Amador weekly ledger., 1858-06-05
An Act to Admit Kansas.

ica IN Congress assembled, That the State of
Kansas be, and is hereby, admitted into the
Union on an equal footing with the original
States in all respects whatever, but upon this
fundamental condition precedent, namely
That the question Of admission, with the fol-
lowing proposition in lieu of the ordinance
framed at Lecompton, be submitted to vote
OF the people of Kansas, and assented to by
them, or majority of the voters voting at
an election to be held for that purpose, name
~: That tie following propositions be- and
the same are hereby. offered to the people of
Kansas for 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 numbers sixteen
and thirty-six in every township of public
lands in said State, or, where either Of said
sections or any part thereof has been sold or
otherwise 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 bc set apart and reserved for
the support Of State university to be Sc
lected by the governor OF said State, subject
to the approval Of the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, and to he appropriated
and applied in such manner as the legislature
OF said State may prescribe for the purpose
aforesaid, bu: for no other purpose. Third,
that ten entire sections of land to be select
ed 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 direction of
the Legislature thereof. Fourth that all salt
springs within said State, not exceeding
twelve in lumber, with six sections of land
adjoining or as contiguous as may be TO each,
shall be granted to said State for its use, the
same to he selected by the governor thereof,
within one year after the admission of said
State. and when so selected to be used or
disposed of on such terms, conditions, and
regulations as the legislature may direct
Proeided That no salt spring or land, the
right whereof is now vested in any Individual
or individuals, or which may hereafter be con
tirmed or adjudged to any individual or in
viduals, shall, by this article, be granted to
sal State. Fifth, the FIVE per centum of the
net proceeds Of the sales of all public lands
lying within the State, which shall he sold
by Congress after The admission of said State
into the Union, after deducting all the cx-
penses incident to the same, shall be paid to
said State for the purpose Of making public
roads and internal improvements as the leg
islature shall direct: Prorilei, The forego-
ing propositions herein offered are on the
condition that said State of Kansas shall
never interfere with the primary disposal of
the lands of the United States, or with any
regulations which Congress may find neces-
sary for securing the title in said soil to bona
fde purchasers thereof, aud that no tax shall
be imposed on lands belonging to the United
States, and that in no case shall nonresident
proprietors be taxed higher than residents
Sixth, 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 on his ballot, as each
voter may please proposition accepted; the
President Of the United States, as soon as
the fact is duly made known to him, shall
announce the same by proclamation; and
thereafter, and without any further proceed
ings on the part of Congress, the admission
of the State of Kansas into the Union upon
on 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 Representatives
in Congress of the United States, until the
next census he taken by the federal govern.
ment But should q majority Of the vote.
cast be for proposition rejected, it shall be
deemed aud held that the people Of Kansa:
do not desire admission into the Union with
said constitution under the conditions s,i
forth in said propositions; and III that event
the people of said Territory are hereby au
thorzed and empowered to form Tor them
selves constitution aud State government
by the name of the State of Kansas, accor
ding to the federal Constitution, aud ma,
elect delegates for that purpose whenever
and not before, it is ascertained, by cencus
duly and legally taken. that the population
of said Territory equals or exceeds the ratit
of representation required for member o
the House of Representatives OF the Con
gress of the United States; aud wheneve
thereafter such delegates shall assemble il
convention, they shall first determine by
vote whether il is the wish of the people o
J the proposed State to be admitted into til,
Union at that time, and, il So shall proceed
TO form a constitution, and take all necessar,
steps for the establishment of State gov
ernment in conformity with the federal con
stitution, subject to such limitations and re
strctions as to the mode and manner OF it
approval or ratification by the people of tn
proposed State as they may have prescribe,
by law. and shall be entitled TO admission in
TO the Union as State under such constitu
t ton thus fairly and legally made, with 0
without slavery, as said constitution ma
prescribe.
SEC 2. And be IL further enacted, That