The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1836-07-02
TpUpL,c.-No. G.l


PUrLtc.-So. 3o.
AN ACT for the admission Of tie State O.
Arkansas into the Union, and 10 pro-
vidc for the due execution OF the laws
Of tho United States. within the sane
/; and for other purposes.
Whereas. the people Of the Territory
Of Arkansas did. ON tho lhir,ic,h day ol
January in tho prcscn, year BY conven.
.ion Of delegates, called and assembled
:of that purpose, form for themselves u
constitution aud Stale Government, which
constitution and Stale Government, SO
formed, is republicans: and whereas, the
number Of inhabitants within the said
Territory exceeds forty-scvcu thousand
.cscn hundred persons, computed accor.
ding 10 The rule prescribed by the cons.i.u.
lion Of the United States: unsl the said
conycnsion hare, in their bcirzis --,.-l
tic Congress Of tho UIill4 States 10 pd.
init TIC said Territory into the Union us q
State. Oh IN cGuai footing with the orisi-
nal States:
lie q sas.fsa by I< S<Seis asi Usp>e # Et7rS-
'sHiafisrs Of TIC d. saeS Of .smer.1a IN Con ress
stmst.c, Iha, Lsu State Of ArknnSas siEL tr 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. 10 all respects whu:c
ser; aud the said Stale shall consist Of ull
Tic territory included within tho following
boundaries, 20 ~iE beginning in the mid
die OF the main channel Of tic Mississippi
river. on tue parallel Of ,bir,y.six de-
erccs norih latitude, running FROM .hcnce
west, wish tho said parallel Of latitude,
~ The Sainl Francis riscr. uenec up The
middle Of the main channel Of said ,ivcr
20 the parallel Of ,hirty.six degrees thirty
uIinuicS north: from lhcncc wcs, 10 the
southwest corner Of The Stale Of Missouri;
and from thence 10 Le bounded on the
wcs;, 10 the north bank ri Red river. ly
the lincs described in The Grs, article of
the treaty between tho United States and
the Cherokee nation Of Indians west Of
the Mississippi, made and concluded al
The city Of Washington, on the 2Gth day
o! May. in the year o. our Lord one
thousand cish, hundred and lwcn,y.eiehl;
and be bounded on the south side Of Red
river by tho Mexican boundary line. to
tho northwest c"ricr Of the Stale Of Loui-
siuna; thence cas,. with the Louisiana
State line. TO sho middle Of tho main chan
ncl Of III. Mississippi river; tbr"cc up
The middle of The main channel Of tho
said river, TO the ,hir.y-six,h degree Of
north latitude. the point Of beginning.
SI:. 9. lad te Il }urt.tr eaaasI, That until The
next general census shall DC taken, The
said State shall be cnli,lrd to Que repro.
sentative in the House OF Representatives.
of tho United S,nics-
SEC, J. had te IL )u,usr snndsa, That all the
laws OF The United States. which urr no,
locally inappllcublr, shall have Ihe same |
force and ri.cc. within the said State ul
Arkansas. as elsewhere within tho United |
States.
src. g. .4Hd tt ii further eaaoed, 1'ha, the .aid
Stale shalt be unc Judicial district, aud bs
called The Arkansas district; aud district
court shall be held therein, TO consist Of
one Judge, who shall reside in The said dis. !,
,ric,, uu,I be called district judge. lie
shall hold Il, The seat Of Gorcrnmen, of
The said Stale. two sessions annually, OF
the FIRST Mondays Of April and November;
and he shall. in all ,hinss. lave and cxcr-
else the same jurisdiction anl powers
which were by law, given TO the judge OF
the kensacky dis.ric. under an act eu,i
lied IAN al 10 establish tho judicial
courts Of the United States" lie shall
sppuin! clerk for The said dis,ric, court,
whu shall reside aud keep Tic records o.