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-58 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 89. 1846, M*}*¤l¤¤l *° b° be appointed a marshal liar said district, who shall perform the same “l’l’§,Q‘f§,‘t‘ {9,, duties, be subject to the same regulations and penalties, and be esti. and conipensai tled to the same fees, as are prescribed and allowed to marshals in

  • l°°· other districts; and shall, moreover, be allowed the sum of two hun.

dred dollars annually, as a compensation for allextra services. To be mmcd Sec. 6. And be it jin-ther enacted, That, until another census shall totwo represent- be taken and apportionment made, the State of Wisconsin shall be '·¤**'°• l¤ C°°· entitled to two representatives in the Congress of the United States. gr°°°i,mp0s,,,0m, Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the following propositions submitted to the are hereby submitted to the convention which shall assemble for the °°¤"°¤‘l°”»&°· purpose of forming a constitution for the State of Wisconsin, for acceptance or rejection; and if accepted by said convention, and ratified by an article in said constitution, they shall be obligatory on the United States: _ Land, for first. That section numbered sixteen, in every township of the schools. public lands in said State, and, where such section has been sold or otherwise disposed of other lands equivalent thereto, and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to said State for the use of schools. Lands for a Second. That the seventy-two sections or two entire townships_of §°ml¤°’.Y°fl°am· land set apart and reserved for the use and support of a university by mg' an act of Congress, approved on the twelfth day of June, eighteen hun- 1838, ch.110. dred and thirty-eight, entitled "An Act concerning a Seminary of Learning in the Territory of Wiseonsin," are hereby granted and conveyed to the State, to be appropriated solely to the use and support of such university, in such manner as the Legislature may prescribe. _ L¤u5l¤_l'<>¤‘ p¤l>- Third. That ten entire sections of land, to be selected and located

f,:’“£g*'é€,°v;;,i under the direction of the Legislature, in legal divisions of not less

ment. than one quarter section, from any of the unappropriated lands belonging to the United States within the said State, are hereby granted to the said State, for the purpose of completing the public buildings of the said State, or for the erection of others at the seat of government, under the direction of the Legislature thereof Salt springs. Fourth. That all salt springs within said State, not exceeding twelve in number, with six sections of land adjoining, or as contiguous as may be to each, shall be granted to the State for its use ; the same to be selected by the Legislature thereof, within one year after the admission of said State; and when so selected, to be used or disposed ot on such terms, conditions, and regulations, as the Legislature shall Proviso- direct: Provided, That no salt spring or land the right whereof is now vested in any individual or individuals, or which may hereafter be confirmed or adjudged to any individual or individuals, shall, by this section, be granted to said State. 5 per cent- of Ejhh. That five per cent. of the net proceeds of sales of all public gpggggjs lands lying within the said State, which have been or shall be sold by roads andlcanals. Congress, from and alter the admission of said State into the Union, after deducting all the expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to the said State, for the purpose of making public roads and canals in the same, as the Legislature shall direct: Provided, That the forc- Condition. going propositions herein offered are on the condition that the said convention which shall form the constitution of said State shall provide, by a clause in said constitution, or an ordinance, irrevocable without the consent of the United States, that said State shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil within the same by the United States, nor with- any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to bona fide purchasers thereof; and that ~Tue•. no tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States; and that m no case shall non-resident proprietors ·be taxed higher than residents. Avrnovnn, August 6, 1846.