Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1859-04-06


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, This bill makes d donation ia the -,
! IaaAs sas saah EaaaEssss and M6ueasssass
sise In the present Congress, and alans
! addstieasl a0natian at $4,000 60 anc
&ddltiouai Rspreaenkative ID which an
State may be ensIsEsi urstasr tl,e e.stss sssaa I
1850. A III tel 70 E
! According 10 . Eenort frasn A 4uAexS,
or Department, hasad apen the uxsssn
] nambsT Of Senators and Represent iva
! the laNas xfwen 10 fha States asaaouut q
Z, ,0E1, 90 acres. and aaseig yMgus ne N,
Eminimana guvernnaans priee eg enc aol.
lar and twenty -iivs cents per acre ID Al !.
5TS,0G90.
I. Theohiact IL this eiff, ID stated 81
ssa hial IA ssska ssss.ssasa.I
n ~ n y
1 Tin eaah State wheE6 sfs lea dfEe oh iscs
shall be, without axelading other scIIesa-
1 tic or classical stables % teach saeh
branches of IearuiAg Ia are related ID
/ agriculture and the meehanio arts, as
fhe Leg isiatnFek ot the States may pre-
scribe. la order to promote the liberal
and pracaicaI ssiucatipn ak the indusksi.
al classes in she several pursuits and
professions Of iife,s'
Az there d0ss not aEnaAS, from the
bill, 20 DO any bsushe heiaFiea III existence
90 which this endowment car be sppiisd,
each State u reauiFed sslb pr0yide, with-
in I've years At least, nlIt less than one
College, Or the grant tslsaid State shalf
eease.s En Ehas eversg, che e-sssaia State
shall be hsund Ia pay Ahe Uaited skntea
the amount received az anv Lands urexi-
ously sold, and thai ths ii lie to purchas-
sfs under the State shaIf lIg yaEsd.s
Ths grant in Land itself is confined to
sueh States as mMy have pabIia lands
within their llaits worth &l,25 In tha
opinion of the Governor. For the re-
remaining States, the Secretary 81 the
Interior ID dtTetssa 20 issus stand scrip |
to the amount Of Eheir diasribatixa shares |
in acres undar the provisions Of this aet; |
said scrip TO be sold By said States, and |
the proeasdK thsraoF annlfaS kf, sf,a Yssaa |
aud purposes ureaayilssd n his 49,. saS
for no Other AS. Az y,uvss.s,as al lans,sav % |
The Lands are granfsJ nj a. - l. /
ID ba iasnaa On ea,a;gs,s ssv - .s;s;sso 80
"A sestien rot IsE 49,, ,v, r.,ts, -
! saetinn.s.
Resembling h, nr, astiruas,s ss,u, thn r.
iarior Department, she numbsr Of acres
shich will probably bs accepted by
States having public lands within their
'wn limits will not exceed $50 600 asras
snd II msy be mHeh Less leaving 8 bal
snee Of s $50 900 asrss 10 be provided /
'or By scrip. /,
These grants'of land aad Iand scrip /
o eSch o& the thiEaysthrss States axe
made on eonditFeuas the principal Of
Efileh -; that II the fund shall be lost II
y diminished on account of unfortunate
Investments. oE otherwise, the deheienev
hall be replaced and made good By tss
States. Il
shall now proceed TO state my ahjse-
ions to this hfli. deem Il both mex
'edient and Unconstitutional. /,
/. This biil has bssn passed at q PEE
iod when wa can with great iifisufty /
@ase sss4assesfs Tgvsaau 20 osvssastEi ssss zz% r.
'cnsos % tae goyernmens. shoaid il ]
'ssosne 9 lswt tne treasury VIII be de- 4
rived of Fle waotle, OF naariy the whole,
Z our income from tne safe OF public 4
A9ass Wnteh' fof she nex& nscat yeaTs I
IS oesn estimated aF hTe atuion dol /
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4 bara staEenant of he case win raaks
bis evident. The afIntmum nriee "a !
rbieh We dispose oE our lands L one !
oIlar and twenty -fYs aents par acre.
t the present moment, haweysr, the 1 /
rice has been reduced to those whe uar- d
lase Ehe bounty land warrants On the :
Iii soldiers 10 eighty ave cents ner acre;
nd Of thAaa warrants there ara sin ont. + +
.anding aRd unioeaEsd, as appears by | /
report (I2lh Of Febraarr, 1880 from / B
ae GeaeFal Land 0fice, Ehe amoLnk oeI !
80, ,3gl ares. This has already / i
realty reduced tbe cugreat sales BIZ tha /,
oFsrnment, and diminished the reyanas 4
ON this source. II, In addition, thir. i,
'-shEee States shall enter the market o
ita their scEips the price must be great d
reduced below even eighty Ave osnta v
ag acre ~ much % the prejadica OF the q
g soldiers who have not already part d
i'm Ehetr land Warrants as 10 the gov h
'au1ent. Itls easy 10 perceive thai with Il
lis glut Of the market governmsnt can Il
IL little or no lands az one dollar and =
Eeuty Ave cents pee acre, when thap prizes q,
bounty lane warrants and scrip shall s
reduced 10 bali this sum. Ihis source b
revenue viii be entirely dried nps-- z
nder the bill tns States may sell their RI
nd scrip 90 any price II may bring IA
here Is No fiEaIsstion whatever, il this q,
spect. Indeed they must saEl for what 81
. scrip viii bring, for without this Il
md shey cannot proceed ID .essablish OF
eir Colleges wishin the Eve ysars they m
% hEaiteds IL Is manifest, therefore, "a
st the extent to whieh this bill will En
event the sale Of tha public laads az
10 dollar and twenty -nve cents per acre, 81
that amount is Will bare precisely the 4
Eae elect upon ths treasury a. il VIE q
iouid impose tax or Greats a loan 10 ID
dew Ehgga state ftnE a1Nz F@ -.