St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-26


Steads from sale under execution.
See. Z. That i'm ease constitution and
state government shall be formed i'll
compliance with the provisions of this
act, said convention forming the same
shall provide by ordinance for submit
ting said constitution to the people OF
said proposed state for their ratification
or rejection. at an election to be held in
said territory on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday of November, 1888. at
which election the qualified voters of
said proposed state shall vote directly
for or against the proposed constitution,
and for or against any provisions Separ
ately submitted. The returns of said
election shall be made to the secretary
of said territory, who, with the gov
ernor and chief justice thereof, or any
two of them, shall canvass the same;
and if majority of the legal votes cast
shall be for the constitution, the gov
ernor shall certify the result to the
president of the United States. together
with 4 statement of the votes cast upon
separate propositions, and copy of
said declaration, constitution and Ordi-
nanceS.
See. s. That until the next general
census. or until otherwise provided by
law. said proposed state shall be entitled
to two representatives in the house of
representatives of the United States,
which representatives, together with
the governor and other officers provided
iOr in said constitution, shall be elected
on the same day of the election for the
adoption of the constitution; and until
said state officers are elected and quail
flied under the provisions OF such con-
Stitution, and the state is admitted into
the Union. the territorial officers shall
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respective Offices in said territory.
See. 9. That the counties of Grant,
RobertS, Day, Brown, Walworth, Ed
munds, BOreman, Iettinger, Bowman
and all that part of the proposed state
of Dakota north thereof, shall cOnSti-
tute the First congressional district, and
that portion of the proposed state of Da
kOta lying south of said counties shall
constitute the Second congressional dis
trict of said state; and in each of said
districts one representative in. congress
shall be elected until otherwise pro-
vidod by law after the next decennial
census of the United States, and at the
time prescribed by general law for such
elections in other states.
Sec. 10. That sections numbered six
teen and thirty-SiX III every township of
said proposed state of Dakota, and
where such sections, or any subdivision
thereof. have been sold or otherwise
disposed of by OF under the authority of
any act of congress. other lands equiv
alent thereto. in legal subdivisions of noe
less than One-quarter section, and as
contiguous as may be to the section in
lieu of which the same is taken, are
hereby granted to said proposed state
for the support of common schools.
Sec. IL. That when the proposed state
shall be admitted into the Union in ac-
cOrdance with tie provisions of this act,
two hundred and fifty sections of the
unapprOpriated public lands within said
state. to be selected and located by the
direction of the legislature thereof and
with the approval of the president, on
or before the 1St day of January,
1890. shall be, and are hereby
granted, in legal subdivision of not
less than One-quarter section, TO
said state for the purpose of erecting
public buildings at the capital of said
state for legislative. executive and Judi
clal purposes, in such manner as the
legislature may prescribe.
See. II. That SO much of the lands be-
longing to the United States as has
been acquired and set apart for the pur-
pose mentioned in An act appropriate
ing money for the erection of a peni-
Tertiary in the territory of Dakota" APP
proved March 2, 1851, together with
the buildings thereon, be, and the same
is hereby granted, together with any
uneXpended balances of the MONEYS APP
prOpriated therefor by said act. to said
state for the purposes therein deSig
mated.
Sec. 13. That ninety sections of land.
to be selected and located as provided
in section of this act, are hereby
granted to said state for tbeuse and
support of an agricultural college in
said state; and none of the lands
granted by this act, or the proceeds
| thereof, shall be used for any other pur-
pose than that for which the grant is
specifically made whatever.
Sec. IA. That all salt springs within
said state, not exceeding twelve in
| number. with six sections of land adj
| Joining or contiguous as may be to each,
shall be granted to said state for its use,
| the said land to be selected by the gov
ernOr of said state within two years
after the admission of the state, and
! when so selected to be used and dis
/ posed of on such terms, conditions and
| regulations as the legislature shall di-
rect: and the proceeds thereof shall be
| devoted exclusively to the support of
! the common schools Of the said state:
| Provided, That 20 salt spring or lands
the right whereof is now vested in any
| individual or individuals, or which
| hereafter shall be confirmed or adj
| Judged to any individual or individuals,
shall by this act be granted TO said state.
Sec. ID. That five per cOntum of the
proceeds of the sales of public lands
| lying within said state which shall be
sold by the United States subsequent to
the admission of said state into the
| Union, after deducting all the expenses
incident to the same, shall be paid to
the said state, to be used as a prOnlanent
| fund for the support of the common
schools within said state.
Sec. 16. That all lands herein granted
for educational purposes shall be dis
posed of only at public sale. and at a
price not less than SO per acre, the pro-
| ceedS to constitute a permanent school
| fund, the interest of which only is to De
expended in the support of said schools.
| But said lands may, under such regula-
tons as the legislature shall prescribe,
| be leased for periods of not more than
| twenty-five yeaaS, in quantities not eX-
ceeding one section, to any one person OF
company.
Sec. IL. That the lands granted to the
territory of Dakota by the act of Feb. 1S,
1881, entitled IAN act to grant lands to
Dakota, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming,
for university purposes" so far as the
same have been selected and located in
said territory of Dakota, shall, under the
provisions and limitations of said act. he
vested i'll the proposed state of Dakota
Provided, that none of said lands shall
be sold for less than SO per acre. And
such portions of said lands as have been
selected and located within the bounds
of the territory of Dakota shall be vested
in said state of Dakota subject also to
the limitations of said act of Feb. Is,
1881. And there is hereby granted to
said state of Dakota so much of the pub
lie lands in said state, selected under
said act of Feb. IS, 1881, as will give the
| full amount of seventy-two entire sec
! lions. all of which shall be held and