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National Legislation Concerning Education (Volume 8); Its Influence and Effect in the Public Land States East of the Mississippi River Admitted Prior

National Legislation Concerning Education (Volume 8); Its Influence and Effect in the Public Land States East of the Mississippi River Admitted Prior

Germann, George Balthasar

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ISBN10: 1150083662
ISBN13: 9781150083662
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 44
Weight: 0.21
Height: 0.09 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV NATIONAL AID TO EDUCATION Reservation of the Sixteenth Section for School Purposes In a preceding chapter the genesis of the reservation of the sixteenth sections, or lands equivalent thereto, in the various townships, for school purposes, has been traced. The policy foreshadowed in the early acts of Congress was definitely established in the Ohio enabling act, and, with variations and additions, it has become a recognized function of the General Government to make grants of the public lands for common school purposes to all new public land states on their admission into the Union. For many years the usual form of the enabling act provided, That section numbered sixteen, in every township, and, when such section has been sold or otherwise disposed of, other lands equivalent thereto, and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to the State, for the use of the inhabitants of such township, for the use of schools.1 With the exception of Tennessee, the enabling acts and acts supplementary thereto relating to the States admitted between 1803 and 1837, specifically provided that the lands granted to any township for the use of schools were to constitute a source of revenue exclusively for such township. For reasons discussed in a later chapter, the grant of school lands to Tennessee was couched in more general terms, to the effect that the State of Tennessee shall, moreover, in issuing grants and perfecting titles, locate 640 acres to every 6 miles square, in the territory hereby ceded, where existing claims will allow the same, which Illinois Enabling Act. shall be appropriated for the use of schools for the instruction of children forever. Another form of grant frequently employed provided that the section numbered sixteen, in every townsh...

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