The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-03-08
FOUR NEW STATES.
The House Committee Decides by q Party Vote
to Report the So-Callsd Omnibus
Bill. !.

Provisions for the Admission Of Dakota, Mon.
tana. Warrington Territory and New
+" Mexico.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, Feb. 23.-
The house committee IN territories to-day
finished the consideration Of the omnibus
enabling act for Dakota, Montana, Washing
ton and New Mexico, and by a strict party
vote decided to report it the house to-mor-
row. The bill is in many respects the
Springer bill applied to the four territories,
and il new only in some points regarding the
public lands. Section 2 authorizes residents
OF these territories to elect delegates to con-
stitutional conventions, proportionate in
number with the population Of the counties.
b a~pportionment of delegates is to be
made by the governor, chief Justice and
United States attorneys Of each territory,
and the election is to be held on the Tuesday
after the first Monday Of next August
Seventy-five delegates are allowed each ter
rltory except Dakota, which is allowed 100.
Section 3 provides for the meeting of the
constitutional convention and the usual pro-
visions to be inserted in tho constitution.
One Of these provisions relates to land mat-
tiers, n reads:
secondly-That the people inhabiting said
proposed state do agree and declare that
they forever disclaim all right and title to
the u~nappropriated lands lying wtthintthe
boundaries thereof. and to all lands lying
within said limits owned or held BY any In
dian or Indian tribes, and that until the title
thereto shall have been extinguished by the
United States, the same shall remain subject
to the United States, and said Indian lands
shall remain under the absolute jurisdiction
and control Of the congress Of The United
States; that the land belonging to citizens
OF the United States residing without the
said states shall never be taxed at o higher
rate than the lands belonging to residents
thereof; hat no taxes shall be imposed by
the states on lands or property therein be-
chased by the United States or re-
served for its use, provided that
nothing herein or in the ordinance
herein provided for shall { preclude
the states from taxing, az. other lands
are taxed, any Lands owned or held by any
Indian who has severed his tribal relations
n has obtained from the United States or
any person a title thereto by patent or other
grant, save and except such lands as nave
been or may be granted to any Indian or In
dams under any act of congress containing
a provision exempting the lands thus
shall provide that all such lands shall be ex-
empt from taxation by said states so long
and to such extent as such act OF congress
may provide.
Section 4 provides for q vote on the con-
situations In November and a count of the
same. Section s gives until the next census
each state n representative in congress,
except Dakota, which gets two.
DAKOTA CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
Section 6 reads:
The counties Of Grant, Roberts, Day,
Brown, Edmunds. Walworth, Foreman. Het-
finger, Bowman, and all that 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 Che
Second congressional district Of said state.
and in each of said districts one representa-
tive in congress shall be elected until other
wise provided by law after the next deoen-
NAL census Of the United States. and at the
time provided by law for such elections in
other states.
Section 2 provides for school lands with
the following proviso:
That sections 16 and SO, embraced in per-
manent reservations for national purposes,
or allotted to Indians in fee simple. shall not
at any time be subject to the grants or in
demntty provisions Of this &C t, nor shall any
lands embraced in Indian, military or other
oo.oo VI any cnarac1er, De. suDJecG 10
the grants or indemnify provisions Of this
act until the reservation shall be extin-
guished, and such lands restored to and be-
part Of the public domain.
Section 8 gives each Of the new states fifty
sections of LANE for the purpose of erecting
public buildings at the capital of the state.
These are to be selected before Jan. l, 1890.
8 provides that the money and lands
provided by the government for the erection
OF apenitentiary in Dakota shall be granted
to the proposed new state, and that the
and all lands connected there
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 IL, secures to the states 5 per cent of
the proceeds Of the sale of public lands
their boundaries.
LEASE OF SCHOOL LANDS. r.
Section ID provides that school lands
shall not be disposed Of at less than $40 per
acre, but such lands may, under such regu-
lations as the Legislatures of the states may
prescribe, be leased for periods Of not more
than five years, insquantities not exceeding
one section, 20 any one person or corpora
granted to the territories for uni
purposes shall be transferred to the
states, and that the schools erected by
the proceeds OF the sale Of these lands shall
forever remain under the control of the
state, and none of the lands shall go to sup
Or universities Section IA x
cludes mineral lands from the provision OF
the act. Section Is repeats the swamp land
act. and declares that It's provisions are not
extended to the new states; also the act
lands to new states for internal
onfo4 ovid IN liosr ~ n,1oh 1or,3c kh~
following grants are made:
To Dakota-For the maintenance of o
school Of mines at Rapid City, 90, 900 acres:
FOR the reform school at Plankinton, $4,000
for the deaf and dumb asylum, 3d.
600 acres; for agricultural schools at Fargo
and Brook1ngs, 80. 900 acres each; for the
state normal schools at Madison, Spearfsh,
Springfield and Mimic, 25, 900 acres each;
for public buildings at the capital Of che
state, 10000 acres in addition to the fifty
sections hereinbefore granted for that pur-
pose" To the State of Montana-For the es-
adjustment and maintenance Of q school OF
mines, OO,OO acres; for state normal
schoolsx loo, 900 acres; for agricultural col
In addition to the grant h~ereinbefore
provided for that purpose, 10000 acres.' for
the establishment OF state reform school.
$4,000. acres; for the establishment OF. a
deaf and dumb asyium,5O 600 acres; for
public buildings at the capital Of the. state,
in addition to the grant hereinbefore made
for that purpose, 10000 ceres
By section IL, $4,000 is granted Mon
Jana and New Mexico and; Washington; and
800 900 to Dakota to pay the expenses of
The conventions provided for. Section 10
ths whole biz BY providing FOR ths
the admission OF each state by a special.
act After the acceptahce Of the constttnAi
ions the Legislatures sare to meet anAselect
senators fronseach state, and whengaach,