Statement of the claim of The State of Alabama against The United States; with argument in support thereof, and numerous precedent from usage of the Government, ... and cases in point, Now before Congress.
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 34
ISBN-13: 9781418194888
Subjects: History / United States / General
First sentence: By the 3d clause of the 6th section of the compact made with the State of Alabama on her admission into the Union, 2d March, 1819, it is stipulated, "that five per cent. of the nett proceeds of the lands lying within the said territory, and which shall be sold by Congress, from and after the 1st day of September in the year 1819, after deducting all expenses incident to the same, shall be reserved" for internal improvements, "of which three-fifths shall be applied under direction of the legislature thereof, (the State) and two-fifths under the direction of Congress."