526 THE GROUNDSWELL. 



The same bill was again introduced into the Senate in. 

 1862, by Mr. Wade, was favorably reported by Mr. Harlan, 

 and was passed on the 10th of June, by the decisive vote of 

 thirty- two to seven. From thence the bill went to the House 

 where, on the 17th of June, it was passed by the equally 

 decisive vote of ninety to twenty-five. It was approved by 

 President Lincoln, and on the second day of July became a 

 law. 



So much has been said and argued by the various minds 

 who have endeavored to interpret this law, that it will not 

 be out of place here to give this bill, and the amendment 

 to the fifth section in full, so that every reader of this work 

 may judge for himself what was the true intent and mean 

 ing of this act for the education of the masses to industrial 

 pursuits. 



TEXT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS. 



AN ACT donating Public Lands, to the several States and Territories 



which may provide Colleges for the benefit of Agriculture and 



the Mechanic Arts. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 

 States of America, in Congress assembled, That there be granted to the 

 several States, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount of 

 public land, to be apportioned to each State, in quantity equal to 

 30,000 acres for each Senator and Representative in Congress to which 

 the States are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the 

 census of 1860 : Provided, That no mineral lands shall be selected or 

 purchased under the provisions of this act. 



2. And be it further enacted, That the land aforesaid, after being 

 surveyed, shall be apportioned to the several States in sections or 

 sub-divisions of sections not less than one quarter of a section ; and 

 whenever there are public lands in a State, subject to sale at private 

 entry, at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the quantity to 

 which said State shall be entitled, shall be selected from such lands, 

 within the limits of such state ; and the Secretary of the Interior is 



