Litchfield enquirer., 1858-05-06
THE ENaL1sH.IEcomrroN.KANsAs BILL.
THE LAND BRIDE

THE LAND BRIDE; ace s~ .
s s,un ol delegates assembled at Lecompton ON tho
sor Iey Vi November, 1857 for that purpose from
loI themselves constitution and state goyernment.
WIZ Whe vonso =, ION is republican and
neteas, AT the same time and place sa;d cc,,van
tioE did adopt ordinance which assort ttt
pas wnen admitted as state will have M, ,,nf6uht
Ignt 10 tax the lands within her limits bplong, a.
the United States, and proposes to relineu;sb ssaj
conditions set forth In saor.
dance De accepted and agreed to by the Gomez -
the United States; and VI
whereas, SAID constitution and ordinance haze
nsen presented to Congress by order of said Convex
tlon and the admission of said territory into n,
Union mo-, thereon as state requested /; and,
whereas Said ordinance is not acceptable to eo,,
gress, and 1t is desirable to ascertain whether ts
people OF Kansas concur in the changes in said or
hereafter stated, and desire admission into
'nG Union as state as herein proposed, therefore.
s s4aetea Sc, mat the State of Kansas be and
Is hereby admitted into the Union or, am eou,I TO-
inaHwith the original states in all respects whatevsr
but with the fundamental condition precedent
namely : That the question of admission wifi, tbs
loi,owins proposition in lieu of the ordinance Trained
al Lecompton shall be submitted to the vote of tie
people OF Kansas, and assented to by them or ths
majority OF the voters voting at an election 40 ba
heid lor That purpose namely That the following
propositions be and the same hereby offered to
said people of Kansas for their free accentaacss a.
rejection, which, if accepted shall be obipatorv i'm.
on 'ne United states and upon the said State of Kan.
rrhe Hartford Press condenses the rcn,a;rssr NJ
the bill as follows .l-.g = "
! Sections 16 and So of every township of ,rt,;.
land given to the state for the use of schools,
z Seventy sections of land to be set apart for tho
support of a state university
g. Ten sections of land to be set apart to nav for
public buildings. r'' ~
4. All the salt springs not exceeding twelve with
SIX sections next each are given tn Iha efafa
cepting those vested in individuals.
o. Five per cent of the proceeds of the future sales
OF public lands are given for reads and internal i'm
provements. (Al the propositions on condition that
Kansas shall never interfere with the disposal of gov
crnment lands nor tax them, nor tax ron resident
higher than resident proprietors)
=. The state shall never tax the lands or property
Of the United States.
The votes shall be by ballots endorsed "Prcnosi-
ton Accepted or Proposition Rejected" II the
former has majority, the President shall proclaim
1t, and without further proceedings the admission
of Kansas shall be absolute and the state shall have
one representative until the next census If the ma
jority vote Proposition Rejected it shall be ccn-
sdered that the people do not desire admission I'M
der the foregoing conditions, and they are author
lied to choose delegates to form state constitution
9 whenever, and not before, it is ascertained, BY
census duly and legally taken, that the population
OF said territory equals the ratio of representation
required for member of the House of Representa-
tives. When the delegates assemble they shall first
determine by vote if the people wish to be admitted
into the Union. If they shall form constitution
and take all necessary steps for the establishment
of state government in conformity with the feder-
al constitution subject to such limitations and re-
strctions to the mode and of it, approval
ratification by the people of the proposed state as
they may have prescribed by law, and shall be ertt
ell to admission into the Union as state ,lnder sdc
constitution thus fairly and legally made with or
without slavery said constitution may prescribe"
SEC. g The Goyernor, U. S. attorney, secretary
and the presiding officers of the territorial egisla-
ture president of the council and speaker of the
Housed are made board to supervise tho election:
to establish precincts polls to be open at prop
er places appoint three judges of election at each
voting place, require shers to attend and preserve
order may appoint other persons fol the purpose
Election to continue day and and close at sun
dow. Board to appoint the day and as early as full
notice can be given direct the of return
ing receive the returns, proclaim the result and
certify it to the President.
SEC g. All white male inhabitants of said terrific
nv, over the age of u years. who possess the quaf
cations which were required By the laws of sai terri
tory for legal voter at the last general election for
member of the territorial legislature, ;and none
others shall be allowed to vote, and this shall be the
only qualification required.
Fraudulent voting or returning, to be punished by
hard labor not less than six months than
three years .-. ..,3...sy
SEC l. The Board and its appointees shall act un-
der oath or suffer the penalties provided by territori
al laws. -a
Sec S. The aforesaid officers shall receive thepay
provided for like services by territorial laws. /"
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