
tions, or part thereof has been sold or
otherwise disposed of, other lands, equiv
alent thereto, and as contiguous as may
be, shall be granted to said State for the
use of schools Second, that seventy
two sections Of land shall be set apart
and reserved for the support of a State
University, TO be selected by the Gov
ernor Of said State, subject to the ap-
proval of the Commissioners of the
General Land Office, and to be appro-
priated and applied in such manner as
the Legislature in said State may pre-
scribe for the purpose aforesaid, but for
no other purpose Third, that ten en-
tire sections Of land, to be selected by
the Governor Of said State, in legal sub
divisions, shall be granted to said State
for the purpose Of completing the pub
lie buildings or for the erection Of 9TH
ers at 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 year after the admis-
sion 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: ProUided, That no
salt spring or land, the right whereof is
now vested in any individuals, or which
may hereafter be confirmed or adiudged
to any individuals, shall by this article
be granted to this State. Fifth, that
five per centum of the net proceeds Of
sales of all the public lands lying with
in said State, which shall be sold by Con-
gress after the admission of said State
into the Union, after deducting all ex-
penses incident to the same, shall be
paid to said State for the purpose Of
making public roads and internal i'm
provements, as the Legislature shall d.
rect.
Provided, The foregoing propositions
herein offered are on the condition that
said State Of Kansas shall never inter
fere with the primary disposal Of the
lands Of the United States, or with any
regulation which Congress may find nee
essary for securing the title in said soil
to bona fde purchasers thereof and that
no tax shall be imposed on lands be-
longing to the United States. and that
an ~ |-aD eAANtA Ayu-AGhluenL uEOpFleLOTB
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 indorsing on his bal
lot, as each voter may please, "proposi-
tion accepted, or "proposition reject
ed" Should a majority Of the votes cast
be for proposition accepted, the Pres
ident Of the United States, as soon as
the fact is duly made known 10 him.
shall announce the same by proclama-
dion; and thereafter, and without any
further proceedings on the part of Con.
.gress, the admission Of the State Of Kan
sas into the Union upon an equal foot
ing with the original States, in all re-
spects whatever, shall be complete and
absolute, and said State shall be entitled
TO one member IN the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes in the Congress Of the United
States until the next census be taken by
the Eederal GOverament but should a
majority Of the votes cast be for Hprop-
.Osition rejected u shall Be deemed aHI
held that ltePe0ple Of Kansas do not de-
sire admission INTO khe Uhi0n t0itb said
Constitution Hjder 1ie conditions set forth
iH the rqid DrOBOsifOn. and In thot ovori