Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-01-27

otale snail vote directly Tor or
against such proposed constitution,
aud the returns thereof shall he made
to the Governor Of Washington Ter
r.tory, who, with the Secretary there
of und The p ! In Of said ,.pnven-
ton. o az. So i them. Sh a. can
ya-5 the ga, ,.ni if N .jnrity of
the Leg. ), IS so cast IN sill pro-
posed :; c shall be for said con-
si;uti,... ,aid Governor shall certify
the sam. to the President Of the
United States, together with a copy
of sail constitution and ordinances.
SEC. S. That on rec ipt of such
certitication of the votes so cast ut
said election showing The Adoption
of said cousi ution by the people of
SAID Sta e as ;,for, SAID, anJ Of a copy
of such constitution and ordinances
By the President of the United
States, said State shall be admitted
into the Union Oh an equal footing
with the original States, without any
further action on tue part of Con-
gress and sail President shall there
upon issue his proclamation SO de-
claring the same to be.
SEC. s. That until the next general
census said State shall he entitled to
one Representative in Congress-.
SEC. 8. That such Representative
and tue Governor and other officers
that may be provided for in the con-
stitution of said State shall be elected
on day to be fixed by said constitu-
tional convention, and that until said
State officers are elected and quail
fed the Territorial officers shall con-
tinue to dis charge the duties of their
respective offices.
SEC. 10. That sections sixteen and
thirty-six in every township within
sad State, and also all lands therein
situate, by legal subdivisions of forty
acres, the larger portion OF which is
swampy or OVERLOOKED SO as to rem
der the same unfit for cultivation, or
in case any of said lands have been
disposed of under the provisions of
any act of Congress to settlers or
purchasers from the United States,
or in case any of said sections six
teen and thirty-six are fra :.ional in
quantity, or wanting by reason of
the township being fractional, or
FROM any natural cause, other lands
equivalent in quantity thereto, in
legal Subdivisions of not less than
forty acres, to be selected within said
State as the constitution aud lc-,is-
laiure thereof may provide, with the
approval of the Secretary of the IT.
terror, are hereby granted to said
State for school purposes.
SEC. IL. That the grant of five
hundred thousand acres of unappro-
priated lands of the United States
made to said State, on it's admission,
by the provisions of section twenty
three hundred and seventh, eight of
the Revised Statutes Of ;he United
States. as wei as any disposition
said State may make of the same for
school purposes, is hereby con-
firmed; aud sad land shall be Sc.
lected within that State as provided
in preceding section of this act.
SEC. L. That twenty-five other
sections of the unappropriated pub
lie land of the United States within
said State, to be so selected as afore-
said, arc hereby granted to said State
for the use and support of a suitable
institution therein for the education
of the deaf, dumb, and blind.
SEC. 10. That twenty-five other
sections of such lands, to be selected
as aforesaid, are hereby granted to
said State for the use and support of
an agricultural college and for the
promotion ofindustrial science there
in.
SEC. IA. That fifty other sections
of such lands, to be selected as afore-
said, are hereby granted to said State
for the erection and maintenance of
suitable public buildings at the seat
of government thereof, when per-
manently located, for legislative,
executive, and judicial purposes.
SEC. Is, That fifty other sections
Of such lands, to be selected of afore-
said, are hereby granted to said State
for the erection, maintenance, and
support of q State penitentiary
therein.
SEC. 1G. That fifty other sections
of such lands, to be selected as
aforesaid, are hereby granted to said
State for the erection, maintenance,
use, and support of al asylum for
insane therein.
SEC. II. That all salt springs
within said State, not exceeding
twelve, with six sections of land ad-
joining or as contiguous as may be
to each Of them, to be selected as
aforesaid, without impairin. any
prior right OF interest of any person
OF persons therein, are hereby grant
ed to said State for such purposes as
the constitution or legislature there
of may designate.
SEC. Is. That five per centum of
the net proceeds of the sales of pub
lie lands ying within said State, both
past and future, shall be paid to said
State for such purposes as the con-
stitution or legislature thereof may
designate.
Sec. 10. That the Secretary of the
Treasury shall ascertain and audit
the expenses incident to the forma-
ton of said constitution and the SUBJ
mission of the same to the people of
said proposed State, including such
compensation to the officers AMI
members of said convention as is al
lowed to the officers and members
OF the Territorial legislatures; and
any moneys appropriated for the
contingent expenses of the Govern
ment shall be available for the paJ-
ment OF the same.
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