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<br />ofjtltti l1t~itetl Slldea nerd 1ba peopl® of said) state; first; that perfect toleration of rallgioua tierdirnoat shell be secured. and
<br />ao iti~eb•oatR of'said a(ate shall ever be taolested In person or property, on aceoautt of hie or her mode of religious
<br />worn<sip::uriondly, that tba ~seople inbabiting said tevitory do agree and declare that they fonvcr disclaim sU rlpht and
<br />title tri tksr uneplnopriated public leads lying within said territory, and that the same shell be end reotain at the sole end
<br />en-in: di:~wsitirra of the Unirved Starves; eras d-at the lands belonging m citia~epA of dle Unitas Senses residing vritho-u
<br />said :tRatr. sha11 mover Is y taxed higher tben the lends belonging to rasidonts thereof, and 4hat no taxes shall he imposed
<br />by ffi c stn m on 16aods or property therein belonging to, or which may hereafter be purchased by the United States.
<br />S. Attspf 6 an ajcoruruution presirtent to proclaim. Thar is case the constitution and effite government shall be formed
<br />for tloa baeople of said territory of Ceiorado, in compliance with the previsions of this act, said eouventioa forming the
<br />same: shall prmHde by ordinance for sabmittiog said wastitution to the people of said state for their ratification oe
<br />rajas tfo:r, at: an rdection m be bald at such time, in the month of July, eighteen hundred and seveatysix, anti at such
<br />plaara :s: d end+:r sack rogalstioas as may be prescribed bq said canventioo, at which election rho lawful voters of said
<br />nttw state shall vote directly for or against the proposed conatiartion; and tba tetruae of said election shall be made to
<br />rho a caYr.l [ gnvamr of the territory, who, with rho chief justice and United States attorney of said teaitnry, or any two
<br />of tL tsn, shall t:~mvass the same; :nd if a majority of the legal votes shat! he cast for said constitution in said proposed
<br />state, $eu send e,xiag governor shall catrfy the same to the presidert of the United States, together with a copy of ::aid
<br />cons tid.cE.on en:1 ordin:tncas, wheeearprm it shall he the duty of the ptrsident of the Uttitrd States to issue his
<br />proclsart:tion declaring rho state admitted into the Unison on an equal footing wish the original states, without any
<br />frtNosr sr;tign whatever on the part of Cnmgrtsss.
<br />6.Orre rr~•esentatlve o,~'icera election. That until the next general census said state shall be entitled to one
<br />re:praseaeFntive :lathe house of representatives of the United States, which representatives, together with ffie governor and
<br />start ar:d orber offleeni provided far in said constitution, shall ba elected on a day subsequent to the adoption of the
<br />c:3nt tint tioa, mid to be fixed by said atnstinttiotral convention; end until said stern of~a;rs are elected and qualified
<br />utsdrr ttr: f~rovisions of rho eonsdtudoa, the tertiWtiel officers shall continue to discharge the dratieo of their respe::tive
<br />o.[firyss..
<br />7. S:hcnrl Lxradr. The sections mm~bered ai:rteen and thhiysix in every tovmship, and where such sections have bergs
<br />sold or ~ tharwise disposed of by any act of congress, outer lands equivalent therm in legal subdivisions of not moro
<br />d:et on: q:sarttrsection, and as oontiguot:s as may be, are hereby granted to said starve for the support of common
<br />s:.huol~r.
<br />8. L card forporrlic batldbrgs. That, provided the state of Colorado shall bo admitted into the Union is eccordence'with
<br />tits ~6uet;oing ~•aovisions of this act, fifty entire sections of the unappropriated public lends within said stela, m be
<br />salerted are! locarved by direction of the legislature thereof, and with the approval of the pnsldent, on or before rho first
<br />tiny df : imrary, eighteen lnmdred and sevemyeight, shall be and are hereby granted, bi legal subdivisions of not loss
<br />tlsan oraE quarttasecdon, m said state for the purpose of eaee;dng public buddiago at the capital of said state, for
<br />6:gi3la:ti•+e and, judioial purposes, in stach matarer tie the legislature shall prescribe.
<br />9. roar.',/orpenitentfary. That fifty other entire sections of land a9 aforasrdd, W ba selected and located and with the
<br />app nocnl as aforesaid, in legal subdivisions ets aforesaid, shall be, and they are hereby jpsabed, m said state for the
<br />Gl~ toso of stealing a suitable building for a penite~iary or state prison in the manner aforesaid,
<br />i tl, i;ar,iJur universfly. That seventytwo other sections of lend shall be sat apart and reserved for the use and sa:pport of
<br />e, st ate •!ni ver:ity, to be selected and approved in mttmier as aforesaid, and to be appropriated cad applied es tht
<br />lagie~ture of said strafe may prescribe=. far the pttrpose named and for as other ptrrpoeB.
<br />1 1, Sa.[t sGVlntts. 71ta1 all salt springs within said state not exceeding twelve in number, with six sections of land
<br />aKljuini;g, and. as contiguous a9 may be to each, shell be granted to said state for its use, the said lead to be selectodby
<br />rile tto'es:rrwr of said state within two yeses after rho edmissioa of the srvata, and when so selected to be aped and
<br />dist,ose~d c:f on such b~v, conditions and regrsiations ea the legislature sl:atl direct; provided, that no salt springs oz
<br />lrm~is, arse dgbc tvharenf is now vested in any iad'-vidual or individtaala, or which hereatter shall be confirmed or
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