The Montana post., 1869-03-05

SEC. Z. And be it further enacted, Inat
sections numbered sixteen ana thirty
six in every township, and where sucn
sections have been sold or otherwise
disposed OF by any act of Congress,
other lands equivalent thereto in legal
Subdivisions of not less than one guar
ter section, and as CONTIGUOUS as may be,
are hereby granted to said State for the
support of common schools.
SEC. 8. And be 10 further enacted,
That provided the State of Montana
shall be admitted into the Union. in
accordance with the foregoing provis-
ions OF this act, that twenty entire Sec
tions of the unappropriated public
lands within said State TO be selected
and located by direction OF the legisla-
ture thereof on or before the hrst day
of January, ammo Domini eighteen huns
dred and seventy>three shall be, ana
are hereby, granted in legal subdivi-
sioas. of not less than one hundred and
sixty acres. to said State, for the pur-
pose of erecting public buildings at the
capital of State for legislative and Judi
cial purposes, in such manner as the
Legislature shall prescribe.
SEC. 9. And be 1 further enacted, That
fifty other entire sections OF land, as
aforesaid, to be selected and located as
aforesaid, in legal subdivisions as afore-
said, shall be, and they are hereby,
granted to said State for the purpose OF
erecting a suitable building for a peni-
tentiary or State prison, in the manner
aforesaid. .....
SEC TO- And be Il further enacted,
That seventy-two other sections OF
land shall be set apart and reserved
for the use and support of State
university, TO be selected in manner as
aforesaid, and to be appropriated and
applied as the Legislature of said State
may prescribe for the purpose named,
and for no other purpose.
SEC. Ii. Ag1d be IL further enacted,
That all salt springs within said State,
not exceeding twelve in number, with
six sections of land adjoining, or as con-
tiguous as may be to each, shall
be granted to said State tor its use,
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 or disposed of on
such terms. conditions and regulations
as the Legislature shall direct: Pro-
Uided, that no salt spring or lands, the
right whereof is now vested in any in
dividual or individuals, or which here
after shall be confirmed or adjudged to
any individual or individuals, shall by
! this act be granted SAID State.
SEC 12' AHd be IL further enacted,
That FIVE per centum of the proceeds OF
the sales of public lands lying within
said State which shall be sold by the
United States subsequent to the adj
mission of said State into the Union,
after deducting all the expenses incl
dent to the same, shall be paid to the
said State for the purpose of making
and improving public roads. construct
ing bitches or canals, to effect a general
system of irrigation of the agricultural
lands in the State, as the Legislature
shall direct
SEC. Is. And be it further enacted
That from and after the admission OF
| the said State of Montana into the
Union in pursuance OF this act, the laws
of the United Statesmen locally ina, phi
cable shalt have the same force and ef-
feet within the said State as elsewh here
within the United States; and said
State shall constitute one judicial dis
trict and be called the district of Mon
tana.