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 32 THIRTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sxss. I. Ch. 36, 37. 1864. Voting and vote directly for or against the proposed constitution, and the returns oi with the United States district—attorney and chief justice of said territory, or any two of them, shall canvass the eameaand if a majority of legal votes shall be cast for said constitution m sand proposed state, the said acting governor shall certify the same to the President of the United States, together with a copy of said constitution and ordinances; whereupon it shall be the duty of the President of the United States to issue his proclamation declaring the state admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, without any further action whatever cu the part of congress. Repmen- Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That until the next generzu census for in said constitution, may be elected on the same day a vote is taken for or against the proposed constitution and state government. School lands. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That sections numbers sixteen and thirty-six, in every township, and where such sections have been sold or otherwise disposed of by any act of congress, other lands equivalent thereto in legal subdivisions of not less than one quarter-section, and as contiguous as may be, shall be, and are hereby, granted to said state for the support of common schools. Lund for public Sec. 8. And be it further macmi That provided the state of Nevada b“’m"’gS; shall be admitted into the Union, in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this act, that twenty entire sections of the unappropriated public lands within said state, to be selected and located by direction of the legislature thereof, on or before the Erst day of January, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, shall be, and they are hereby, granted, in legal subdivisions of not less than one hundred and sixty acres, to said state, for the purpose of erecting public buildings at the capital of said state, for legislative and judicial purposes, in such manner as the legislature shall prescribe. f¤¤‘p¤¤i*»¢¤i¤i¤·1’y Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That twenty other entire sections of buhimg' land, as aforesaid, to be elected and located as aforesaid, in legal subdivisions, as aforesaid, shall be, and they are hereby, granted to said state for the purpose of erecting a suitable building for 2. penitentiary or state prison in the manner aforesaid. dFi\{¢ P? *1;*;- Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That Eve perceutum of the proh;3s%:rg°:dS 1° eecds of the sales of all public lands lying within said state, which shall &c. be sold by the United Statcs subsequent to the admission of said state into the Union, after deducting all the expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to the said state for the purpose of making and improving public roads, constructing ditches or canals, to eH`ect a general system of irrigation of the agricultural land in the state, as the legislature shall direct. Itaws of the Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That from and after the admission g:5°:‘;;:3;$)]e of the said state of Nevada into the Union, in pursuance of this act, the laws of the United States, not locally inapplicable, shall have the same Judicial (us. force and effect within the said state as elsewhere within the United hm- States, and sqid state shall constitute one judicial district, and be called the district of Nevada. Approved, March 21, 18 64. CHAP. XXXVH. —-An Act to enable the People g` Colorado to form a Constitution and State Government, andjbr theAdmz1ssion ofsuch tate into the Union on an equal Footing mth the origmal States. Territory of Be it enacted the Senate and House of Representatives of the United g£I¤£g ¤*¤d° ¤ States of America in Congress assembled, That the inhabitants of that ’poruon of the territory of Colorado included in the boundaries hereinafter
 * ¢*¤*¤¤- said election shall be made to the aching governor of the temtory, who;
 * '¤iV°i¤°°¤· shall be taken said state of Nevada shall be entitled to one representag'°sS' five in the house of representatives of the United States, which representative, together with the governor and state and other officers provided