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Excerpt from Laws of the State University: Acts of Congress and Laws of the Missouri Legislature Relating to the University of Missouri and Agricultural and Mechanical College, and School of Mines and Metallurgy; With an Appendix
Fifth. That thirty-six sections, or one entire township, which shall be designated by the President of the United States, together with the other Iandsheretolore reserved for that purpose, shall be reserved for the use ofa seminary of learning, and vested in the legislature of said State, to be appropriated solely to the use of such seminary by the said legislature: Provided, That the five fore going propositions herein offered, are on the condition that the convention of the said State shall provide, by an ordinance, irre vocable without the consent of the United States, that every and each tract of land sold by the United States, from and after the first day of January next, shall remain exempt from any tax laid by order or under the authority of the State, whether for State, county, or township, or any other purpose whatever, ' for the term of five years from and after the day of sale: Ami fart/267, That the bounty lands granted, or hereafter tobe granted, for military services during thlt Iate'war. Shall, while they continue to be held by the patentees, or their heirs, remain exempt as aforesaid from taxation tor the term of three years from and after the date of the patents respectively. Approved, 6th March. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
