...state snail be admitted into the union, upon the same footing with the original states. 5. SEc. v. Five per centum of the net proceeds of the sales of the lands of the United States, after the first day of January, shall be applied to lying out and constructing...

...Treasury, made in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, exhibiting the proportion of the net proceeds of the sales of the public lands to which each State would have been entitled, had the bill passed by both houses of Congress, entitled " An...

...following is a synopsis. It provided, that, after the thirty-first day of December, 1832, twelve and a half per centum of the net proceeds of the sales of the public lands within Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Alabama, Missouri, and Mississippi, should be paid to them independent...

...FUND. This fund is created by the proceeds arising from the sale of lands known as " ichool lands," the five per centum of the net proceeds of the sales of government land to which this state is entitled, and fines collected in the several wunties for any...

...States, without exception, by which they receive from the treasury of the United States five per cent, of the net proceeds of the sales of the public lands, to be appl:ed to purposes of internal improvement and education. Such bills have received the sanction,...

...and neatly arranged and digested. By the act of congress of September 4th, 1841, c. 16, ten per cent. of the net proceeds of the sales of the public lands, to be made subsequent to the 31st of December, 1841, within the limits of the states of Ohio, Indiana,...

...to grant preemption rights,' approved the fourth day of September, eighteen hundred and forty-one, and also the five per centum of the net proceeds of the public lands lying within said state, to which it shall become entitled on its admission into the Union...

...and neatly arranged and digested. By the act of congress of September 4th, 1841, c. 16, ten per cent. of the net proceeds of the sales of the public lands, to be made subsequent to the 31st of December, 1841, within the limits of the states of Ohio, Indiana,...

...grant. The convention which formed the state constitution deemed it sound and wise policy to set apart the five per centum of the net proceeds of the sales of public lands as a part of a separate fund to be exclusirely applied to the support of common schools,...

...Swamp Land Fund, to be reimbursed from the Swamp Land Fund as sales are made. FIVE PER CENT. FUND. The five per centum of the net proceeds of the sales of public lands in the State, is still withheld by the General Government. I employed the Secretary of...