The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-09-12
A PROCLAMATION
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE sr,
MISS lURI.

ieouou ny the ami. s.
ty, and bearing the name of the Gos .la I
of the Territory of Iowa, declar;nu0 ' = Z
certain organic law of said Terri,es,,a VA
Titled +" an act to prevent the exerc;s.t 4
foreign jurisdiction within the l;m ss 3
the territory shall extend to and ' y &
force Within a certain district Of H.. oe 4
ing within the boundaries, and sn Iaup y
the jurisdiction Of the State Of M S!se' y
and authorising the arrest and t.;s
fore the judicial tribunals of Iowa a q
persons, residing within the Limits y
said Territory, as the same have bee :, ,
clared, and are now illegally cla;m Nh |
the said Territory of Iowa-wha su ,
accept of any Office of trust f.o. s "
State, or who shall exercise or a,, i'm ~
exercise any official functions, :, A,
shall officiate in any Office or s; !, sa
within any part of the jurisdiction , 81
Territory, as at present declared o.,s ~
in the limits of any of the copn,;es - !. aa
in, as at this time organized, BY vir, 1'' 4
any commission or authority no. de, m
from the Government Of the United s,,
or said Territory--admo all y
sons residing within the limits Of tha y,
Territory, as the same have illegally ' :,
tended, from the acceptance of anv !. ~
office or trust-calling upon the saw sa.a
officers of the territorial counties bo,d.
ing upon this State to be careful th., 4
laws of the United States, and of NJ
Territory be respected, enforced and s;s
fully executed within the boundaries :. !,
Iowa, as they are at present orpan;,.i
and exhorting all such officers to p pt
tude and vigilance in the discharge Of lbs,
respected duties and to be yigilant in M
tectlng the inhabitants who, it is pre,e y
ed, reside within the limits OF the al
Territory of Iowa, and moreover to eya
else the power of arrest within a dss
of country, which, since. and by the te,
of admission of the State OF Missouri i,
the confederacy Of the United States i,
been and still is subject to the AUTHORITY
this State, and over which the Terri0,,
of Iowa is now seeking to extend an n.
warranted and unauthorized jurisdiction
and
Whereas, by an act of the Congres, i
the United States, entitled g an act 10 Il
thorise the people of the Missouri Ter.
tory to form a Constitution and State a.
vernment. and for the admission Of s,,L
State into the Union, on an equal foo,ils
with the original States, and to probiiIa
slavery in certain territories" approval
March 6, 1920, the territory of the sae
of Missouri has been set forth, presented
and forever ceded by the United State: b
said State as the same is declared 10 NJ
included within the following boundaries
10 wit:
s. Beginning in the middle Of the Mis-
slssippi river on the parallel Of So degrees
of north latitude thence west along that
parallel of thai latitude to the St. Frances
river; thence up and following the course
of that river in the middle of the main
channel thereof to the parallel of latitude
of 'hirty-six degrees and thirty minutes.
thence west along the same to point
where the said parallel is intersectedbys
meridian line passing through the middle
Of the mouth of the Kansas river, where
the same empties into the Missouri river;
thence from the point aforesaid, north
along the said meridian lire to the inter.
section of the parallel of latitude which
passes through the rapids of the river De-
Moines.' making the said line to core.
spond with the Indian boundary line;
thence east from the point of intersection
last aforesaid, along the said parallel d
latitude, to the middle of the main char
mel of the main fork of the said river Da
Moines to the mouth of the same, whet
1T emFties into the Mississippi river
thence due east to the middle Of the mail
channel of the. Mississippi river, dow
and following the course of the Mississipp
river in the middle of the main chanua
thereof to the place of beginning
Which said boundaries have been ri
fed by and Incorporated into the Consti
tuition Of this State.
And whereas by an act of the Geners
Assembly Of the State of Missouri, en-
titled ian act defining the northern boun
Diary line of the State, : approved Febn
airy is. 1887, it is enacted as follows:
LIST. The line as run and marked gu
by the commissioners appointed by hl
State, from the rapids of the river De
Moins to the Missouri river, in the yea
1887, be end the same is hereby declare
the northern line of this State.
! 2. This act shall take effect and y
in force from and after its passage
Which line mentioned in the first sec
ton, as appears from the report Of say
commissioners, filed among the archiye
of this State, commencing at the RAPID
OF the .Des Moines. on the parallel Of non
latitude 40 deg. ID min. 06 sec. runs WI
said parallel westwardly until it strlsee
the Missouri river,
NO W, THEREFORE,, I, LILBURl
w. BOGGS, Governor of the State
Missouri, by virtue Of the authority wi
which am invested by the constitute
and laws of this state, and in fulflment'
the obligation thereby imposed on me q
take care that the laws be distributed %
faithfully executed throughout the STATE
do hereby order and cammand the officer
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