Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-01-05

shall provide by ordinance for submitting said
constitution 20 the people OF said state Tor their
ratification or rejection at an election TO be held
on the second Tuesday OF October, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four, ut such places and
under tuoh regulations as may be prescribed
therein, at which election the qualihed voters, as
here nbefOre provided, shall vote directly Tor or
against the proposed constitution, and the re-
turns OF said elections shall be made TO the act
inc governor of the Territory, who, together
Vith the United States district attorney and
chief JUS ice Of the said Territory, or any 'wO OF
them, shall canvass the same, and II majority
of leeR! votes shall DO cast for said constitution
in said yroposed stare, the said a'ung governor
shall certify the same to the President OF the
United States, together with copy of said con
stituuOH aud ordinances, vhereupon /. shall be
the duty nt the President OF the United states 90
issue his proclamation declaring the State admit
ted into the Union on an ecu footing with the
original States, without any further action what
ever on the part OF Congress.
Sec 6 and be d further caa0ed, That until
the Bext general census shall tC taken said State
OF Nebraska shall he entitled to one represent,
alive in he House Of Representatives Of the Unit
Cd States, which representative, tOGe her viii
The governor and State and other officers pro-
yiied for in said constitution, NAV be elected on
the same day vote is taken for or against the
proposed constitution and State government
Sec = And BE- e ftrthev enacted, That SEQ
tons numbered siXtcon and thirty six in every
township, and when such sections havo been sold
other lands equivalent thereto, IN legal subdiyi-
siOns Of not less than one quarter section, and as
contiguous as may be, shall be, and are hereby
granted to said State for the support of common
schools
SEC 5. Ani be % further enacted, That provid-
el the State Of Nebraska shall be admitted into
the Union in accordance with the foregoing pro-
visions of this act, that twenty entire sections of
the uuappropriated public lands within said
State, to be selected and located by direction OF
the legislature thereof on or before the first day
Of January, ammo DOmri eighteen hundred and
sixty-eight, shall be, and they are Hereby grant
cd, in legal subdivisions OF M: less than one hun
bred and sixty acres, 10 said State for the pUr-
pose Of erecting public buildings a. the capital Of
said STATE Tor legislative and judicial purposes, in
such manner as the legislature shall IrescrIbe
SEC, Q. Ind be a. further enICtsd, That fifty
other entire sections of lana as aforesaid, % he
visions as aforesaid, shall be, and they are here
BY granted 10 said State for the purpose Of erect
ing a suitable building for a pentCntiary or
State prison in the manner aforesaid
SEC. 10. And be IL further enacted, That seven
ty-two other sections Of land shall be set apart
and reserved for he use and support of q State
university, to be selected in manner aforesaid,
and to be appropriated and applied the lcgis-
lature OF said State may presc ibe for the pur-
pose named, and for no Other purpose
SEC. II, And be u further enacted, That all
salt SPRINGS within said State, not exceeding
twelve in number, with six sections of land adj
=,
be grated to said State for is us, the said land
to be selected by the governor thereof, within
one year after the admission of the State, and
when so selected to be used disposed Of on such
terms, conditions, and regulations as the legisla
tuTe shall direct: Provided, That no salt spring
or land, the right whereof is now vested in any
individual or indiv duals, or which hereafter
sha be confirmed or adjudget t any irdividual
or individuals, shall, by this act, be granted to
said STATE.
SEC. Y. Ana be IL further enacted, That five
per ceutum of the proceeds OF the sales OF all
public Ia, dy lying within said State, which have
been or shall Re sold by tie United States prior
or subsequent to the admission of sad State into
the Union, after deductlng all expense incident
to the same, shall be pad 70 the said Safe FOR
the support of common schools.
SEC. l3. And Be Il fisrthsr enacted, That from
and after the admission of the sail Stats OF Ne
braska into the Union in pursuance of this act
the laws of the UnlteI States, not locally inap-
plCable, shall have the same force and effect
within the said State as el-evaerc within the
United States and said State sfall constitute
one judicial district AMI he called the district Of
Nebraska
Ssc IL 1ad be Il FURTHER enacted, That any
Gnexpended balance OF the appropriations for
said Territorial legislative expenses of Nebraska
remaining for the fiscal years eighteen hundred
ana sixty three AMI eighteen hundred and sixty
four, or so much thereof as Inay be necessary,
shall re aooIed to and used for detrayiug the ex-
penses OF sud invention and t9" the payment
reaulat ons and rates as are nov provided Big
law for the payment OF .h' Ierutoral .eglSla-
A7rrovsd April ~, 1864