Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-04-06

ing shall be by ballot, each voter1ma please, Tor
the constitution" or s'sgainst the constitution
Should the said constitution be rejected at the said
election by majority of votes being cast against It,
then and in that event, the inhabitants OF SAID Ter
rtorv are hereby and empo Wered to form
for themselves constitution and State government
bv the name Of the State Of Kansas, preparatory to
its into the Union according to the Federal
Constitution and TO that end may elect delegates to
convention IS hereinafter provided
Sec. .. And be Il further enacted, That the said
State of Kansas shall have concurrent jurisdiction
on The Missouri and all other rivers and waters boz
dering on the said State Of Kansas, so far as the
same shall form a common boundary to said State,
and other State or States now or hereafter to be
formed or bounded by the same; and said rivers
and waters and ell the navigable waters OF SAID
State shall be common highways and forever free,
as we'll 20 the inhabtands Of said State as to all
other citizens of the United States without any tax,
duty, impost, or toll, therefor.
Sec. 3. And be ii further enacted, That, Tor the
purpose Of insuring, far as possible, that the cleo
tons authorized by this act may be fair and free,
the Governor and Secretary of the Territory Of Kan.
sas and the presiding officers OF the two branches
Of its Legislature namely: the President Of the
Council aud Speaker of the House Of Representatives
are hereby constituted 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 a board and
the board shall have power authority, in respect
10 each and all of the elections hereby authorized
provided for, to designate and establish precincts
for voting or to adopt those already established to
pause pills 10 be opened at such places it may
ceem proper in the respective counties and election
drecincs 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 sher
ifs Of the several countless by themselves or depu-
ties 10 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 sher-
ifs and their deputies, appoint at their discretion
and in such instances as they may choose, other fit
/ persons for the same purpose; and when the pur-
pose of the election is to elect delegates to con-
! yention to form a constitution, as herein before
provided for the number Of delegates shall be sixty
and they shall be apportioned by said board among
the several counties Of said Territory according
! the number of voters and in making this appor-
| tionment the board may join two or more counties
together to make an election representative dis
trict, where neither Of the said counties has the
requisite number of voters to enitle it to delegate
or to ion smaller to larger county having sur
plus population where it may serve to equalze the
| representation. The elections hereby authorized
shall continue one day only, and shall not be con-
tiuued later than shutdown on that day. The said
board shall appoint the day of election for each Of
! the elections hereby authorized, as the same may
! become necessary. The said Governor shall an.
nounce by proclamation. the day appointed for any
one Of said elections and the day shall be as early
one as is consistent with due notice thereof to the
people Of said Territory subject to the provisions OF
] this act. The said board shall have full power to
prescribe the time manner, and places of each Of
said elections and to direct the time and Of
the returns thereof which returns shall be made to
the said board whose duty it shall beto announce the
result by proclamation, and to appoint therein as
early day as practicable for the delegates elected
I T. - L.. H. a l.
semble in convention at the seat of government Of
! said Territory. When so assembled the convention
shall first determine by VOTE whether it is the wish
of the people Of the proposed State to be admitted
into the Union at that time and if So shall proceed
to form a constitution, and take all necessary steps
for the establishment of State government in con-
fOrmity with the Federal Constitution, subject to
the approval and ratification of the people of the
! proposed State. And the said convention shall &C.
cordingly provide for its submission to the vote Of
the people for approval or rejection
Sec. 4. And be Il further enacted, That in the
elections hereby authorized all white male inhabit.
ants of said Territory over the age of twenty one
/ years. who have been residents for three months
before the election, and citizens Of the United
States and none Others shall be allowed to vote
and this shall be the only qualification required to
entitle the citizen to the right Of suffrage in said
elections.
Sec. 5. Ind be tt further enacted, That the mem
bers of the aforesaid board of commissioners and
all persons appointed by them to carry into effect
the provisions of this act SHALL before entering up
their duties, take oath to perform faithfully
the duties Of their respective Offices, and failure
thereof they shall be liable and subject to the same
charges and penalties provided in like cases
under the Territorial laws.
Sec. 6. And be ii further enacted That the officers
mentioned in the preceding section, shall receive
for their services the same compensation is given
for like services under the Territorial laws
Sec. l. And be Il further enacted, That the said
State of Kansas when her admission as q State be-
comes complete and absolute, shall be entitled to
one member in the House Of Representatives, in the
Congress of the United States till the next
be taken by the Federal Government.
Sec. 8. And be Il further enacted That the fol-
lowing propositions be- and the same are hereby,
offered to the said people of Kansas for their free
acceptance or rejection which, if accepted, shall be
obligatory on 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 any part there
of, has been sold or otherwise been disposed Of
other lands, equivalent 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 and support Of
a State university to be selected by the Governor
Of said State, subject to the approval of the Com
missioner Of the General Land Office, and to be sp-
propriated aud applied in such manner as the Legis
laure Of said State may prescribe for the purpose
aforesaid, but for no other purpose
Third. That ten entire sections of land to be Sc
ected by the Governor of said State in legal subdi
visions, shall be granted to said State for the pur.
pose Of completing the public buildings, for the
erection Of others at the seat of government under
the direction Of the Legislature thereof.
Fourth. That all salt springs within said State not
inc tuplV mn hnr with aiy notio If
land adjoining, contiguous may be to EACH shall
be granted to said State for its use the to be
selected by the Governor thereof wi hin one year
after the admission Of said State, and when Sc
lected, to be used or disposed of on such terms,
conditions, and regulations as the Legislature shall
direct:
Provided, That no salt spring or land, the right
whereof is now vested in any individual or indiVid-
uals, or which may be hereafter confirmed or sd-
judged to any individual individuals shall by this
article be granted to said State.
Fifth That five per oentum Of the net proceeds of
sales Of all public lands lying within 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:
PTOUidsa, The foregoing propositions herein offer
ed are en- the condition that the people of Kansas
shall provide by an ordinance irrevocable without
the consent Of the United States, that said State
shall never interfere with the primary disposal of
the soil within the same, by the United States,
with any regulations Congress may find necessary
for securing the title in said soil to bona tide pur-
chssers thereof and that tax shall be imposed
lands belonging to the United States and that in no
case shall nonresident prOprietOrs be tax edhigher
than residents.
TIE Press OF THE SOUTH.-JoHN Mitchell writes
of and from New Orleans to his friend JOHN MAR
TIN in Paris, via the Southern Citizen:
1.-The Press of New Orleans is generally Of high
character. You derive miserable idea of the Amer
lean Press and public opinion from the New York
papers, which are those you see most commonly,
perhaps almost exclusively, in France and England
No city on earth, perhaps, can exhibit anything so
sublimely base; so that l sometimes wish they had
an Emperor like yours in New York to give them
three distinct warnings all round. The men who
conduct the leading journals in Charleston, or in
New Orleans, would be quite incapable of managing
one Of those organs" because they could not
bring themselves to pour cut one upon another the
needful denominations of language-nOr to deserve
them so richly snOtheTs hands. 1t is ObserV-
able however, that the Press of New Orleans though