...propriety of making cessions equally liberal, for the common benefit and support of the union. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That it shall and may be lawful for the delegates of this State, to the Congress of the United States, or such of them as shall be...

...of Delegates. Couched in the formal legislative language of the period, it reads as follows : "Be it enacted by the general assembly that it shall and may be lawful for the delegates of this state to the Congress of the United States, or such of them as shall be assembled...