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A resolution, January 15, 1811, Laws United States, vol. 6, p. 592.

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An act to authorize the President of the United States to take possession of East and West Florida, and establish a temporary government therein, was passed March 3, 1819.

An act for carrying into execution the treaty between the United States and Spain, concluded at Washington, on February 22, 1819, was passed March 3, 1821. Ratification of the treaty and exchange of ratifications, February 22, 1821. (Laws United States, vol. 6, p. 631.)

Copies of grants of lands annulled by said treaty. (Same vol. p. 632-37.) Articles of surrender of East Florida to the United States on July 10, 1821. (Same vol. p. 638.)

Article of surrender of West Florida to the United States on July 17, 1821. (Same vol. p. 639.)

Proclamation of General Jackson as governor, assuming authority over the said territories in the name of the United States, July 17, 1821. (Same vol. p. 641.) An act for the establishment of a territorial government in Florida was passed March 30, 1822.

An act to amend "An act for the establishment of a territorial government in Florida," and for other purposes, was passed March 3, 1823. By this act East and West Florida were constituted one territory.

An act to amend the act of March 3, 1823, was passed and approved May 26, 1824.

An act to authorize the President of the United States to run and mark a line dividing the territory of Florida from the State of Georgia, was passed and ap proved May 4, 1826.

An act to amend the several acts for the establishment of the territorial government in Florida, was passed and approved May 15, 1826.

An act relating to the territorial government of Florida, passed and approved April 28, 1828.

An act to ascertain and mark the line between the State of Alabama and the territory of Florida, and the northern boundary of the State of Illinois, and for other purposes, was passed March 2, 1831.

A memorial of the people of Florida, proceedings of a convention, constitution, &c., presented to House of Representatives, February 20, 1839. (See documents House of Representatives, 3d session, 25th Congress, vol. 4, No. 208.)

A memorial of the inhabitants of St. Augustine, in Florida, that a law be passed to organize a separate territorial government for that part of Florida east of the Sawanee river, was presented in Senate, January 10, 1840. (See Senate documents, 1st session, 26th Congress, vol. 3, No. 67.)

A memorial of the people of Florida praying admission into the Union, was presented in Senate, February 12, 1840.

A bill to authorize the people of Middle and West Florida to form a constitution and State government, and to provide for the admission of said State into the Union, was reported in House of Representatives, March 5, 1840.

Resolutions by the Senate of Florida adverse to the division of that territory, were presented in the Senate of the United States, on March 6, 1840.

Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida for admission and against division, were presented in Senate of United States, March 11, and in House of Representatives, March 16, 1840.

A bill for the admission of Florida into the Union on certain conditions, and a bill for the division of Florida, and the future admission of the States of East and West Florida, on certain conditions, were reported in Senate, July 2, 1840. The memorial for admission and the constitution again presented in House of Representatives, May 9, 1842. (See documents House of Representatives, 2d session, 27th Congress, vol. 4, No. 206.)

Memorials of citizens of Florida for the admission of that territory into the Union, presented in the Senate, July 15 and 21, August 10, 13, 15, 17, and 30, 1842. Resolutions of the legislative council of Florida for a division of that Territory and the formation of two territorial governments, were presented to Congress March 26, 1844.

On June 17, 1844, the following resolution was reported in the Senate: Resolved, That the prayer of the memorialists ought not to be granted.

On same day, a report adverse to a division of the Territory was made. (See reports of committee, House of Representatives, 1st session, 28th Congress, vol. 3, p. 577.)

Resolutions of the legislative council for dividing the Territory again presented in House of Representatives, December 30, 1844.

A bill for the admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the Union was reported January 7, 1845.

Resolutions of the legislative council of Florida, for the admission of Florida at the same time with Iowa, were presented in House of Representatives, February 11, 1845. (See documents House of Representatives, 2d session, 28th Congress, vol. 3, No. 111.)

An act for the admission of the States of Iowa and Florida into the Union was passed on March 3, 1845, containing the following preamble, viz.:

Whereas the people of the Territory of Iowa did, on the seventh day of October, 1844, by a convention of delegates called and assembled for that purpose, form for themselves a constitution and State government; and whereas the people of the Territory of Florida did, in like manner, by their delegates on the 11th day of January, 1839, form for themselves a constitution and State government, both of which said constitutions are republican; and said conventions having asked the admission of their respective Territories into the Union as States, on equal footing with the original States:

Be it enacted, &c., That the States of Iowa and Florida be, and the same are hereby, declared to be States of the United States of America, and are hereby admitted into the Union on equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatsoever, &c.

"Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said State of Florida shall embrace the territories of East and West Florida which, by the treaty of amity, settlement, and limits, between the United States and Spain, on the 22d day of February, 1819, were ceded to the United States."

One Representative in Congress allowed to Florida until the next census. An act supplemental to the act for the admission of Florida and Iowa into the Union, and for other purposes, was passed March 3, 1845.

By this act grants of land were made to Florida, and the laws of the United States were extended to that State

Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, in relation to the disputed boundaries between that State and Georgia and Alabama, were presented in the Senate, February 2, 1846. (See Senate documents, 1st session, 29th Congress, vol. 4, Nos. 96 and 133.)

On March 4, 1846, a bill respecting the settlement of the boundary line between the State of Florida and the State of Georgia, was reported from the committee.

TEXAS,

An independent republic, admitted into the Union by the following joint resolutions and act of Congress:

A joint resolution for annexing Texas to the United States, approved March 1, 1845.

