Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-12-20

80 Invested ~ said state. i'm trust.
for The nse as4 h~assas Il said
GAoaAs
Sc N. Thai nh Lands herein
grated fnr educational purposes may
b. appraised 81 disposed a only .,
public sale. tie proceeds TO COAST
tuae . peEmaaeas school fund. the In
eaEae fFuEa which only sAall be Ct
r~naea i'm the support Ut xaia schools.
Hut said lands may. under such rega.
latsoas ~ the legislature shah pre-
scribe. BE- LEASED for periods of noa
mote than ten years. and such eana.
mson school lands shah Dot be- sah~
iect TO ~pFe@Gnpainn. homestead entry.
or any other entry under the land
laws Of the E'nited States, whether
surveyed or sansuTveyeA, bnt shall be
reserved for schaasl purposes only.
See. II. That In lieu II the grant
Of land for purposes of inteEhal im-
pEoseuent made to new states by the
eighth seealan a. the G a Septegn"
Der fourth. eighteen hundred aud
forty one. which section IL hereby re-
pealed a. Ia the proposed state. and
I'm liea of any claim or demand BY
the saId state under the art 0f Sep
TENDER 2Sth. eighteen hundred and
fifty. and section 'Henty-fUQr hun
bred and seventy nine Of the revised
statutes. making a grant III swamp
and Overlooked lands tn certain
states. which gran; II is hereby de-
elared Is not extended TO the said
state. save A. heretofore made. the
following grants nf land from public
lands OF the United States within
said state as hereby made. tO-wit:
For the establishment and main.
tenanee and support Of an insane
asylum In the said state. two hun
dred thousand acres: for the penlten'
tiary. two hundred thousand acres:
for a school for the deaf. dumb and
blind. two hundred thousand acres:
for a miners hospital for disabled
miners, one hundred thousand acres:
for a normal school. " hundred
thousand acres; for state charitable.
penal. and reformatoTy institutions,
two hundred Thousand acres: for a.
rieultural and mechanical colleges.
three hundred thousand acres: Pro
vided. That the national appr0pria'
ton heretofore annually paid to the
agricultural and mechanical colleges
Of said territory shall, until the fur
Their order Of congress-. continue tn
te paid to said state for the use OF
said respective institutions; for "A
school OF mines. two hundred thous.
and acres: for a military institute,
two hundred thousand acres.
Sec. -. That all lands granted In
quantity or al indemnity by this act
shall be selected. under the direction
Of the secretary OF the interior. from
the unapproriated public lands Of the
United States within the limits OF
the said state. by a commission com
posed Of the governor. surveyor gen.
eral. and attorney general Of said
state: and no fees shall be charged
for passing the title TO the same or
for the preliminary proceedings
thereof.
Sec. "a That all mineral lands
shall be exempted from the grants
made by this act; but II any portion
thereof shall he found by the depart.
ment Of the interior TO be mineral
lands, said state Is hereby authorized
and empowered to select. in legal
subdivisions. an equal quantity Of
other unappropriated lands in said
state in lieu thereof.
Sec, Is. That the said state. when
omitted. as aforesaid, shall const;-
tute n judicial district, 10 be nam.
ed the district of New Mexico, the
boundaries of said district to be the
same as the boundaries Of said ter,
ritory. and the circuit and district
courts Of said district shall be held
at Santa Fe for the time being. and
the said district shall. for judicial
purposes. until otherwise provided.
be attached to the ninth judicial cir,
cult. There shall be appointed for
! said district one district Judge, one
United States attorney. and one I'm
tied States marshal. The Judge of