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THE GROUNDSWELL. 



five years from the date of the filing of such acceptance with the 

 commissioner of the general land office. Provided, That when any 

 Territory shall become a State, and be admitted into the Union, such 

 new State shall be entitled to the benefits of the said act of July 

 two, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, by expressing the acceptance 

 therein required within three years from the date of its admission 

 into the Union, and providing the college or colleges within five 

 years after such acceptance, as prescribed in this act. Provided, fur 

 ther, That any State which has heretofore expressed its acceptance 

 of the act herein referred to, shall have the period of live years 

 within which to provide at least one college, as described in the 

 fourth section of said act, after the time for providing said college, 

 according to the act of July second, eighteen hundred and sixty* 

 two, shall have expired. 

 Approved July 23, I860. 



DISTRIBUTION OF THE LAS DS TO THE SEVERAL STATES. 



The following table, from the Report of the Department 

 of Agriculture, for 1867, shows the number of acres which 

 should fall to each State under the law, with other facts of 

 value for future reference : 



