March 3, 1803, which added and modified the propositions contained in the Enabling Act, 3 percent of the net proceeds of land sales was given to Ohio for roads within the State, and for no other purpose whatever. Similar provisions for a grant of 5 percent of the net proceeds of the sales of public lands within each State have been made in the subsequent acts for the admission of the various public-land states to the Union. In the different acts there is some variation in the purposes for which the grants were made. The early acts usually made the appropriation for roads and canals; acts after 1836 made the proceeds available for roads and internal improvements; and the act for Nevada (1864) applied it to roads and irrigation ditches. Beginning with the four States admitted in 1889, the proceeds of this 5 per cent grant have been granted as a permanent fund for the support of common schools. Between 1802 and 1860, inclusive, this method of revenue sharing returned $5.4million to the states; by 1887 the amounts accruing to the various States for the proceeds of the cash sales of public lands aggregated $7.1million. See also An Act for the Admission of the State of California Organized incorporated territories of the United States References External links Text of the Enabling Act and related documents 1802 in American law United States federal territory and statehood legislation Pre-statehood history of Ohio 1802 in the United States 7th United States Congress Ohio Constitutional Convention (1802)