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IMPORTANT.

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ident to become law, The bill for the
admission Of Arkansas as state has al
10 passed. The states have nowsdoubled
their original number. This important
event should be marked bya great ma
tional jubilee.
AN ACT, to establish the northern boun
Diary line Of the state Of Ohio, and to
provide for theadmssion Of the state
of Michigan into the Union upon the
conditions therein expressed.
Be IL enacted by The Senate and House
of Representatives. Of the United States
cf America in Congress assembled, That
the northern boundary line of the state of
Ohio shall be established at, and shall be
direct line drawn from the southern ex
lremity of Lake Michigan, 10 the most
norlherIy cape of The Maumee (Miami)
bay, after that line, so drawn, shall inter
sect the eastern boundary line of the state
of Indiana; and from the said. north cape
ofthe said bay, northeast, TO the bounda'
ry line between the U. States and the'pro.
vince of Upper Canada, IN Lake Erie;
and thence with the SAID last mentioned
line. to its intersection with the western
| line of The state of Pennsylvania.
Sec. 2. And be ii further enacted,
That the constitution and state Govern
ment which the people of Michigan have
formed for themselves be, and the same is
hereby accepted, ratified and confirmed; +;
and that the said state Of Michigan shall
be, and>is hereby, declared to be one of
The United states of America, and is here
by, admitted into the Union upon an equal
footing with the original states in all re-
spects whatever: Provided, aI,odyS, and
this admission Is upon the erpreSS condi.
ton, That the said state shall consist of
and have jurisdiction over all the terrific
ry included within the following bounda.
ries, and over none other, 10 wit: Begin.
ming at the point where the above'descri'
bed northern boundary Of The state of o
hio iniersects the eastern boundary Of the
state Of Indiana, and running thence
with the said boundary line of Ohio, as
described in the first section Of this act,
uu1il ii inlersects !he boundary line he.
tween the u. State aud Canada, through
the Detroit river, Lake Huron, and Lake
Superior, TO a point where the said line
last touches Lake superior, to Ithe mouth
of The Montreal river; thence through
the middle of the main channel Of
the said river Montreal, 10 the mid
die of the Lake Of the Desert; thence in
direct line 10 the nearest head water of
The MenOmonies river; thence through
the middle Of that fork of the said river
first touched by The said line, to The main
channel of the said Menomonle river;
thence down the centre Of The main chan
mel of tho same, to the centre Of The most
usual ship cEdnneI ofthc Green, Bay of
Lake Michigan; thence through the Gen.
ire of tho most usual shi ip channel of the
said bay, 10 the middle ofIhe Lake Mich
igan; thence through the middle of Lake
Michigan, to the northern boundary of
lhe Stale OF Indiana, as that line was es-
lablished by the act Of Congress of the
nineleenth of April, eighteen hundred
and sixteen: thence due east with the
north boundary line Of The said state of
Indiana, TO the north east corner thereof;
and thence south with The east boundary
line orlndiana, to The place Of begin.
ming.
SEC. 3. And be IL further enacted, That
as compliance with The fundamental
condition Of admission, contained in the
last proceeding section of this act the
boundaries of the said state of Michigan,
as in that section described, declared and
established, sbai receive the ascent of a
Nconvention of delegates. elected by the
people of said state, for the sole purpose
of giving the assent thereinrequired; and
as soon as the dissent herein required
shall be given, The President of the Uni
ted States shall announce the same by
proclamaton; and thoreupon, and with
out any further proceeding on the part Of
Congress, the admission of the said state
into the Union, as one Of the United
States of America, on an equal footing
with the original state in nll respects
whatever, shall be considered as com
plete, and the senators and representa-
lives who have been elected by the said
state as its Representatives in the Con-
gress ofthe United States, shall be ent'
tl9d to their seats in the Senate and
House of Representatives respectively,
without further delay.
Sec And be htwther enacted, That
nothing in this act contained, or in the
admission ofthe said state into the Union
as one Of the United States of Amer ca,
npon an equal footing with the original
states in all respects whatever, shall be
so constructed or understood as to confer
upon the people, Legislature or other au.
thoritios Of the said state VI Michigan,