The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1836-06-29
NEWPORT WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1886

with the western line of the State of Penn
sylvania.
SEC. >. And be il further enacted, That
the constitution and State Government
which the people of Michigan have formed
accepted, ratified, aud confirmed; and that
the said State of Michigan shall be, and is
hereby, dccalared TO be one of the United
States of America, aud is hereby admitted
into the Union upon an equal footing with
the original States, in all respects whatso-
ever: Pr0riied, Gtcdys, and this admission
is upon the expenses condition, That the
and State shall consist Of aud have iurisdic-
ton over all the territory included within
the following boundaries, and over none
other, To wit: Beginning at the point where
the aboyedescrbed nothern boundary of
the State of Ohio intersects the eastern
boundary of the State of Indiana, and run
ming thence boundary line of Ohio, as des-
cribed in the first section OF this act, until 1t
intersects the boundary line between the
United States and Canada, in Lake Erie !;
thence, with the said boundary line between
the United States and Canada, through the
Detroit river, Lake Huron, and Lake Supe-
rior, to a point where the said line last
touches Lake Superior; thence, III direct
line through Lake Superior. to the mouth
of the Montreal river; thence through the
middle of the main channel of the SAID rv-
er Montreal, To the middle of the Lake OF
the Desert. thence, in direct line To the
nearest bead water of the Menomonic riv-
er; thence, through the middle of that fork
q 4 , ..,l g., lxt tls,
line, to the main chauncl of the said Me-
nemonie river; thence, down the centre of
the main channel of the same, to the CEN
tire of the most usual ship channel of the
Green bay Of Lake Michigan; theuce,
through the centre of the most usual ship
channel Of the said bay to the middle of
Lake Michigan; thence, through the mid
die of lake Michigan, To- the northern boun-
dairy of the State of Indiana, as that linc
was established by the act of Congress of
The nineteenth of April, eighteen hundred
and sixteen thence due east, with the
north boundary line of the said State Of
Indiana, to the northeast corner thereof
and thence, south, with the east boundary
line of Indiana, to the place of beginning.
SECTION .. And be t further enacted,
That, as a compliance with the fundamental
condition of admission contained in the last
preceding section of this act, the boundaries
of the said State of Michigan, as m that
section described, declared, and established,
shall receive the assent of a convention of
delegates, elected by the people of said
State, for the sole purpose Of giving the as
sent herein required; and as soon as the
assent herein required shall he given, the
President of the United States shall an
nouncc the same by proclamation and
without any further proceeding on the part
of Congress, the admission of 1.-THE said
State into the Union, rs one of the United
States of America, on an equal footing with
the original states in all respects wlatev-
er, shall he considered as complete, and
the senators and representative who have
been elected by the SAID State as Its repre-
sentatvcs in the Congress of the United
States, shall be entitled to talio their seats
in the Senate and House OF Representatives.
respectively, without further delay.
SECTION 4. And be IL further enacted,
That nothing IN this act contained, or IN
the admission of the said State into the
Union as one Of the United States Of Am
erica upon an equal footing with the origin
al States in all respects whatever, shall be
so construed or understood as to confer
upon the people, Legislature, or other au-
thorities OF the said State Of Michigan, any
authority or right to interfere with the sale,
by the United States, and under their au-
thority, Of the vacant and unsold land with
in the limits of the said State, but that the
subject of the public lands, and the interests
which may be given to the said State there.
in, shall be regulated by future action be-
tween Congress, on the part of the United
States, and the said State, or the aulLori-
ties thereof Aud the said State of Mchi-
gan shall in no case and under no pretencc
whatsoever, impose any tax, assessment of
impositions of any description upon any or
the lands of the United States within its
limits.
APPROVED, June 10Th, 1886.