The governor is hereby authorized to receive from the treasury department of the United States, from time to time, as the governor shall see fit to draw for the same, the five percent (5%) of the net proceeds of sales of the public lands to which this state is or shall be entitled, pursuant to the act of congress admitting Kansas into the Union, and to execute proper vouchers therefor, and shall immediately pay the same into the state treasury and the same shall be credited to the state general fund.