THIBTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sxee. IL Cs. 129,180 1862.

548

prescribed for that offence, shall be deprived of his office and rendered Penalty.incapable forever after of holding any office or place under the UnitedStates.

APPROVED, July 2, 1862.

Cnep. CXXIg.-An Act to establish a Land District in the Territory of Nevada, and Jnly2, 1032-,for other Purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the public lands of the LLand~districtb-United States in the Territory of Nevada shall constitute a land district, liaised.to be called the District of Nevada, the office for which shall be estab-lished at such place within said district as the President of the UnitedStates may from time to time direct, and the preemption laws are herebyextended to said Territory.

See. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President be, and he is Re&tw andhereby, authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the receivert

to be

Senate, a 'register and receiver for said district, who shall be required to PPo

reside at the site of said office, and who shall have the same powers andperform the same duties as are now or m -.y hereafter be prescribed bylaw for other land o cers, and whose compensation shall be the same asallowed to such officers by the act approved April twenty, eighteen hun- 1818, oh 123dred and eighteen, entitled " An act for changing the compensation of Vol. iii. p. 406.receivers and resisters of the land offices ."

Sxc. 3. And be it further enacted, That when the settlers in any town- Settlers inship or townships, not mineral or reserved by government, shall desire a townships notsurvey made of the same under the authority of the Surveyor-General miners)mayhaveof the United States, and shall file an application therefor in writing, and surveys made,deposit in a proper United States depository to the credit of the UnitedStates a sum su dient to pay for such survey, together with all expensesincident thereto, without cost or claim for indemnity on the United States,it shall and may be lawful for said Surveyor-General, under such instruc-tions; as may be given him by the Commissioner of the General LandOffice, and in accordance with existing laws and instructions, to surveysuch township or townships, and make return thereof to the general andproper local land office : Provided, That the townships so proposed to be Proviso.surveyed are within the range of the regular progress of the public sur-veys embraced by existing standard lines or bas6s for the township andsub-divisional surveys.APPROVED, July 2, 1862.

CEAP. CXXX. -An dot donating Public Lands to the several States and Territories July 2,1868.which way provide Collegesfor the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That there be granted to the Public lands,several States, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount of pub- notmi~, tomlie land, to be apportioned to each State a quantity equal to thirty thou- state.sand acres for each senator and representative in Congress to which theStates are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the census ofeighteen hundred and sixty : Provided, That no mineral lands shall beselected or purchased under the provisions of this act .

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the land aforesaid, after being now appor-surveyed, shall be apportioned to the several States in sections or subdi- tioned.visions of sections, not less than one quarter of a section ; and whenever To be selectedthere are public lands in a State subject to sale at private entry at one from those sub-dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the quantity to which said State 1y~ri toen 8tshall be entitled shall be selected from such lands within the limits of such Lo . if any.State, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to issue to each

504

THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. SEaS. II Cs: 180. 1862.

Where there of the States in which there is not the quantity of public lands subject toare nosnch lands, sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, to whichissuedo

6e

said State may be entitled under the provisions of this act, land scrip tothe amount in acres for the deficiency of its distributive share: said scrip

scrip may

to be sold by said States and the proceeds thereof applied to the usesd2

and purposes prescribed in this act, and for no other use or purpose whatProviso . soever : Provided, That in no case shall any State to which land scrip

may thus be issued be allowed to locate the same within the limits of anyother State, or of any Territory of the United States, but their assigneesmay thus locate said land scrip upon any of the unappropriated lands ofthe United States subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents, or less, per acre : And provided, fisrther, That not more thanone million acres shall be located by such assignees in any one of theStates : And'provided, further, That no such location shall be made beforeone year from the passage of this act .

Expenses of

Sac. 3. And he it further enacted, That all the expenses of manage-management, &c. meat, superintendence, and taxes from date of selection of said lands,to be paid byStates.

previous to their sales, and all expenses incurred in the management anddisbursement of the oneys which may be received therefrom, shall bepaid by the States to which they may belong, out of the treasury of saidStates, so that the entire proceeds of the sale of said lands shall beapplied without any diminution whatever to the purposes hereinaftermentioned.

3roueysTin

Sac. 4. And be it further exacted, That all moneys derived from thesale of the lands aforesaid by the States to which the lands are appor-de th

invested ;

tioned, and from the sales of land scrip hereinbefore provided for, shall beinvested in stocks of the United States, or of the States, or some othersafe stocks, yielding not less than five per centum upon the par value of

to constitute a gaid stocks ; and that the moneys so invested shall constitute a perpetualperpetual flmd; fund, the capital of which shall remain forever undiminished, (except sointerest to be far as may be provided in section fifth of this act,) and the interest of

applied to sup- which shall be inviolably appropriated, by each State which may take andForda ricullttnr claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenanceand themechanic of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without exelud-arts.

ing other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, toteach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the me-chanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the States may respec-tively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education ofthe industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life .

