Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-05-01

The following bill introduced by Mr.. Morrill,
of this State, was passed by the House of Rep
rescntativcs last week Thursday. Mr. Morrill,
made an excellent speech in favor of the meas
ure. 1t will probably go through the Senate
and become a law. II seems to have met with
general favor from all quarters thus far. The
provisions of the bill will be found of much in
tcrest to all classes of people, besides those spc-
cially interested in the promotion of agriculture
and the mechanic arts:
A Bill donating public lands to the several States and
Territories which may provide colleges for the ben
eft Of agriculture and the mechanic arts.
BE Il endttm bgMe Senate dnd H0use IF Rrpresentn-
tires fhe Nmted States # Ame,ica in tongress as
senieh That there be granted to the several States,
for the purpose hereinafter mentioned, six million
three hundred and forty thousand t63i0,0o acres Of
lan, to he npporoned to each State aqnaniity equal
~ twenty thousand for each senator and repre-
sentative IN Congress to which the States are now re-
spcc,vely entitled.
Sec q AadJe II FARTHER enacted That the land
aforesaid after being surveyed shall he apportioned
10 the several States in sections subdivisions Of Sec
tons, not less than quarter Of section; md when
ever there public lands in n State worth 81 20 per
acre (c value Of said lands to be determined by the
iovcrnor If said State the quantity to which said
State shall he entitled shall be selected from such
lands, and the secretary Of the Interior is hereby di-
rccted to issue to those States in which there arc no
uttblir lands O inc value Oi 81 70 per acres
to the amount Of their dstributive shares IN ncrcs m
der the provisions Of this act, said scrip to he sold by
said States and the proceeds thereof applied 10 the
uses aud purposes prescribed in this net aud for no
other use or purpose vhatsoevcr Protifcd, That in
no case shall State to which land scrip may Illus
bc issued be allowed to locate the same within the
limits Of any other State, but hciraS'ignce' may thus
locate said land scrip npOn Of the unaprOpfintcI
lands of the United States subject to private entry.
Sec. g. Ind he Il further ead,fed, That all the
pcnscs Of management and superintendent Of said
lands previous to their sales and MI expenses incurred
in the management aud disbursement Of the moneys
which may be received thcrcfrom, shall be paid By
the States 10 which they may belong out OF the Treas
ury Of said States that the entire proceeds Of tho
sale Of said binds shall be applied without any dimi-
mutton whatever to the purposes hereinafter mention
cd.
Sec. 4. AriJe Il further enacted That all moneys
derived from the sale Of the lands aforesaid bv the
States to which the lands are apportoncd, and from
the sales Of land scrip hercinbejrc provided for, sh II
be invested in stocks of the United States, or Of the
States or some other safe stocks, yielding not less
than five per cen,um upon the par value Of said stocks
an that the moneys invested shall constitute per-
pciua fund the capital Of which shall remain forever
undiminslei except 50 far as may be provided in
section Oh n this aci,) and the interest OF which shall
be involatly appropriated by each State which may
take aud claim the benefit Of this act. to the endow-
II, support and maintenance Of at least college
where the leading object shall be, without excluding
other scientific classical studies, to teach such
branches Of learning related to agriculture and
the mechanic arts, in such manner as the Legislatures
Of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to
promote the liberal and practical education OF tie in
dustra classes in the several pursuits and professions
in life.
Sec, s. Ind be Il further enacted That the grant Of
land and lard scrip hereby authorized shall be made
on the following conditions. TO which, n well a Ia the
provisions herenbefore contained. the previous
Of the several States and Territories shall be sgnifcd
by legislative acts:
ded BY the foregoing section, any portion Of the in
iercst thereon, shall by any action contingency be