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THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. IH. C11. 60. 1857. 167 Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That in the event said convention shall decide in favor of the immediate admission of the proposed State into the Union, it shall be the duty of the United States’ marshal for said Territory to proceed to take a census or enumeration of the inhabitants Census. within the limits of the proposed State, under such rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, with the view of ascertaining the number of representatives to which said State may be _R5pi-esentativss entitled in the Congress of the United States; and said State shall be m ”g"°”· entitled to one representative and such additional representatives as the population of the State shall, according to the census, show it would be entitled to according to the present ratio of representation. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the following propositions be, Propositions to and the same are hereby offered to the said convention of the people of ESB Zgfdumnby Minnesota for their free acceptance or rejection, which, if accepted by ` the convention, shall be obligatory on the United States and upon the said State of Minnesota, to wit: First. That sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in every township scimi uma,. of public lands in said State, and where either of said sections, or any part thereof, has been sold or otherwise been disposed ot; other lands, equivalent thereto and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to said State for the use of schools. Second. That seventy-two sections of land shall be set apart and reserved Ug;$;‘;i€°’ “ for the use and support of a State university, tobe selected by the Governor y` of said State, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of the General Land·Oiiice, and to be appropriated and applied in such manner as the legislature of said State may prescribe for the purpose aforesaid, but for no other purpose. Wzird. That ten entire sections of land, to be selected by the Governor _ I·e¤_d fvr pubof said State, in legal subdivisions, shall be granted to said State for the 1‘° b“'m‘"g“‘ purpose of completing the public buildings, or for the erection of others at the seat of government, under the direction of the legislature thereof Fourth. That all salt springs within said State, not exceeding twelve in Sm SPl'l¤K$· number, with six sections of land adjoining, or as contiguous as may be to each, shall be granted to said State for its use; the same to be selected by the Governor thereof within one year after the admission of said State, and when so selected, to be used or disposed of on such terms, conditions, and regulations as the legislature shall direct: Provided, That no salt spring or land, the right whereof is now vested in any individual or individuals, or which may be hereafter confirmed or adjudged to any individual or individuals, shall, by this article, be granted to said State. Fifth. That five per centum of the net proceeds of sales of all public Percentage on lands lying within said State, which shall be sold by Congress after the ]““d ”·1°s· admission of the said State into the Union, after deducting all the expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to said State, for the purpose of making public roads and intemal improvements, as the legislature shall direct: Provided, The foregoing propositions herein offered are on the condition, The above pro that the said convention which shall form the constitution of said State £E;‘l';i‘:mf‘“d° 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, or with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in said soil to bomzjide purchasers thereof ; and that no tax shall be imposed on lands belonging to the United States, and that in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents. APPROVED, February 26, 1857.