Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-06-21

demnity provisions OF this act, nor
shall any lands embraced in Indian,
military, or other reservations of any
character be subject to the grants or
to the indemnity provisions of this
act until the reservation shall have
been extiDguished and such lands be
restored to and become a part of the
public domain.
Sec. Z That upon the admission
of said state into the union, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this
act, 100 sections of the unappropri-
ated lands within said state, to be
selected and located in legal su6divi-
sions as provided in section G of this
act, shall be and are hereby granted
to said state for the purpose of erect
ing public buildings at the capital of
said state for legislative, executive
and judicial purposes.
Sec. 8. That 100000 acres of land,
to be selected and located as provided
in the foregoing section of this act,
are hereby granted to said state for
the use and support of an agricultural
college in said state, as provided III
the acts of congress making donations
of land for such purpose. I
Sec. 9. That 10 per cent of the
proceeds of the sales Of public lands
lying within said state, which shall
be sold by the United States subse-
quent 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 permanent fund, the interest of
which only shall be expended for the
support of the common schools within
said state.
Sec. 10. That all lands herein
granted for educational purposes, ex-
cept as hereinafter otherwise provid-
ed shall be disposed of only at public
sale,and at price not less than So
per acre, the proceeds to constitute a
permanent school fund, the interest
of which only shall be expended in
support of said schools. But said
lands may, after such regulations as
the Legislature shall prescribe, be
leased for periods of not more than
five years,in quantities not exceeding
one section to any one person or
company; and such land shall not be
subject to pre-emption, homestead
entry or any other entry under the land
laws of the United States, whether
surveyed or unsurveyed, but shall be
reserved for school purposes only
Sec. IL. That the lands, to the
extent of two townships in quantity,
authorized by the 9th section of the
act of July %, 1854, to be reserved
for the establishment of university
in New Mexico are hereby granted
to the state of New Mexico for uni
versitY purposes, to he held and
used in accordance with the provi-
sions of this section; and any por-
ton of said lands that may not have
been selected by said territory may
be selected by said state. y
But said act is hereby so amended
that none of SAID lands shall be sold
for less than S. per acre, and the
proceeds shall constitute permanent
fund, to be safely invested and held
by said state, and the income thereof
to be used exclusively for university
purposes. But said lands may be
leased in the same manner as provid-
ed in section 10 of t is act. The
schools, colleges and universities
provided for in this act shall forever
remain under the exclusive control of
said state, and no part of the pro-
ceeds arising from the sale or dis
posal of any lands herein granted
for educational purposes shall be
used for the support of any sectarian
or denominational school, college or
university. -
Sec. u. That all the mineral
lands shall be exempted from the
grants made by this act. But if sec
tons 2, lG, 80 and SO, or any subdi-
vision or portion of any smallest sub.
division thereof in any township
shall be found by the department of
the interior to be mineral lands, said
state is hereby authorized and en-
powered to select, in legal subdivi-
sions, an equal quantity of other un-
appropriated lands in said state in
lieu thereof for the use and the bene-
fit of the common schools of SAID
state.
Sec. 10. That in lieu of the grant
of land for purposes of internal inn
provement made 10 new states by the
8th section of the act of September 4,