The Tribune Almanac and Political Register forGreeley & McElrath, 1859 - Almanacs, American |
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Page 31 - scientific or classical studies, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classée in the several pursuits and professions in life.
Page 27 - never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil within the same, by the United States, or with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in said soil to
Page 31 - apportioned, and from the sales of land scrip hereinbefore provided for, shall be invested in stocks of the United States, or of the States, or some other safe stocks, yielding not less than five per centum upon the par value of said stocks; and that the moneys
Page 31 - invested, as provided by the foregoing section, or any portion of the interest thereon, shall, by any action or contingency, be diminished or lost, it shall be replaced by the State to which it belongs, so that the capital of the fund shall remain
Page 31 - of America in Congress assembled, That there be granted to the several States and Territories, for the purpose hereinafter mentioned, five millions nine hundred and twenty thousand (5,920,000) acres of land, to be apportioned to each State a quantity equal to twenty thousand (20,000) acres for each senator and representative in Congress to which the States are now respectively entitled.
Page 27 - purchasers thereof, and that no tax shall be imposed on lands belonging to the United States, and that in no case shall nonresident proprietors be taxed higher than residents. Sixth, : And that the said State shall never tax the lands or the property of the United States in
Page 24 - of America in Congress assembled. That the State of Kansas shall be, and is hereby declared to be, one of the United States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal
Page 31 - enacted, That the grant of land and land scrip hereby authorized shall be made on the following conditions, to which, as well as to the provisions hereinbefore contained, the previous assent of the several States shall be signified by legislative acts : First. If any portion of the
Page 31 - And be it further enacted, That the land aforesaid, after being surveyed, shall be apportioned to the several States and Territories in sections or subdivisions of sections, not less than one quarter of a section ; and whenever there are public lands in a State worth one dollar and twenty-five cents
Page 29 - Fifth, That five per centum of the net proceeds of sales of all public lands lying within said State which shall be sold by Congress after the admission of said State into the Union, after deduct ing all the expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to