Under this act the State has the right to select mineral lands as well as agricultural lands and the grant in this respect is not limited by other statutes reserving to the United States its mineral land. Alabama, In re, 6 L. D. 493, p. 502. 3 STAT. 545, MARCH 6, 1820. SALINES AND SALT SPRINGS GRANTED TO MISSOURI. AN ACT To authorize the people of Missouri Territory to form a constitution and State government, etc. Be it enacted, etc., That the inhabitants of that portion of the Missouri territory included within the boundaries hereinafter designated be, and they are hereby, authorized to form for themselves a constitution and State government, and to assume such name as they shall deem proper; and the said State, when formed, shall be admitted into the Union upon an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatsoever. * * * SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, * * Second. That all salt springs, not exceeding 12 in number, with six sections of land adjoining to each, shall be granted to the said State for the use of said State, the same to be selected by the legislature of the said State, on or before the first day of January, in the year 1825; and the same, when so selected, to be used under such terms, conditions, and regulations, as the legislature of said State shall direct: Provided, That no salt spring, the right whereof now is or hereafter shall be, confirmed or adjudged to any individual or individuals, shall, by this section, be granted to the said State: And provided also, That the legislature shall never sell or lease the same, at any one time, for a longer period than ten years, without the consent of Congress. A. SALT SPRINGS. 1. GRANT TO MISSOURI. This act granted to the State of Missouri all salt springs not exceeding 12 in number with six sections of adjoining or contiguous land to be selected within prescribed periods, but excluding all salt springs wherein private rights have vested. New Mexico, In re, 35 L. D. 1, p. 5. Hall v. Litchfield, 2 C. L. O. 179. This act, while authorizing the people of Missouri to form a State, provided that no salt spring, the right whereof now is, or hereafter shall be confirmed or adjudged to any individual or individuals, should by this section be granted to said State. Southwestern Min. Co., In re, 14 L. D. 597, p. 601. In granting the salt springs to the State of Missouri, Congress thought it proper that no salt springs, the right whereof now is or shall be confirmed or adjudged to any individual, shall pass under the grant to the State. But the purpose of this was only to save salt springs claimed under the French treaty, and it could not confer the salt springs not thus claimed, because all entry thereon was unlawful on account of previous reservations. Morton v. Nebraska, 88 U. S. 660, p. 673. This statute intends to reserve salines, and the purpose of reserving them was to preserve them for the use of the future States. But no State has been organized without a grant of a certain number of salt springs. In the earlier grants all the salt springs within the boundaries of the State were given, but since the admission of Missouri the number has been limited to 12, and this number, with a certain quantity of contiguous land, were granted to Nebraska on her admission. Congress in this act assumed that the springs had been reserved from sale. Morton v. Nebraska, 88 U. S. 660, p. 672. 3 STAT. 787, MARCH 3, 1823. SALINES AND SALT SPRINGS GRANTED TO MISSOURI. AN ACT Concerning the lands to be granted to the State of Missouri, etc. Be it enacted, etc., * * * SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That in all cases in which the General Assembly of the State of Missouri has selected, or shall hereafter select, a salt spring for the use of the State according to the provisions of an act of Congress of the 6th of March, 1820, and the six sections of unappropriated lands can not be found adjoining to such spring, agreeably to the provisions of said act, the deficiency shall be supplied by the selection of other sections equivalent thereto, and not farther distant than 6 miles therefrom, of unappropriated lands of the United States in that State and as nearly adjoining to such spring as may be, shall be subject to the selection of the legislature of the State for the use thereof; and such sections, when so selected and located, are hereby granted according to the provisions of said act; and authenticated copies of the selections made by the register and receiver, under the provisions of this act, shall be furnished the State, and returns transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, of the selections now made, and of those to be made, immediately after such selections shall have been made, either by the register and receiver, or by the legislature of the State. 4 STAT. 79, DECEMBER 28, 1824. SALE OF SALINES AND SALT SPRINGS IN OHIO. AN ACT To authorize the legislature of Ohio to sell certain tracts of land, etc. Be it enacted, etc., That the Legislature of the State of Ohio shall be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered to cause to be sold and conveyed in such manner, and on such terms and conditions as said legislature shall by law direct, the following tracts of land heretofore granted to said State for the use of the people thereof, to wit, so much of the 6-mile reservation, including the salt springs, commonly called the Sciota Salt Springs, as remains unsold; the salt springs near the Muskingum River, and in the military tract, with the sections of land which include the same; the proceeds thereof to be applied to such literary purposes as said legislature may hereafter direct; and to no other use, intent, or purpose whatsoever. 4 STAT. 305, MAY 24, 1828. SALE OF SALINES AND SALT SPRINGS-ILLINOIS. AN ACT To authorize the legislature of Illinois to sell a part of the land reserved and granted to said State for the use of the Ohio Saline. Be it enacted, etc., That the Legislature of the State of Illinois shall be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered to cause to be sold and conveyed in such manner, and on such terms and conditions, as said legislature shall by law direct, such part or parts of the tract of land reserved and granted to said State, for the use and support of the salt works, known by the name of the Ohio Saline, in the county of Gallatin, in the said State, and to apply the proceeds of such sale to such objects as the said legislature may by law hereafter direct: Provided, That the legislature shall not sell and convey more than 30,000 acres of the land reserved and granted for the use of the saline aforesaid. 