over, all the territory included within the following boundBoundaries of aries, and over none other, to wit: Beginning at the point Michigan. Consent of Michigan required to where the above described northern boundary of the State of Ohio intersects the eastern boundary of the State of Indiana, and running thence with the said boundary line of Ohio, as described in the first section of this act, until it intersects the boundary line between the United States and Canada, in Lake Erie; thence with the said boundary line between the United States and Canada, through the Detroit river, Lake Huron, and Lake Superior, to a point where the said line last touches Lake Superior; thence in a direct line through Lake Superior, to the mouth of the Montreal river; thence through the middle of the main channel of the said river Montreal, to the middle of the Lake of the Desert; thence in a direct line to the nearest head-water of the Menominee river; thence through the middle of that fork of the said river first touched by the said line, to the main channel of the said Menominee river; thence down the center of the main channel of the same to the center of the most usual ship channel of the Green Bay of Lake Michigan; thence through the center of the most usual ship channel of the said bay, to the middle of Lake Michigan; thence through the middle of Lake Michigan to the northern boundary of the State of Indiana, as that line was established by the act of Congress of the nineteenth of April, eighteen hundred and sixteen; thence due east, with the north boundary line of the said State of Indiana, to the northeast corner thereof; and thence south, with the east boundary line of Indiana, to the place of beginning. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That, as a compliance with boundaries above the fundamental condition of admission contained in the last predescribed. ceding section of this act, the boundaries of the said State of Michigan, as in that section described, declared, and established, shall receive the assent of a convention of delegates elected by the people of said State for the sole purpose of giving the assent herein required; and as soon as the assent herein required shall be given, the President of the United States shall announce the same by proclamation; and thereupon, and without any further proceeding on the part of Congress, the admission of the said State into the Union, as one of the United States of America, on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever, shall be considered as complete, and the Senators and Representatives who have been elected by the said State as its representatives in the Congress of the United States, shall be entitled to take their seats in the Senate and House of Representatives respectively, without further delay. U. S. in Michi SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act con- Public lands of tained, or in the admission of the said State into the Union as gan. one of the United States of America, upon an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever, shall be so construed or understood as to confer upon the people, Legislature, or other authorities of the said State of Michigan, any authority or right to interfere with the sale by the United States, and under their authority, of the vacant and unsold lands within the limits of the said State; but that the subject of the public lands, and the interests which may be given to the said State therein, shall be regulated by future action between Congress on the part of the United States, and the said State, or the authorities thereof; and the said State of Michigan shall in no case, and under no pretense whatsoever, impose any tax, assessment, or imposition of any description, upon any of the lands of the United States within its limits. AN ORDINANCE RELATIVE TO CERTAIN PROPOSITIONS MADE BY THE ISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. Laws of 1936, p. WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States did pass an act, Preamble. approved the twenty-third day of June, one thousand eight hun- 57. dred and thirty-six, making certain propositions for the acceptance or rejection of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, which said act is herein inserted, in the following words, to wit: 23d June, 1836. "An act supplementary to an act entitled An act to establish the Act of Congress, northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to provide for the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union, on certain conditions therein expressed.' S. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- Propositions of sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, the U. 8. That in lieu of the propositions submitted to the Congress of the United States by an ordinance passed by the Convention of Delegates at Detroit, assembled for the purpose of making a Constitution for the State of Michigan, which are hereby rejected, that the School lands. University lands Proviso. Lands for the erection of public buildings. Salt springs, and lands contiguous following propositions be, and the same are hereby offered to the Legislature of the State of Michigan, for their acceptance or rejection, which, if accepted under the authority conferred on the said Legislature by the Convention which framed the Constitution of the said State, shall be obligatory upon the United States. First, That section numbered sixteen in every township of the public lands, and where such section has been sold or otherwise disposed of, other lands equivalent thereto, and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to the State for the use of schools. Second, That the seventy-two sections of land set apart and reserved for the support of a University by an act of Congress approved on the twentieth of May, eighteen hundred and twentysix, entitled "An act concerning a seminary of learning in the Territory of Michigan," are hereby granted and conveyed to the State, to be appropriated solely to the use and support of such University, in such manner as the Legislature may prescribe: And provided also, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to impair or affect in any way the rights of any person or persons claiming any of said seventy-two sections of land, under contract or grant from said University. Third, That five entire sections of land, to be