The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-05-19
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of the United States.
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egates assembled at Lecompton, on th'
, 9TH day of November, M thousan'
eight hundred and ff~ty.seven, for tina
purpose, form for themselves a %constitu
ltion and State government, which con
stirutiou is republican ; and whereas, a
the same time and place, said convention
did adopt an ordinance, which said or
dinance asserts that Kansas, when ad
mitied as a State, will have an undoubt
ed right to tax the lands within her linn
its belonging to the United States, anG
proposes TO r~e,inquish said asserted rigni
If certain conditions set forth in saiG
ordinance be accepted aud agreed to by
the Congress of the United States; and
whereas the said constitution aud ordi.
nance have been presented to Congress
by order of said convention, and ad.
mission of said Territory into the Uninn
thereon as a State requested and where
as said ordinance is not acceptable to
I Congress, aud it is desirable to ascertain
whether the people of Kansas concur in
the changes in said ordinance hereinafter
stated, and desire admission into the
Union as a State as herein proposed :
Therefore-Be IL enacted DE, That the
State of Kansas be, and is hereby, ad-
milted into the Union on an equal foot
ing with the original States ID all re-
spects whatever, but upon this funda
mental condition precedent, namely (:
that the question of admission with the
following proposition in lieu of the or
dinance framed at Lecompton be sub
mitted to a vote of the people of Kan.
sas, and assented to by them or a ma
jority of the voters voting at anelection
to be held for that purpose, namely !:
that the following propositions be, aud
the same are hereby, offered to the peo-
Pile of Kansas for acceptance or rejec
ton, which, if accepted, shall be obliga-
tory on 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 any part thereof has been sold
or otherwise disposed of, other lands,
thereto aud 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
st apart and. reserved for the support
of a State University, to be selected by
the Governor of said State, subject 10
the approval of the Commissioner Of the
General Land Office, and to be appro
Priated aud applied in such manner as
the legislature of said State may pre-
scribe for the purpose aforesaid, but for
other purpose. Third. That ten en-
tire sections of land, to be selected by |
the Governor of said State. in legal sub
divisions. shall b, granted to said State
the purpose of completing the pub
lie buildings, or for the erection of 9th
ers at the seat of government, uuier the
of the Legislature thereof-
Fourth. That all salt springs within
said State not exceeding twelve in num-
Der. with six sections of land adjoining,
or as contiguous as may be to each, shall
be granted to said State for its use, the
to be selected by the governor
hereof. within one year after the admis
sion of said State : and, when so selected,
TO be used or disposed of on such terms,
; >nditions, a-d regulations as the legis
may direct ProUided, That no
salt spring or lahd, The right whereof is
vested 10 any individual or individ
lals, or which may hereafter be confirm
~ VI aoJuoSeo W any ihutNiou"i VI III
iividuals, STALL by this article be grant
I'd to said State. Fifth That FIVE per
,cntum of the nett proceeds of sales of
III the public lands lying within said
State which shall be sold by Congress
the admission of said State into
union, after deducting all the ex
lenses Incident to the same, shall b.
laid to said State for the purpose of
public roads and iuterral i'm
,rovemeuts, as the legislature shall di
Get Fyouidcd-The foregoing propo
itions herein offered are on the condi-
that said State of Kansas shall
Iever interfere with the primary Gispo
al Of the lands of the United States;
n with any regulation which Congress
nay find necessary for securing the ii
hereof and that no tax shall be im-
'osed on lands belonging to the United
and that in no case shall non
esident proprietors be taxed higher
han residents. Sixth. and That said
State shall never tax the lands or prop
rty of the United States in that State
AT the said election the voting shall
'e by ballot, and by endorsing on his
as each voter may please
Proposition accepted" or proposition
elected" Should a majority of the
.otes cast be for proposition accepted"
President of the United States, as
con as the fact is duly made known to
i'm, shall announce the same by pro-
lamatiop and thereafter, and without
ny further proceedings on the part of
congress, the admission of the State of
Kansas into the Union upon an equal
with the original States, in all
whatever, shall be complete and
bsolute, and said State shall be entitled
one member in the House of Repre-
atives in the Congress of the United
until the next censu be taken by
be federal government. But should a
of the votes cast be for "Prop
sition rejected" it shall be deemed and
cid that the people of Kansas do not
.esire admission into the. Union with
aid constitution under the conditions
ct forth in the said proposition /; aud
D that event the people of said Terri
Dry are hereby authorized aud empow-
red to form for themselves a constitu-
len and State government, by the name
f the State of Kansas, according to
be federal constitution, and may elect
elegates for that purpose whenever, and
OF before, it is ascertained by a census
uIy and legally taken that the popula-
alton of said Territory equals or ex-
eeds the ratiu of representation re-
f-o .,an,har of clio unnSa Of |