Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-06-12

IA. rs H. saId o,a,e, AID Wmerc either u S.I,
sections, or any part thereof, has been sold o
otherwise been disposed Of, other lands, EQUIV
a!ent thereto and as contiguous a. may be
shall be granted TO said State for the use o
schools. Second. That seventy two sections
of land shall be set apart and reserved for IN,
use and support Of State University, to b,
selected by the Governor OF tile Suite, subjet
to the approval of the Commissioner Of !h,
General Land Office, and TO be appropriated
and applied in such manner as the Legislature
0l said State may Prescribe for the purpose
aforesaid, but for no other purpose. Third
Tint ten entire sections Of land, to be selected
by the Governor of said State. in legal Subdi
visions, shall be grated to said State for tue
purpose Of completing the pubic buildings, u
for the erection Of others at the seat Of gov
eminent, under the direction of the Legisla-
turc thereof Fourth. That all salt Springs
within said State, not exceeding twelve in
number, with six sections Of land adjoining,
or As contiguous rs may be 10 each, shall Ge
granted to said State for its use the same 10
be selected by the Governor tncr.O VI within
one year after the admission Of said State, and
when so selected to b. used or disposed OF on
such terms, conditions, and regulations as the
Legislature shall direct: Preceded, That no
salt spring or land the title whereof is now vest
I'd in any individual, or which may DC hereafter
confirmed or adju ICED to any individual or
individuals, shall by this article be granted IL
said State. FIGh. That five per ccnturn Of
the net proceeds Of sales Of all public lands
lying within said State, which shall b. sod by
Congress after the admission Of said State into
the Union, after dcducting all the expenses in
cidcnt t. the same, shall be paid to said State,
for the purpose Of making public roads and
internal improvements, as the Legislature
shall direct Pr0rided, The foregoing PROPOSE.
lions herein offered are on the condition that
the people Of Kansas shall provide, by an or.
dinancc, irrevocab!c 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, or with
any regulations Congress may find necessary
for securing the title in said soil to bona tide
purchasers thereof and that no tax shall be
imposed on lands belonging to the United
States, and that in no case shall non resident
proprictors be taxed higher than residents.
THE MONTGOMERY SUBSTITUTE.
be il enacted. &c, That the State Of Kan.
SaS be, and is hereby, admitted into the Union
on an equal footing with the original States
in all respects whatever, but upon the funda-
mental conditional precedent, namely: That
T. question Of admission with the following
proposition in lien Of the ordinance framed at
Lccompton be submitted to vote Of the peo-
pie Of Kansas, and aSscnted 10 by them or a
majority Of the voters voting at All election to
be held for that purpose. namely: that the
following propositions bc, and the same arc
hereby, offered to the people Of Kansas for
acceptance or rejection, which, il accepted,
shall be obligatory on the Cni.cd States and
upon the said State OF Kansas, TO wit: First
That sections number IL and SO in cvciy
township Of the public land in said State, or
where either Of said sections or any part there
Of has been sold or otherwise disposed Of,
other lands, equivalent thereto and as cOntig-
urus AZ may BE-, shall be g ant,d to said State
t'r tie u>c Of schools. Second. That seventy
two sections Of land shall bc set apart and re-
rv,d FIR the support Of the State University,
to he selected by the Governor Of said State,
subject 70 tie approval Of the Commissioner
Of tn. General Land office, and to be appro-
pliatrd and applied in such manner as the
Legislature Of said State may prescribe for the
purpose aforesaid, but for no other purpose.
Third. That ten entire sections Of land, 10 be
selected by the Governor Of said State, in legal
subdivisions, shall be granted to said State,
for the purpose Of completing the pub
lie buildings. or for the erection Of others Mt
the seat Of Cover mcpt. under the direction
ot the Legislature thereof Fourth. Tia; ali
SIT springs within said State, not exceeding
tAclvc in numbcr, with six sections Of land
adjoining, or a. contiguous as may be- to each,
shall bc granted to said State for It's uSc, the
sam. t. bo selected BY the Governor thereof
wit in orc year after the admission Of said
State, and, when S" selected, to b. used or
discussed Of Oh such tc'ms, conditions and
regulations NJ the Legislature may direct: -
PrOrtleI, That no SaIt spring or land, tn,
right wircOf is vested in any ina, ilual OF
niivi lua!S or which may hereafter b ron.
tirncd or adjudgcd to any individual or i'"Ii.
>ii,Iils. hal by this article he grant Il to sal
STATE. Fifth. That live per ccntum Of the II.
proceeds IL sales of all the public lands lying
witnin sail State which shall he sold by Con
grcsS, after the almSsiou If said State into
the CnIon, after dvductlng MI the cxpenS 5
incident to the same. shall lie paid To said
STATE tor the purpose of making pubic roads
and intei nal i'm, row, III, hts, a. thu l. gi>laturc
shall dir, ct: Pro"ided The foregoing rropo
Sili"nS herein off red are on the condition that
Suid State Of Kansas shall never interfere witt
tn primary disposal o! IN" lands of the Y. S.
or with any regulation which Congress may
iini necessary for securing the title III said
soil to bona tide purchasers thereof; and nc
tax shall be imposed on lands belonging to the
United States and that in no case shall non.
resident proprietorS BE- taxed higher than
residents. Sixth. And that said State shall
never tax the lands OF property of the United
States, in that State.
Rotten SrEANERS.-The San Francisco Bul
htin dcnounces in unmcasured terms the
use Of the steamer Commodore (thc old bro.
ken down Brother JOn1thdn,) by the Pacific
Mail Steamship Co, in transporting passcn.