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Petitions to Congress 35TH 451 I MIS. DOC. \ No. 183. CONGRESS, ) 1st Session. ) SENATE. RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS, m FAVOR OF A donation of public lands to the several States and Territories to aid and encourage scientific education in agriculture and the mechanic arts. MARCH 4,1858.—Read and ordered to be printed. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS. January Session, A. D. 1858. RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO THE APPROPRIATING OF PUBLIC LANDS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE BENEFIT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE MECHANIC ARTS. Resolved, That the senators from this State be instructed, and the representatives be requested, to use their exertions in Congress for the passage of an act donating public lands to the several States and Territories in the Union, for the aid and encouragement of scientific education in agriculture and the mechanic arts. Resolved, That the secretary of state be instructed to transmit a copy of the above resolution to each of the members of Congress from this State, immediately after its passage. A true copy. Attest: JOHN R. BARTLETT, Secretary of State.
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