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THIRTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 59. 1864. 49 justice of the said territory, or any two of them, shall canvass the same, and if a majority of legal votes shall be cast for said constitution in said proposed state, the said acting governor shall certify the same to the _ President of the United States, together with a copy of said constitution b I;*i;’°l1§¤;m;t and ordinances; whereupon it shall be the duty of the President of the dzdagnélthe United States to issue his proclamation declaring the state admitted into smm admitted. the Union on an equal footing with the original states, without any further action whatever on the part of congress. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That until the next general census Qneyepresenshall be taken said state of Nebraska shall be entitled to one representa- m C°“' tive in the house of representatives of the United States, which repre- ` sentative, together with the governor and state and other officers provided fE{°i;i°*§;>*} and for in said constitution, may be elected on the same day a vote is taken ° S 3 ° ms' for or against the proposed constitution and state government. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That sections numbered sixteen and Schml 1*****- thirty-six in every township, and when such sections have been sold or otherwise disposed of by any act of congress, other lands equivalent thereto, in legal subdivisions of not less than one quartersection, and as contiguous as may be, shall be, and are hereby, granted to said state for the support of common schools. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That provided the state of Nebraska H I;'??;;" ]’“b` shall be admitted into the union in accordance with the foregoihg provis- ° m gs' ions of this act, that twenty entire sections of the uuappropriated public lands within said state, 1:0 be selected and located by direction of the legislature thereof, on or before the first day of January, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, shall be and they are hereby granted, in legal subdivisions of not less than one hundred and sixty acres, to said state for the purpose of erecting public buildings at the capital of said state for legislative and judicial purposes, in such manner as the legislature shall prescribe. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That fifty other entire sections of for buildings land, as aforesaid, to be selected and located as aforesaid, in legal sub- f°! P°”l**’“*l”>'¥ divisions as aforesaid, shall be, and they are hereby, granted to said state for the purpose of erecting a suitable building for a penitentiary or state prison in the manner aforesaid. Sec. l0. And be it further enacted, That seventy-two other sections of for State Uniland shall be set apart and reserved for the use and support of a state v°”‘°y' university, to be selected in manner as aforesaid, and to be appropriated and applied as the legislature of said state may prescribe for the purpose named, and for no other purpose, Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That all salt springs within said S°1”P’i”8*· state, not exceeding twelve in 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 said land to be selected by the governor thereof; within one year after the admission of the 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 lands, the right whereof is Pmviso. now vested in any individual or individuals, or which hereafter shall be confirmed. or adjudged to any individual or individuals, shall, by this act, be granted to said state. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That five per centum of the pro- Five per cent. ceeds of the sales of all public lands lying within said state, which have °f;’{l°j°f:°'m” been or shall be sold by the United States prior or subsequent to the s::P;:,tsO;°g° admission of said state into the Union, after deducting all expenses inci— common schoolsdint; to the same, shall be paid to the said state for the support of common sc 100 s. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That from and after the admission Laws of United . of the said state of Nebraska into the Union in pursuance of this act, the S?’·t“ ““‘d° aP' s laws of the United States, not locally inapplicable, shall have the same Plmbll , v0L. xm. PUB.-5 '