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to Congress 35TH 457 j MIS. DOC. 1 No. 82. CONGRESS, ) 1st Session. \ HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES PUBLIC LANDS FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES, PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTION OF THE KENTUCKY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, IN RELATION TO The appropriating of a portion of the public domain for school purposes. MARCH 15, 1858.—Referred to the Committee on Public Lands. PIERCE VALLEY, February 19, 1858. SIR: Your attention is respectfully asked to the following preamble and resolution passed unanimously by the board of directors of the Kentucky State Agricultural Society, at a meeting held in the city of Frankfort, on the 10th to the 13th instant: " Whereas a bill has been introduced into the Congress of the United States appropriating a portion of the natural domain for the endowment of a school, in each State of the Union, for the education of farmers and mechanics: Therefore, as the sense of this board— "Resolved, That the Kentucky State Agricultural Society, and the farmers and mechanics of Kentucky, do most cordially approve of said measure, so far as it is known to them, without distinction of party as to national politics, and that our senators and representatives in Congress are requested to use all reasonable and honorable efforts to promote its passage." Respectfully, yours, &c, H D. GALLAGHER, Secretary Kentucky State Agricultural Society.
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