Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-04-29


The undersigned, one Of the managers on the
part Of the Senate does not agree to the foregoing
report VIZ. b. SEWARD.
The undersigned, one Of the managers on the
part Of the House. does not agree to the foregoing
report. VIM A. HOWARD.
A BILL for the admission Of Kansas.
Whereas the people of the Territory Of Kansas
did. by convention of delegates assembled at Lee
compton on the 9Th day of November, one thousand
eiebt hundred and ffty-seven, for that purpose,
form for themselves constitution and State govern
ment which constitution is republican and where
as at the same time and place, said convention did
adopt en- ordinance, which said ordinance asserts
that Kansas when admitted q State, viii have an
uudoubted right TO tax the lands within her limits
belonging to the United States, and proposes to
relinquish said asserted right if certain conditions
set forth in said ordinance be accepted and agreed
| TO BY thes Congress of the United States; and
whereas the said constitution and ordinance have
been presented to the Congress Of the United States
by order Of said convention, and admission Of said
Territory into the Union thereon as State request
ed; and whereas said ordinance is not acceptable
to Congress and it is desirable to ascertain whether
the people Of Kansas in the changes in said
ordinance hereinafter stated, and desire admission
into the Union as state herein proposed There
fore,
Be It enacted &C., That the State Of Kansas be,
and is hereby, admitted into the Union on equal
footing with the original States in all respects what
ever, but upon the fundamental conditional prece-
DENTS namely That the question Of admission, with
the following proposition, in lieu Of the ordinance
framed at Leeompton be submitted to a vote Of the
! people Of Kansas, and sssented to by them, or
majority Of the voters voting at an election to De
held for that purpose, namely: That the following
propositions be- and the are hereby, offered to
the people Of Kansas for reception or rejection,
which, if accepted, shall be obligatory on the
United States, and upon the said State Of Kansas,
tO-Wit:
LIST. That sections numbers sixteen and thirty-six
in every township of public lands in said State or,
where either Of said sections, any part thereof,
has been sold or otherwise disposed Of, other lands
/ equivalent thereto, and contiguous as may be,
shall be granted TO said State for the use Of schools
ID, That seventy-two sections Of land shall be set
apart aud reserved for the support Of State uni
/ yersity to be selected by the Governor Of said
State, subject to the approval Of the Commissioner
Of the General Lard Office, and to be appropriated
and applied in such manner as the Legislature Of
said State may prescribe, for the purpose aforesaid,
/ but for no other purpose.
3D. That ten entire sections Of land, to be selected
by the Governor Of said State in legal subdivisions,
shall be granted to said State for the purpose Of
completing the public buildings or for the erection
Of others at the seat Of government under the dreo
/ ton Of the Legislature thereof.
4th That all salt springs within said State, not
exceeding twelve in number, with six sections Of
land adjoining, or contiguous as may be to each,
shall be granted to said State for its USE the
/ to be selected by the Governor thereof within one
year sitter the admission Of said State, and, when
selected, TO be used disposed Of on such terms,
conditions and regulations as the Legislature may
direct Provided, That salt spring or land, the
right whereof is now vested in any individual or
individuals or which may hereafter be confirmed or
adiudged to any individual individuals shall, by
| this article, be granted to said State
9th. That i've per centum Of the not proceeds Of
sales Of all the public lands lying within said State
which shall be sold by Congress after che admission
of said State Into the Union after deducinE all the
expense incident to the same shall be paid to said
State for the purpose Of making public roads and
! internal improvements, the Legislature shall
direct Provided The foregoing propositions herein
offered are the condition that said State Of Kan
sas shall interfere with the primary disposal
of the lands of the United States or with any re-
gulatiOn which Congress may find necessary for Sc
curing the title in said soil TO bona fie purchasers
thereof; and that No tax shall be imposed on lands
belonging the United States, and that in no case
shall nonresident proprietors be taxed higher than
residents.
