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FIFTY—FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 664. 1890. 2-23 parts thereof, have been sold or otherwise disposed of by or under the authority of any act of Congress, other lands equivalent thereto, in legal sub ivisions of not less than one quarter section, and as con- · tiguous as may be to the section in lieu of which the same is taken, are hereby granted to said State for the support of common schools, such indemnity lands to be selected within said State in such manner as the legislature may dprovide, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior: Provide , That section six of the act of Congress of Q'f‘@';,_,& August ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled "An acf to authorize the easing of the school and university lands in the Territory of Wyoming, and for other pur oses," shall ap ly to the school and university indemnity lands of the said State of Wyoming so far as applicable. Sec. 5. That all lands herein granted for educational purposes sue or seimiiimas. shall be disposed of only at public sale, the proceeds to constitute a permanent school fund, the interest of which only shall be ex nded 1n the support of said schools. But said lands ma , under sucheiegulations as the legislature shall prescribe, be leased, for periods of not I·¤¤¤¤¤. M- more than five years, in quantities not exceeding one section to any _ one person or company; and such land shall not be subject to preemption, homestead entry, or any other entry under the land laws of the United States, whether surveyed or unsurveyed, but shall be reserved for school purposes oul . Sec. 6. That fifty sections oiy the unappropriated public lands buléfdgndgs *°¤‘ P¤b“·= within said State, to be selected and locatedp in egal subdivisions as ` provided in section four of this act, shall be, and are hereby, granted to said State for the purpose of erecting public buildings at the capimbof Saidigliamh h d h l f bl F" Ec. 7. at ve er centum of the rocee sof the sa es o u ic r '° ,P°' °°¤*· ¤°° lands lying withingaid State whichpshall be sold by the [lnited licimes States subsequent to the admission of said State into the Union, after s°"°°l’* f““°‘ deducting all the ex enses incident to the same, shall be paid to the said State, to be used] as a permanent fund, the interest of which only ghall be expended for the support of the common schools within said ta ·e. Sec. 8. That the lands granted to the Territory of Wyoming by Uuivqsmy muasw the act of February eighteenth, eighteen hundred and eight -0ne, '°${,}P,§ff,l§‘°· entitled "An act to grant lands to Dakota, Montana, Arizona, idaho, and W oming for university pm}poses," are hereby vested in the State oty Wyoming, to the extent o the full quantity of seventy-two sections to said State, and any portion of said lan s that may not have been selected by said Territory of Wyomin may be selected by the said State; but said act of February eigliteenth, eighteen V01m?}. p- 820. hundred and eight ·one, shall be so amended as to provide that none mm ' of said lands shall be sold for less than ten dollars r acre, and the Minimum pm or roceeds shall constitute a permanent fund to be salggly invested and {WLM, to ,,0,,.,,, held by said State and the income thereof be used exclusively for ¤¤¤>¤¤¤i*¤¤¤i¢yf¤¤d- university purposes. The schools, colleges. and universities provided for in this act shall forever remain under the exclusive control Sciljlg §,g“"°l °‘ of the said State, and no part of the proceeds arising from the sale semenés, sec.. or dis osal of any lands herein granted for educational purposes ‘}’,P,,§ shall lie used for the support of any sectarian or denominational ggéesof S<>¤¤·>1¤¤=¤¤» school, college, or university. The section of land granted by the ' act of May twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, to Vol.2S,p.158. the Territory of Wyoming for a fish hatchery and other public pur- rasaimmneguimc ses shall, upon the admission of Said State of Wyoming into the °"""“°""°‘"" °°‘ Uhion, become the property of said State. _ Sec. 9. That the penitentiary at Laramie City, Wyoming, and all mP§,“§§';,f'§t’j,Y’“,;’.,§',; lands connected therewith and set apart and reserved therefor, and edwsure the personal property of the United States now being in the Territory of Wyoming and which has been in use in the said Territory in the administration of the Territorial government, including books