The Worthington advance., 1888-03-01
FOUR new STATES.
fhe House Committee Decides BY Party Vote
to Report the So-Called Omnibus
Bill


to Report tho So-Called Omnibus
Bill
Provisions for the Admission Of Dakots, Non,
tana, Washington Territory and New
Mexico.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram. Feb. 23.-
lhe house committee on territories to-day
finished the confederation of the omnibus
enabling act for Dakola. Montana. Washing
ton and New Mexico, and by strict party
! vote decided to report it the house to-mor-
tow. The bill is in many respects the
springer bill applied TO the four territories.
and IN new only in some points regarding the
public londe Section authorizes Iestdenta
OF these territories to elect dc egates to con-
stltutlonal conventions, proportionato in
NUMBER with the population Of the counties
The apporttonment of delegates ic 20 be
made by the governor; chief justice and
United States attorneys of each territory.
aud the election il to be held on the Tuesday
after the first Monday OF next August.
Seventy-tive deleg ties are allowed each ter-
rltory except Dakota, which is allowed $50,
section s provides for the meeting ot the
constitutional convention and the usual pi o.
visions to be inserted in the c"us Luton.
One OF these provisions rela.es to land mat
ters, ana reads:
Secondlv-Tnat the people lnhabiting said
pl opposed state do agree and declare that
they forever dlscaIm all right and tit e to
the unappropriaJed lands lying within the
boundaries thereof. and to all lands living
within said lmi,s owned or held by anv IN
In6iHn ri h0t II hr,~
thereto shall have been txJingu.sned by The
United ares. the same shall remain subj ct
to the United States and said Indian lands
Shall rema.n under the ab olute jurisdiction
and controi of the congress of the United
Sta es; hat the land belonging to citizens
of the United States residing without tne
tald states snail never tie taxed at o higher
rate than he lan'is belonging to residents
thereof; that no taxes shall be imposed by
the States on lands or property therein be-
longing 10 or which may hereafter be pur-
chased by the United States or re-
served for its use, provided that
no.hing herein or in the ordinance
herein provi ed for shall prec ude
the states from taxing, as other lands
are taxed. any lands owned or held bv any
Indian VINO has severed his tribal relations
ana mas obtained from the United States or
any person title thereto by patent or other
grant, save and except such lands as have
been or may be granted to any Indian or In
dlans under any act of congress containing
provision exempting the lands thus
granted from taxation; but such ordinances
shall provide that all such lands shall D. ex-
empt from tax ltion by said states so long
ana to such extent AS such act OF congress
may provide.
Section 4 provides for a vote on the con-
stitutions in November and count of the
same. Section 5 gives until The next census
each state one representative In congress,
except Dakota. which gets two
DAKOTA CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
Section reads:
The counties of Grant, Roberts. Day.
Brown, Ed,nunds. Walworth, Boreman, Het-
finger, Bowman, and all tnat part of the
proposed State of Dakota north thereof shall
constitute the First congressional district
and that portion of the State Of Dakota
south OF these counties shall constitute the
Second congressional district of said state
and in each of said districts one representa-
tive in congress shall be elected unit! other
wise provlded by law after the next decen-
NAL census of the United States, and at the
time provided by law for such elections in
other states.
Section z provides for school lands with
the following proviso:
That sections 16 and SO, embraced in per-
manenC reservations for national purposes.
or allotted to Indians in fec simple, shall not
at any time be subject to the grants or in
uemnity provisions of This &C t. nor shall anv
lands embraced in Indian, military or other
reservations of any character, be subject to
the grants or indemnify provisions Of this
act until the reservation shall be extin-
guished, and such lands restored to and be-
come part of the public domain.
Section gives each of the new states fifty
sections of land for the purpose of erecting
public buildings at the capital OF the state.
These are to be selected before JAM l, 1890
Section 8 provides that the money and lands
provided by the government for the erection
OF penirenriary in Dakota shall 10 granted
to the proposed new state, and that the
penitent!ary and all lands connected there
with at Deer Lodge City are granted to the
Territory of Montana Section 10 grants to
each of the states ninety sections of land
for the support OF agricultural colleges
Section l. secures to the states per cent of
the proceeds Of the sale of public lands
within their boundaries.
LEASE OF SCHOOL LANDS.
Section II prov .des that school lands
shall not be disposed Of at less than $40 per
acre, but such lands may. under such regu-
larlons as the legislatures Of the states may
pre- cribe, be leased for periods 1T not more
tnan five wears, in quantities not excee,ing
one section, GO anv one person or corpora
ton. Section IL provides that the lands
already granted 70 the territories for uni
versi y purposes shall be tran >ferred to the
new states. and that the schools erected by
the ~ oceeds OF the sale OF these lands shall
forever relnaln under the control of the
state, and none of the lands shall 20 to sup
port sec ran or denominat onal schools.
colleges or universities Section II ex.
cludes mineral lands flom the provision of
the act. Section Is repeats tie swamp land
1.l6, fG uicin r10f
extended to 'he new States; also the act
granting lands 20 new states for internal
improvements, and IN eu OF such lands the
following grants are made:
TO DakOti-Fsr the maintenance of q
school OF mines at r ,pd Guy. $4,000 ares;
for the reform school at P ankiuton, 50 900
acres; tor the deaf and dumb asylum. 3d.
900 acres; for agr cuitur Il schools III Falgo
and Brooklngs. $4,000 acres each; for the
state normal schools AT Madison. Suearti<h,
Springi Id and Mimic, 25.OOO acres each;
tor pu 'iic buildings at tile capital OF he
state, 15O. 900 acres in ad ,ir,on to the fiftv
sections herelnb fore granted for tnat pur-
pose. To the State of Montana-For the es-
IaDlishment and main enance OF q school of
mines. 100000 acres; for state normal
schools, 100000 c-eS; for agricultural COL
Ieges, in addition to the gr mt hereinb, fore
pluvded for thai purpose, 50. 600 acres; for
the establishment OF a state reform school,
80 600 acres; for tho establ shmen5 of q
def and dumb asviun. 81. 600 acres; for
pubic buildings at the capital of the state,
in addition to the grant hereinuefore made
for that purpose, 10000 acres
By section II, $4,000 is granted Mon
tana and N w Mexico and Washing ton, and
$50, 900 10 Dakota 10 pay the expenses OF
the conventions provided for: Section 18
nulllties the whole bill bv providing for the
ratification by congress of the constitution
and The admission Of each state by special
act After the acceptance of the consritu-
tions the legislatures are to meet and elect
two senators from each state, aud when each
s!ate is admitted into the Union bv special
act of congress, the senators and represent
atives are to be admitted to seats in con-
gress and the state governments become op-
erative. Section 19 provides that New Mex
leo may if she desires change her name to
MontezurDa. and Washington hers to Ia
coma The Republican members will pre-
sent minority report in opposition to the
bill.