Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-04-11

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channel thereof, to the parallel of lati-
tude of thirty-six degrees and thirty
minutes; thence west, along the same,
to point where the said parallel is In
tersected by meridian line passing
through the middle of the mouth of
Kansas river, where the same empties
into the Missouri river; thence, from
the point aforesaid north, along the said
meridian Line to the intersection of the
parallel of latitude which passes through
the rapids of the river Des MONIES
thence down, and along the middle of
the main channel Of the said river Des
Moines, to the mouth of the same, where
it empties into the Mississippi river;
thence, due east, to the middle of the
main channel of the Mississippi river !;
thence down, and following the course
of the Mississippi river, in the middle of
the main channel thereof, to the place of
beginning: Provided, The said state
shall ratify the boundaries aforesaid
Ind Provided, also, That the said state
shall have concurrent jurisdiction Gil the
river Mississippi, and every other river
bordering on the said state, so far as the
said rivers shall form common bounda-
ry to the said state; and any other state
or states, now or hereafter to be FORM
ed and bounded by the same, such rivers
to be common 10 both; and that the
river Mississippi, and the navigable
rivers and waters leading into the same,
shall be common highways, and for ever
free, as we'll to the inhabitants Of the
said state as to other citizens Of the
United States, without any tax, duty, i'm
post, or toll, thcrefog, imposed by the
said state.
Sec. s. .And be it further enacted,
That all free white male citizens of the
United States, who shall have arrived at
the age of twenty-one years, and have
resided in said territory three months
previous to the day of election, and all
other persons qualified to vote for re-
representatives. to the General Assembly
of the said Territory, shall be qualified
to be elected, and they are hereby
qualified and authorised to vote, and
choose representatives to form conven-
ton, who shall be apportioned amongst
the several counties as follows:
From the county of Howard, FIVE re-
representatives.. From the county of
Cooper, three representatives. From
the county of Montgomery, two repre-
sentatives. From the county of Pike,
one representative. From the county Of
Lincoln, one representative. From the
county Of St. Charles, three representa-
tivcs. From the county ofFfanklin, one
representative. From the county OF St.
Louis, eight Representatives. From the
county of Jefferson, one representative.
From the county of Washington, three
Representatives. From the county of St.
Genevieve, four Representatives. From
the county ofWashington, enc represen-
tative. From the county Of Cape Girar-
deau, five representatives. From the
county of New-M adrid, two representa-
tives. ,Frpm the county of Wayne, and.
that portion of the county Of Lawrence
that falls within the boundaries herein
designated, one representative. -
And the election for the representa-
tives aforesaid shall be holden OH the
first Monday, and two succeeding days
of May next throughout the several
counties aforesaid in the said territory
and shall be in every respect held and
conducted in the same mariner, and I'M
der the same regulations, as is prescrib-
ed by the laws of the said territory regu-i
lating elections therein for members of
the General Assembly, except that the
returns of the election in that portion of
Lawrence county included in the boun-
diaries aforesaid, shall be made to the
county Of Wayne, as is provided in other
cases under the laws of said territory.
Sec. 4. Ind be il FURTHER enacted,
That the members of the Convention
thus duly elected shall be, and they are
hereby, authorised to meet at the seat of
government of said territory on the
second Monday of the month of June
next; and the said Convention, when SO
assembled, shall have power and au-
thority to adjourn to any other place in
the said territory, which to them shall
seem best for the convenient transaction
of their business and which Conven-
ton, when so met, shall first determine
by a majority of the whole number elect
ed, whether it be, or be not expedient
at that time to form a Constitution and
State Government for the people within
the said territory, as included within the
boundaries above designated, and, if it
be deemed expedient, the Convention
shall be, and hereby is, authorised, to