5 STAT. 58, JUNE 23, 1836. SALINES AND SALT SPRINGS GRANTED TO ARKANSAS. AN ACT Supplementary to the act entitled "An act for the admission of the State of Arkansas into the Union," etc. Be it enacted, etc., * ** Second. That all salt springs not exceeding 12 in number, with six sections of land adjoining to each, shall be granted to said State, for the use of said State, the same to be selected by the general assembly thereof on or before the 1st day of January, 1840; and the same, when so selected, to be used under such terms, conditions, and regulations, as the general assembly of the said State shall direct: Provided, 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 10 years, without the consent of Congress; and that nothing contained in the act of Congress entitled "An act authorizing the governor of the Territory of Arkansas to lease the salt springs in said Territory, and for other purposes," or in any other act, shall be construed to give to the said State any further or other claim whatsoever, to any salt springs or lands adjoining thereto, than to those hereby granted. This act granted to the State of Arkansas all salt springs not exceeding 12 in number, with six sections of adjoining or contiguous land, to be selected within prescribed periods, but excluding all salt springs wherein private rights have vested. New Mexico, In re, 35 L. D. 1, p. 4. Hall v. Litchfield, 2 C. L. O. 179. This act, while authorizing the people of Arkansas to form a state, provided that no salt spring, the right whereof now is or hereafter shall be confirmed or adjudged to any individual or individuals, shall by this section be granted to said State. Southwestern Min. Co., In re, 14 L. D. 597, p. 601. 5 STAT. 59, JUNE 23, 1836. SALINES AND SALT SPRINGS GRANTED TO MICHIGAN. AN ACT Supplementary to the act entitled "An act to establish the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio," etc. Be it enacted, etc., 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; and that the 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. * * * Fourth. That all salt springs within the State, not exceeding 12 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 1st of January, 1840; and the same, when so selected, to be used on such terms, conditions, and regulations, as the legislature of the said State shall direct: Provided, 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 10 years, without the consent of Congress. A. SALT SPRINGS. 1. GRANT TO MICHIGAN. This act granted to the State of Michigan all salt springs not exceeding 12 in number with six sections of adjoining or contiguous land to be selected within prescribed periods, but excluding all salt springs wherein private rights have vested. New Mexico, In re, 35 L. D. 1, p. 5. Hall v. Litchfield, 2 C. L. O. 179. This act, while authorizing the people of Michigan to form a State, provided that no salt spring, the right whereof now is, or hereafter shall be confirmed or adjudged to any individual or individuals, shall, by this section, be granted to said State. Southwestern Min. Co., In re, 14 L. D. 597, p. 601. 5 STAT. 789, MARCH 3, 1845. SALINES AND SALT SPRINGS GRANTED TO IOWA AND FLORIDA. AN ACT Supplemental to the act for the admission of Iowa and Florida. Be it enacted, etc., That the laws of the United States, which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the State of Iowa as elsewhere in the United States. SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That in lieu of the propositions submitted to the Congress of the United States, by an ordinance passed on the 1st day of November, 1844, by the convention of delegates at Iowa City, assembled for the purpose of making a constitution for the State of Iowa, which are hereby rejected, the following propositions be, and the same are hereby, offered to the Legislature of the State of Iowa, 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: Fourth. That all salt springs within the State, not exceeding 12 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, within one year after the admission of said State, and the same, when so selected, to be used on such terms, conditions, and regulations, as the legislature of the State shall direct: Provided, 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 lease or sell the same, at any one time, for a longer period than 10 years, without the consent of Congress. 1. GRANT TO Iowa. A. SALT SPRINGS. 2. GRANT TO FLORIDA. 1. GRANT TO IOWA. This act granted to the State of Iowa all salt springs not exceeding 12 in number with six sections of adjoining or contiguous land to be selected within prescribed periods, but excluding all salt springs wherein private rights have vested. New Mexico, In re, 35 L. D. 1, p. 4. Hall v. Litchfield, 2 C. L. O. 179. 2. GRANT TO FLORIDA. This act granted to the State of Florida all salt springs not exceeding 12 in number with six sections of adjoining or contiguous lands to be selected within prescribed periods, but excluding all salt springs wherein private rights have vested. New Mexico, In re, 35 L. D. 1, p. 4. Hall v. Litchfield, 2 C. L. O. 179. This act, while authorizing the people of Florida to form a State provided that no salt spring, the right whereof now is, or hereafter shall be confirmed or adjudged to any individual or individuals, shall, by this section, be granted to said State. Southwestern Min. Co., In re, 14 L. D. 597, p. 601. 9 STAT. 56, AUGUST 6, 1846. SALINES AND SALT SPRINGS GRANTED TO WISCONSIN. AN ACT To enable the people of Wisconsin Territory to form a constitution and State government, etc. Be it enacted, etc. * * * SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, etc., That from and after the admission of the State of Wisconsin into the Union, in pursuance of this act, the laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable shall have the same force and effect within the State of Wisconsin as elsewhere within the United States; * * SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, etc., * * * 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 the State for its use; the same to be selected by the legislature thereof, within one year after the admission of said |