Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-20
Teller BILL Creating
STATE OF new mexico

ltect Tn The i~hdeEanisy Pn0Etsaoa az
this act: Provided. That nothing %
this act eontainea sAall repeal OF II
feet any act of c0ngreAs relating &C.
lands embraced In the state hereto
lure sea aside By congress IL u ma,
tiOnal para. game preserve. or for
the preservation q objects of aEehae-
illogical Or chronological interest - a
now ur may he hereafter defined or
extended by Lac. but exclusive aegis
latian. in all cases whatsoever. shall
b. exercised by the United States,
which shall have exclusive control
and Jurisdiction oveT me same; bur
nothing In this proyis0 contained
shalI be construed TO prevent the
service within said national parks.
game preserves and other reseTva'
tons hereafter established by law. a.
civil and criminal progresses lawfully
issued by the authority Of said state
and said lands shall not be subject
al n time TO the school grants al
this art that may b. embraced With.
In the metes and bounds of the ma
tional park. game preserve. and 9th
CT reservation. Al 10 defined oi
may be- hereafter defined; but otheI
lands equivalent thereto may he SO
lected for such school purposes
h~ereinbefore provided In lieu there
Of.
Sec. 7. That three hundred sections
Of tho unappropriated nonmineraI
public lands within said state. to be
selected and located In legal subdi
visions. az provided In this act. ART
hereby granted TO said state for the
purpose Ut erecting legislative. exec
utive and judicial public buildings II
tho same. aud for the payment Of thu
bonds heretofore or hereafter ISSUED
therefor.
Sec. i. That In addition 10 nj
lands heretofore granted for such
purpose, there shall be-. and hereby
In, granted 10 said state. to take If
feet when the same Ia admitted tC
the Union. three hundred sections oI
land. to be selected from the public
domain within said state In the same
manner as provided In this act. ant
the proceeds Of all such lands shall
constitute a permanent fund, to bG
safely invested and held by sait
state. aud the income thereof be used
exclusively for university purposes
The schools. colleges and universities
provided for in this act shall forevei
remain under the exclusive contro'
Of the said state. and no part OF the
proceeds arising from the sale or dis
posal of any lands herein granted for
educational purposes shall be used
for the support of any sectarian OF
denominational school, college. or un
iversity
Sec. o. That nothing In this act
shall be so construed. except where
the same Is SO specifically stated, M
TO repeal any grant Of land hereto
fore made by any act OF congress to
said territory. but such grants are
hereby ratified and confirmed In and
10 said state. and all of the land tina,
may not, at the time of the admission
Of said state into the Union, have
been selected and segregated from
the public domain. may be so select
ed and segregated In the manner pro.
vided In this act
Sec. 10. That five per centum 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 permanent fund. the inter.
est of which only shall be expended
for the support of the common
schools within said state. And there
10 hereby appropriated, out OF any
moneys In the treasury not other
wise appropriated. the sum of five
million dollars for the use and bene.
fit of the common schools of said
state. Said appropriations shall be
paid by the treasurer of the United
States at such time and to such per.
son or persons as may be authorized
by said state to receive the same III
der laws to be enacted Ly said state,
and until said state shall enact such
laws said appropriation shall not be
paid Said appropriation Of five mil
lion dollars shall be held inviolable