JOINT RESOLUTION for annexing Texas to the United States. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress doth consent that the territory properly included within and rightfully belonging to the Republic of Texas may be erected into a new State, to be called the State of Texas, with a republican form of government, to be adopted by the people of said republic, by deputies in convention assembled, with the consent of the existing government, in order that the same may be admitted as one of the States of this Union.

SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That the foregoing consent of Congress is given upon the following conditions, and with the following guarantees, to wit: FIRST. Said State to be formed, subject to the adjustment by this Government of all questions of boundary that may arise with other governments; and the constitution thereof, with the proper evidence of its adoption by the people of said Republic of Texas, shall be transmitted to the President of the United States, to be laid before Congress for its final action, on or before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six.

SECOND. Said State, when admitted into the Union, after ceding to the United States all public edifices, fortifications, barracks, ports, and harbors, navy and navy-yards, docks, magazines, arms, armaments, and all other property and means pertaining to the public defence belonging to said Republic of Texas, shall retain all the public funds, debts, taxes, and dues of every kind, which may belong to or be due and owing said republic; and shall also retain all the vacant and unappropriated lands lying within its limits, to be applied to the payment of the debts and liabilities of said Republic of Texas; and the residue of said lands, after discharging said debts and liabilities, to be disposed of as said State may direct, but in no event are said debts and liabilities to become a charge upon the Government of the United States.

THIRD. New States, of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by

the consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under the provisions of the Federal Constitution. And such States as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of thirtysix degrees thirty minutes north latitude, commonly known as the Missouri compromise line, shall be admitted into the Union with or without slavery, as the people of each State asking admission may desire. And in such State or States as shall be formed out of said territory north of said Missouri compromise line, slavery, or involuntary servitude, (except for crimes,) shall be prohibited.

SEC. 3. And be it further resolved, That if the President of the United States shall, in his judgment and discretion, deem it most advisable, instead of proceeding to submit the foregoing resolution to the Republic of Texas, as an overture on the part of the United States, for admission, to negotiate with that republic; then, Be it resolved, That a State, to be formed out of the present Republic of Texas, with suitable extent and boundaries, and with two Representatives in Congress, until the next apportionment of representation, shall be admitted into the Union, by virtue of this act, on an equal footing with the existing States, as soon as the terms and conditions of such admission, and the cession of the remaining Texan territory to the United States, shall be agreed upon by the Governments of Texas and the United States: That the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to defray the expenses of missions and negotiations, to agree upon the terms of said admission and cession, either by treaty to be submitted to the Senate, or by articles to be submitted to the two Houses of Congress, as the President may direct.

Approved March 1, 1845.

A joint resolution for the admission of the State of Texas into the Union, ap、 proved December 29, 1845.

JOINT RESOLUTION for the admission of the State of Texas into the Union. Whereas the Congress of the United States, by a joint resolution approved March the first, eighteen hundred and forty-five, did consent that the territory properly included within and rightfully belonging to the Republic of Texas might be erected into a new State, to be called the State of Texas, with a republican form of government, to be adopted by the people of said republic, by deputies in convention assembled, with the consent of the existing government, in order that the same might be admitted as one of the States of the Union; which consent of Congress was given upon certain conditions specified in the first and second sections of said joint resolution: and whereas the people of the said Republic of Texas, by deputies in convention assembled, with the consent of the existing government, did adopt a constitution, and erect a new State, with a republican form of government, and, in the name of the people of Texas, and by their authority, did ordain and declare that they assented to and accepted the proposals, conditions, and guarantees contained in said first and second sections of said resolution and whereas the said constitution, and the proper evidence of its adoption by the people of the Republic of Texas, have been transmitted to the President of the United States, and laid before Congress, in conformity to the provisions of said joint resolution: Therefore,

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America

in Congress assembled, That the State of Texas shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever.

SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That until the Representatives in Congress shall be apportioned according to an actual enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States, the State of Texas shall be entitled to choose two Representatives. Approved December 29, 1845.

An act to extend the laws of the United States over the State of Texas, and for other purposes, approved December 29, 1845, viz.:

AN ACT to extend the laws of the United States over the State of Texas, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the laws of the United States are hereby declared to extend to and over, and to have full force and effect within, the State of Texas, admitted at the present session of Congress into the Confederacy and Union of the United States. Approved December 29, 1845.

WISCONSIN.

[By act 29th May, 1848, the state of Wisconsin was admitted into the Union. Entitled to three Representatives in Congress after 3d March, 1849.]

On December 12, 1832, a resolution passed in House of Representatives directing a committee to inquire into the expediency of creating a territorial government for Wisconsin out of part of Michigan.

On December 6, 1832, the committee made a report accompanied by a bill. (See reports of committees House of Representatives, 1st session, 22d Congress, vol. 1. No. 145.)

A memorial of the legislative council of Michigan for the division of that territory, and that the territory of Wisconsin be established, was presented in Senate of the United States, December 23, 1834. (See Senate documents 2d session, 23d Congress, vol. 2, No. 24.)

On February 11, 1836, a bill establishing the territorial government of Wiscon sin, reported in House of Representatives.

On March 1, 1836, a memorial of legislative council of Michigan for same, presented in House of Representatives. (See documents House of Representatives, 1st session 24th Congress, vol. 4, No. 153.)

On April 20, 1836, an act establishing the territorial government of Wisconsin was passed and approved.

On March 5, 1838, a resolution directing a committee to inquire into the expediency of authorizing the territory of Wisconsin to take a census and adopt a constitution, preparatory to being admitted into the Union, was passed.

On May 11, 1838, the said committee reported a bill to enable the people of East Wisconsin to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union.

On June 12, 1838, an act to divide the territory of Wisconsin, and to establis the territorial government of Iowa, was passed and approved.

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