9th. 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 endorsing en- his ballot as each voter may
please, proposition accepted" OF proposition
rejected" Should majority Of the votes cast be
/
United States as the fact is duly made known
to him. shall announce the same by proclamation;
and thereafter, and without any further proceedings
on the part of Congress- the admission Of the State
Of Kansas into the Union upon equal footing with
the original States in all respects whatever shall
be complete and absolute and said State shall be
entitled to one member in the House Of Representa-
ves in the Congress Of the United States until the
next census be taken by the Federal Government
but should a majority of the votes cast be for
proposition rejected, it shall be deemed and held
that the people Of Kansas do not desire admission
into the Union with said constitution under the CON
ditions set forth in the said proposition and in that
event the people Of said Territory are hereby au-
thOrized and empowered to form for themselves
constitution and State government, by the name of
the State Of Kansas according TO the Federal Con-
stitutiOn and may elect delegates for that purpose
whenever, and not before it is ascertained by
census, duly and legally taken, that the population
Of said Territory equals exceeds the ratio Of rep
resentatiOn required for a member Of the House Of
Representatives of the Congress Of the United
States; and whenever thereafter such delegates
shall assemble In convention they shall first deter
mine by vote whether it is the wish Of the people
Of the proposed State to be admitted into the Union
at that time; and il So shall proceed to form
stution and take all necessary steps for The esab
lishment Of g State government in conformity with
the Federal Constitution subj to such limitations
and restrictions as to the mode and manner Of its
approval or ratification by the people of the pro
posed State as they may have prescribed by law, and
shall be entitled TO admission into the Union IS a
State under such constitution thus fairly and legally
made with without slavery, as said constitution
may prescribe
SEC . And be Il further enacted, That, for the
purpose of insurng far possible, that the eec
ton authorized by this set may be fair and free, the
Governor, Uuited States District Attorney, and
Secretary Of the Territory Of Kansas, and the pre-
siding officers OF the two branches Of its Legislature
tha art If he
Of the House Of Representatiyes-are hereby con
stituted Board Of Commissioners 10 carry into et-
feet the provisions Of this ac and TO use all the
means necessary and proper to that end And three
Of them shall constitute board; and the board
shall have power and authority to designate and
establish precincts for voting or to adopt those
already established to cause polls TO be opened at
such places as II may deem proper IN the respective
counties and election precincts Of said Territory
TO appoint as judges Of election, at eEeh OF the
several places Of voting three discreet and res
pectable persons any two Of whom shall be compe-
tent TO act; TO require the sherfs Of the several
counties by themselves deputies, TO attend the
judges at each Of the places of voting for the pur
pose Of preserving peace and good order; or the
said board may, instead Of said sherhs and their
deputies, appoint at their discretion and in such
instances they may choose, other fit persons for
the same purpose The election hereby authorized (
shall continue one day only anu shall not be contln
ued later than sundowU on that day. The said |
board shall appoint the day for holding said election
and the said governor shall announce the same by
proclamation; and the day shall be early enc |
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 pre- |
scribe the time, manner, and places of said cleo
tons, aud to direct the time and manner Of the |
returns thereof which returns shall be made to the
said board, whose duty it shall be to announce |
the result by proclamation, and the said governor
shall certify the to the President Of the United
States without delay.
SEC 8. ARd be a further sasetsd, That in the \
election hereby authorized, all white male inhabit
ants Of said Territory the age Of twenty-One /
years, who possess the qualifications which were |
required by the lsWs Of said Territory for a legal
voter st the last general election for the members
Of the Territorial legislature and none others shall
be allowed 10 vote; and this shall be the only quail
hcstOn required entite the voter to the right Of
suffrage in said elections. And if any person not |
qualified shall or offer vote, or if any per-
son shall vote more than once at said election, or
shall make or TO be made any false, fictitious,
or fraudulent returns, shall alter change any
returns Of said election, such person shall, upon
conviction thereof before any court of competent
iur he how'd l,bc- vot laos aiv