Appendix (e) AN ACT RELATIVE TO CERTAIN PROPOSITIONS Made by the Congress of the United States to the People PREAMBLE Whereas, the congress of the United States did pass an act, entitled "An act for the admission of Oregon into the Union," approved the 14th day of February, 1859; which said act contains the following propositions for the free acceptance or rejection of the people of the state of Oregon, in the words following: "Section 4. The following propositions be and the same are hereby offered to the said people of Oregon, for their free acceptance or rejection, which, if accepted, shall be obligatory on the United States and upon the said state of Oregon, to wit: First, that sections numbered 16 and 36 in every township of public lands in said state, and where either of said sections, or any part thereof, has been sold, or otherwise been disposed of, other lands equivalent thereto, and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to said state for the use of schools. Second, that 72 sections of land shall be set apart and reserved for the use and support of a state university, to be selected by the governor of said state, subject to the approval of the commissioner of the general land office, 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. Third, that 10 entire sections of land, to be selected by the governor of said state, in legal subdivisions, shall be granted to said state for the 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 12 in number, with six sections of land adjoining, or as contiguous as may be to each, shall be granted to said state, 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 vested in an 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 lands lying within said state, which shall be sold by congress after the admission of 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 internal improvements, as the legislature shall direct; provided, that the foregoing propositions hereinbefore offered are on the condition that the people of Oregon shall provide by 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 bona fide purchasers thereof; and that in no case shall nonresident proprietors be taxed higher than residents. Sixth, and that the said state shall never tax the lands of the property of the United States in said state; provided, however, that in case any of the lands herein granted to the state of Oregon have heretofore been confirmed to the territory of Oregon for the purposes specified in this act, the amount so confirmed shall be deducted from the quantity specified in this act"; therefore Section 1-PROPOSITIONS OF CONGRESS ACCEPTED That the six propositions offered to the people of Oregon in the aboverecited portion of the act of congress aforesaid be, and each and all of them are hereby, accepted; and for the purpose of complying with each and all of said propositions hereinbefore recited, the following ordinance is declared to be irrevocable without the consent of the United States, to wit: Be it ordained by the legislative assembly of the state of Oregon: That the said state shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil within the same by the United States, nor with any regulations congress may find necessary for securing the title in said soil to the bona fide purchasers thereof; and that in no case shall nonresident proprietors be taxed higher than residents; and that the said state shall never tax the lands or property of the United States within said state. Approved June 3, 1859. Appendix (f) ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1859 An Act to provide for extending the Laws and Judicial System of the United States to the State of Oregon and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable shall have the same force and effect within the state of Oregon as elsewhere in the United States. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said state is hereby constituted a judicial district of the United States, within which a district court with the like powers and jurisdiction as the district court of the United States for the district of Iowa shall be established, and the judge of the said district court shall hold two regular terms of the said court, annually, at the seat of government of the said state, to commence on the second Monday of April and September in each year. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the judge, attorney, and marshal of the United States for the said district of Oregon, shall reside therein, and the annual salary of the said judge shall be two thousand five hundred dollars, and the marshal and district attorney for said district shall be entitled to the same compensation and fees as the marshal and attorney for the district of Iowa. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That in all cases of appeal or writ of error heretofore prosecuted and now pending in the supreme court of the United States, upon any record from the supreme court of Oregon Territory, the mandate of execution or order of further proceedings shall be directed by the supreme court of the United States to the district court of the United States for the district of Oregon, or to the supreme court of the State of Oregon, as the nature of such appeal or writ of error may require; and each of those courts shall be the successor of the supreme court of Oregon Territory, as to all such cases, with full power to hear and determine the same, and to award mesne or final process therein. * * * |