selected and located under the direction of the Legislature, in legal divisions of not less than one quarter section, from any of the unappropriated lands belonging to the United States within the said State, are hereby granted to the State for the purpose of completing the public buildings of the said State, or for the erection of public buildings at the seat of government of the said State, as the Legislature may determine and direct. Fourth, That all salt springs within the State, not exceeding twelve in number, with six sections of land adjoining, or as contiguous as may be to each, shall be granted to the said State for its use, the same to be selected by the Legislature thereof, on or before the first of January, eighteen hundred and forty; and the same, when so selected, to be used on such terms, conditions, and regulations, as the Legislature of the said State shall direct: ProFurther proviso. vided, That no salt spring, 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 section be granted to said State: And provided also, That the general assembly shall never sell or lease the same, at any one time, for a longer period than ten years, without the consent of Congress. from the sale of S. lands within Fifth, That five per cent of the net proceeds of the sales of all Five per cent public lands lying within the said State, which have been or shall public lands. be sold by Congress, from and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, after deducting all the expenses incident to the same, shall be appropriated for making public roads and canals within the said State, as the Legislature may direct: Pro- Proviso. rided, That the five foregoing propositions herein offered are on the condition that the Legislature of the said State, by virtue of the powers conferred upon it by the Convention which framed the Constitution of the said State, shall provide by an ordinance, irreVocable without the consent of the United States, that the said of the sale of U. State shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil the State. within the same by the United States, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers thereof; and that no tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States; and that in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents; and Exemptions that the bounty lands granted, or hereafter to be granted for military services during the late war, shall, while they continue to be held by the patentees or their heirs, remain exempt from any tax laid by order or under the authority of the State, whether State, county, township, or any other purpose, for the term of three years from and after the date of the patents respectively." Therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represent- Acceptance of the propositions atives of the State of Michigan, That the five propositions offered of the U.S. to the said Legislature in the above recited act be and each and every of them are hereby accepted "under the authority conferred on said Legislature by the Convention which framed the Constitution of said State," and for the purposes of complying with the conditions in the proviso to the fifth proposition contained in the above recited act, and by virtue of the powers conferred upon the said Legislature of said State by the Convention aforesaid, the ble without the following ordinance is declared to be irrevocable without the U.S. consent of the United States: from taxation. Ordinance declared irrevoca consent of the not interfere Be it ordained by the Senate and House of Representatives of the The State will State of Michigan, That the said State shall never interfere with with sale of lands 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 such soil to the bona fide purchasers thereof; levied on lands and that no tax shall be imposed on land the property of the No taxes to be United States, and that in no case shall non-resident proprietors of United States be taxed higher than residents; and that the bounty lands granted, Non-resident not or hereafter to be granted, for military services during the late taxed higher than resident lands. Bounty lands exempted from taxation for three years. New proposition submitted to Congress. war, shall, while they continue to be held by the patentees or their heirs, remain exempt from any tax laid by order or under the authority of the State, whether for State, county, township, or any other purpose, for the term of three years from and after the date of the patents respectively. And be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the following propositions be submitted to the Congress of the United States, which, if assented to by that body, shall be obligatory on this State: Not less than five hundred thousand acres of the unappropriated lands lying within said State shall be designated under the direction of the Legislature, and granted the State for Lands to be ap- the purposes of internal improvement. Said land, or the proceeds propriated for roads and canals of the sale thereof, shall be appropriated to aid the State in constructing one or more railroads or canals across the peninsula, from Lake Erie or Detroit river to Lake Michigan, and also to aid in the construction of such other roads and canals, and the improvement of such rivers, as the Legislature may designate. One section of land for each proposed roads. That for the construction of a road from the mouth of Ontonamile of certain gon river of Lake Superior, to the mouth of Menominee river of Green Bay, or some river of Green Bay north of said Menominee river, thence to the Sault Ste. Marie, to be located under the direction of the Legislature, one section of land for each mile of said road shall be granted to said State, and all roads commenced by the United States and remaining unfinished in the State shall be completed and put in repair at the expense of the United States. Approved July 25, 1836. Preamble. ASSENT OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN TO THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF WHEREAS, By an act of Congress of June the fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, the Constitution and State government which the people of Michigan have formed for themselves is accepted, ratified, and confirmed: and whereas, the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union, as one of the United |