Conditions of

Sac. 5. And be it father enacted, That the grant of land and landthis grant.

scrip hereby authorized shall be made on the owing conditions, toAssent of

which, as well as to the provisions hereinbefore contained, the previousStates.

assent of the several States shall be signified by legislative actsDiminution of First. If any portion of the fund invested,, as provided by the forego-

fund to be made i ng section, or any portion of the interest thereon, shall, by any action orup by State .

contingency, be diminished or lost, it shall be replaced by the State towhich it belongs, so that the capital of the fund shall remain forever un-

Annual interest diminished ; and the annual interest shall be regular applied withni£tto

a applied

diminution to the purposes mentioned in the fourth section of this act,g y

except that a sum, not exceeding ten per centum upon the amount re-ceived by any State under the provisions of this act, may be expended forthe purchase of lands for sites or experimental farms, whenever author-ized by the respective legislatures of said States .

No portion

Second. No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be ap-to be applied to plied, directly or indirectly, under any pretence whatever, to the purchase,buildings .

erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings .Any Statestunning the

third. Any State which may take and claim the benefit of the provis-benefits of this ions of this act shall provide, within fivd years, at least not less than oneccooliegbpwithin college, as described in the fourth section of this act, or the grant to suchlive years.

THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sass. IL Ca. 130, 183. 1862.

505

State shall cease ; and said State shall be bound to pay the United Statesthe amount received of any lands previously sold, and that the title topurchasers under the State shall be valid .

Fourth. An annual -report shall be made regarding the progress of each Annual reportcollege, recording any improvements and experiments made, with their ofcost and results, and such other matters, including State industrial andeconomical statistics, 2.'h may be supposed useful ; one copy of which shallbe transmitted by mail free, by each, to all the other colleges which maybe endowed under the provisions of this act, and also one copy to theSecretary of the Interior.

Fifth. When lands shall be selected from those which have been raised If lands areWto double the minimum price, in consequence of railroad

do from thgrants, they shallat

doable mini.be computed to the States at the maximum price, and the number of acres mumprice, com-

putationdiminished.

how

Sixth. No State while in a condition of rebellion or insurrection against States in rebel-the government of the United States shall be entitled to the benefit of this liou not to haveact.

beneStottbisact.

Seventh. No State shall be entitled to tke benefits of this act unless it Assent of Stateshall express its acceptance thereof by its legislature within two years two given witlila

from the date of its approval by the President .Sac. 6. And be it further enacted, That land scrip issued under the Land scrip not

provisions of this act shall not be subject to location until after the first to be located nn-day ofJanuary, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

ti 1,l180.after January

Sao. 7. And be it further enacted, That the land officers shall receive Fees of landthe same fees for locating land scrip issued under the provisions of this O'S'act as is now allowed for the location of military bounty land warrantsunder existing laws ; Provided, their maximum compensation shall not bethereby increased.

Sacs. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Governors of the several Governors ofStates toe which scrip shall be issued under this act shall be required to States to report

report annually to Congress all! sales made of such scrip until the whole pongrJ,shall be disposed of, the amount received for the same, and what appro-priation has been made of the proceeds.Amovav, July 2,1862.

Off". CSSSIII -An Act

ppropriatans/a£ the Support of the 4mw/ r the July 5, 186Lyear ending the aYear e o

th rtiet

eighteen

andhwdred

i~

two, an, forfop the eother Purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House o 'Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and Army appro.the same are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not pnatioa.otherwise appropriated, for the support of the army for the year endingthe thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three :

For the recruiting service of the army, namely : For the enlistment of xeavltiagrecruits, for quarters, fuel, stationery, straw, postage, banks, compensation service£to citizen surgeqns for medical attendance, transportation from rendezvousto depots, and all other expenses until put in march to join regiments, onehundred and eighty thousand dollars .

For purchase of books of tactics and instructions for volunteers, fifty Books of taxthousand dollars.

tip, &a.

For pay of the army, e~ght million nine hundred and five thousand Pay of army.three hundred and eighteen dollars .

For commutation of officers' subsistence, one minion five hundred and Commutation .seventy-four thousand one hundred and eighty-six dollars and fifty cents. &~a

subsistence,-

For commutation of forage for officers' horses, two hundred and eighty-three thousand four hundred and,fourteen dollars.

For payments to discharged soldiers for clothing not drawn, one bun- andais lii to ratdred acid Sfty thousand dollars .

CIoa,; 13g.VOL. xii. Pus. - 64