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ACT FOR THE ADMISSION OF KANSAS INTO THE UNION.

WHEREAS, The people of the territory of Kansas, by their representatives in convention assembled, at Wyandotte, in said territory, on the twenty-ninth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fiftynine, did form for themselves a constitution and state government, republican in form, which was ratified and adopted by the people, at an election held for that purpose, on Tuesday, the fourth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, and the said convention has, in their name and behalf, asked the congress of the United States to admit the said territory into the union as a state, on an equal footing with the other states; therefore,

Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled:

SECTION 1. That the state of Kansas shall be, and is hereby declared to be, one of the United States of America, and admitted into the union on an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatever. And the said state shall consist of all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at a point on the western boundary of the state of Missouri, where the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude crosses the same; thence west on said parallel to the twenty-fifth meridian of longitude west from Washington; thence north on said meridian to the fortieth parallel of latitude; thence east on said parallel to the western boundary of the state of Missouri; thence south with the western boundary of said state to the place of beginning: Provided, That nothing contained in the said constitution respecting the boundary of said state shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians of said territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians, or to include any territory which, by treaty with such Indian tribe, is not, without the consent of such tribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any state or territory; but all such territory shall be excepted out of the boundaries, and constitute no part of the state of Kansas, until their tribe shall signify their assent to the president of the United States to be included within said state, or to affect the authority of the government of the United States to make any regulation respecting such Indians, their lands, property, or other rights, by treaty, law, or otherwise, which it would have been competent to make if this act had never passed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That until the next general apportionment of representatives, the state of Kansas shall be entitled to one representative in the house of representatives of the United States.

SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be construed as an assent by congress to all or any of the propositions or claims contained in the ordinance of said constitution of the people of Kansas, or in the resolutions thereto attached; but the following propositions are hereby offered to the said people of Kansas for their free acceptance or rejection, which, if accepted, shall be obligatory on the United States, and upon the said state of Kansas, to wit:

First-That sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six, 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 seventy-two 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 ten entire sections of land, to be selected by the governor of said state, in legal subdivisions, shall be granted to the 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 twelve in number, with six sections of land adjoining or as contiguous as may be to each, shall be granted to said state for its use, 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 now vested in any individual or individuals, or which may hereafter be confirmed or adjudged to any individual or individuals, shall, by this article, be granted to said state.

Fifth-That five per centum of all 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, or for other purposes, as the legislature shall

direct: Provided, That the foregoing propositions Lereinbefore offered are on the condition that the people of Kansas shall provide by an 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.

Sixth-And that the said state shall never tax the lands or the property of the United States in said state: Provided, however, That in case any of the lands herein granted to the state of Kansas have heretofore been confirmed to the territory of Kansas for the purposes specified in this act, the amount so confirmed shall be deducted from the quantity specified in this act.

SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That from and after the admission of the state of Kansas, as hereinbefore provided, all the laws of the United States, which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within that state as in other states of the union; and the said state is hereby constituted a judicial district of the United States, within which a district court, with like powers and jurisdiction as the district court of the United States for the district of Minnesota, shall be established; the judge, attorney and marshal of the United States, for the said district of Kansas, shall reside within the same, and shall be entitled to the same compensation as the judge, attorney and marshal of the district of Minnesota; and 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 Kansas Territory, the mandate of execution or order of further proceeding shall be directed by the supreme court of the United States to the district [court] of Kansas, or to the supreme court of the state of Kansas, 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 Kansas Territory as to all such cases, with full power to hear and determine the same, and to award mesne or final process therein.

SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the judge of the district court for the district of Kansas shall hold two regular terms of said court annually, at the seat of government of the said state, to commence on the second Monday of April and October in each year.

Approved, 29th January, 1861.

NATURALIZATION AND SUFFRAGE.

The conditions under and the manner in which an alien may be admitted to become a citizen of the United States are prescribed by sections 2165-74 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as follows:

Declaration of Intention.

The alien must declare upon oath before a circuit or district court of the United States, or a district or supreme court of the territories, or a court of record of any of the states having common-law jurisdiction, and a seal and clerk, two years at least prior to his admission, that it is, bona fide, his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, and particularly to the one of which he may be at the time a citizen or subject.

Oath on Application for Admission.

He must, at the time of his application to be admitted, declare on oath, before some one of the courts above specified, "that he will support the constitution of the United States, and that he absolutely and entirely renounces and abjures all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, and particularly, by name, to the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty of which he was before a citizen or subject," which proceedings must be recorded by the clerk of the court.

Conditions for Citizenship.

If it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court to which the alien has applied that he has resided continuously within the United States for at least five years, and within the state or territory where such court is at the time held one year at least, and that during that time "he has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same," he will be admitted to citizenship.

Titles of Nobility.

If the applicant has borne any hereditary title or order of nobility, he must make an express renunciation of the same at the time of his application.

Aliens who Have Served in the Army.

Any alien of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, who has been in the armies of the United States and has been honorably discharged therefrom, may become a citizen on his petition, without any previous

declaration of intention, provided that he has resided in the United States at least one year previous to his application, and is of good moral character. (It is judicially decided that residence of one year in a particular state is not requisite.)

Aliens Emigrating under Age.

Any alien under the age of twenty-one years who has resided in the United States three years next preceding his arriving at that age, and who has continued to reside therein to the time he may make application to be admitted a citizen thereof, may, after he arrives at the age of twentyone years, and after he has resided five years within the United States, including the three years of his minority, be admitted a citizen; but he must make a declaration on oath and prove to the satisfaction of the court that for two years next preceding it has been his bona fide intention to become a citizen.

Children of Naturalized Citizens.

The children of persons who have been duly naturalized, being under the age of twenty-one years at the time of the naturalization of their parents, shall, if dwelling in the United States, be considered as citizens thereof.

Citizens' Children who are Born Abroad.

The children of persons who now are or have been citizens of the United States are, though born out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, considered as citizens thereof.

Naturalization of Chinese Prohibited.

The naturalization of Chinamen is expressly prohibited by section 14, chapter 126, Laws of 1882.

Protection Abroad to Naturalized Citizens.

Section 2000 of the Revised Statutes of the United States declares that "all naturalized citizens of the United States while in foreign countries are entitled to and shall receive from this government the same protection of persons and property which is accorded to native-born citizens.”

The Right of Suffrage.

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The right to vote comes from the state, and is a state gift. ization is a federal right, and is a gift of the union, not of any one state. In nearly one-half the union, aliens (who have declared intentions) vote and have the right to vote equally with naturalized or native-born citiIn the other half only actual citizens may vote. The federal naturalization laws apply to the whole of the United States alike, and provide that no alien male may be naturalized until after five years' res

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