Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-05-14


conditions and regulations as the Legislature
shall direct. Provided, That no salt spring or
land, the right whereof is now vested iD any in
dividual or individuals, ,or which may be heteaf-
ter couhrmedor adjudged to any individual or
individuals, shall BY this article be granted to
said State
Ffth--That five per centum of the proceeds
of the sales of all public lands lying within said
State, which shall be sold by Congress after
the admission of said State into the Union, af-
ter dedusting all expenses incident to the same
shall be paid 10 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 lanes of the United
Safes, or with any regulations Congress may
ind necessary for securing title in said eoil, to
bona fide purchasers thereof, and that tax
shall be imposed on land belonging to the
United States, aud that in no case shall nom
resident proprietors be taxed higher than resi-
dents.
Sixth--That the said State shall never tax
the lands OF property of the Uuited States in
that State
Section /. At the said election the voting
shall be by ballot and By endorsing on his ball
lot as each voter may please, proposition ac-
eepted," or proposition rejected" Should
the majority of The votes cast be for the s'pro-
position accepted" the President oFthe United
States, as soon as The fact is duly made known
to him, shall announce the same by. rroclana-
ion, and thereafter, and without any further
proceedings On the part Of Congress, the ad
EAt.. O. al.
on an equal footing with the original States,
10 all respects whatever, shall be 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 govern
ment. Bat should majority of the votes cast
be for the proposition rejected" i. shall be
deemed and held that the people of Kansas do
not desire admission into rhe Union With said
constitution, under the conditions set in said
propositions: and in that event the people of the
said territory are hereby authorized and empow-
cred to form for themselves a constitution and
State government by the name of the State of
Kansas, according to the federal constitution,
and may elect delegates for that purpose when
ever, and not before, it is ascertained, by CEN
sus, duly and legally taken. that the popula-
iion of said territory equals the ratio of repre-
sentation required for member of the House
of Representatives of the United States; and
whenever thereafter such delegates shall as
semble In convention, they shall first determine
BY vote whether it is the wish of the people
of the proposed State TO be admitted into the
uuion at that time, aud if so, shall proceed TO
form constitution, and take all necessary steps
for the establishment of State government, ia
conformity Nth the federal constitution, sub
ject to such limitations aud resolutions as to
she mode, ,manner of its approval or ratification
by the people of the proposed State, as they
may have prescribed by law, and shall be en-
titled to admission into the Union as State,
under such constitution fairly and legally made
with or without slavery, as such constitution
may prescribe.
Section 2. And be it 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, the United States
District Attorney, and Secretary of the terri
tory of Kansas, aud the presiding officers of the
two branches of its Legislature. namely, the
President Of the Council and Speaker of the
House of kepresentatives-are hereby eonst-
tuted a Board of Commissioners to carry into
effect the provisions of this act, and to use all
the means necessary and proper to that end
Any three of them shall constitute board, and
the board shall have power and authority, in
respect to each and all of the elections hereby
authorized OR provided for, to designate and
establish precincts for voting, or to adopt those
already established; to cause polls to be OPEN
ed at such places as it may deem proper in the
respective counties aud election precincts Of
said territory; to appoint, as judges of election
at each of the several places of voting, three
discreet and respectable persons, any two of
whom shall be competent TO act; to require the
sheriffs 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 sherffs and their deputies, ap-
pcint, at their discretion, and IN such instances
as they may choose, other fit persons for the
same purpose. The elections hereby author
lied shall continae one day only, and shall not
be continued later than suu-down on that day
The said board shall appoint the day for hold
ing the said elections, and the said government
shall announce the same by proclamation, aud
the day shall be as early Que as is consistent
with due notice thereof to the people of the
said territory, subject to the provisions of this
act The said board shall have full power to
prescribe the time, manner, ana place of said
election, and to direct the tine and manner of
the returns thereof, which returns shall be made
to the said board, whose duty it shall be to an
nounce the result by proclamation: and the said
government shall certify the same to the prcei-
dent of the United States without DELAY
Section 8. And be it further enacted, That
in the election hereby authorized, all White male
inhabitants of the territory over the age of
sscnty-one years, who possess the qualifications
sThieh were required by the laws of the said
tterritory for the legal voters at the last general
election for members Of the Territorial Legisls-
trtc, aud none others shall be allowed to vote;
aud this shall be the only qualification required