The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-09-03
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AN ACT donating lands to the several States and
Territores which may provide colleges for the
benefit OF agriculture and the mechanic arts.
Be IL enacted by the Senate and Horss Of Pepreseuta
tues Of the United States Of America in Congress as-.
ssn,Jed That there be granted to the several States
for tine purposes ereinafter mentioned, amount
of public land 20 be apportioned to each State a.
quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each
Senator and Representative in Congress to which
tn states are respectively entitled by the appor-'
tionmsDt undcr the census of eighteen hundred and
sixty: ProBided That no mineral lands shall be Sc
lectcd or purchased under the provisions of this
SEC. yrlfad be L further enacted That the land
aforesaid after being surveyed, shall be apporfon-
ed to the several States in sections or subdivisions
Of sections, not less than quarter Of section;
and whenever there are public lands in State sub
jec sale at private entry at dollar and twen-
ty-lvc cents per acre, the quantity To which said
State shall be entitled shall selected from such lands
within the limits Of such State, and the Secretary
Of the Interior is hereby directed to issue TO each of
the states in which there is not the quantity Of
public lands subject 90 sale at private entry at one
dollar and twentyr cents per acre, to which said
state may be entitled under the provisions Of this
act land scrip 10 the amount in for the def
CHENEY Of its distrbutive shares said scrip 10 be
sold by said States and the proceeds thereof applied
10 the and purposes prescribed in this act and
for no other usetor purpose whatsoever; Prorided,
That in no Gaze shall any Stale TO which land scrip
may thus Dc issued be allowed TO locate the
within the limits OF any other State, or Of any Ter
rtory Of the United States but their assignees may
thus locate said land scrip upon any of the unappro
private entry At dollar and twenty-five cents or
less per acre And prOyded further, That not more
than one million acres shall be located by such
signees In any of the States: ARd provided fur
Tier, That no such location shall be made before
one year nom the passage of this act il %
SIC 3. Aud be 4 further enacted, That all the ex-
penses OF management, superintendent and taxes
from date OF selection Of said lands ious
sales aud all expenses Incurred IN tho management
and disbursement Of the MONEYS which may be re-
ceivsd thcrcfrom, shall be paid BY the STATES to
which they may belong out Of the Treasury Of 81 IA
States that the entire proceeds fthe sal Of said
lands shall be applied without any diminufion
whatever to the purposes hereinafter mentioned
SIC ). And Be Il further esaetcd That all nlonevs
derived from the sale Of the lands aforesaid by the
States to which the lands apportioned and from
the sales Of land scrip reinbefore provided for,
shall be invested in stocks Of the United States,
OF the States or some other safe stocks, yielding
not less than five per centum upon the par value @
SAID stocks; and that the moneys 80 Invested shall
constitute perpetual fund, the capital OF whel
shall remain forever Hndiminishcd, except so Ia
% may b. provided IN section fifth ofts act, an'
the nteresr Of which sial be inviolably approprla
ted by eaeh State which may take and claim tn
benefit Of this act 70 the endowment, support, AM
maintenance OF at let onecollege, where the lead