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BURLINGTON, IOWA: SATURDAY, MAY IS, 1874
THE TEXAS TREATY.

THE TEXAS TREATY.
From the New York Evening Post Of the 10Th alt
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES,
April y, 1Si4.
Read the first and second times, referred to the
Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered
to be printed in confidence for the use Of the
Senate.
A Treaty of .4nnenfion concluded betreen
the United Safes Of .7merica and the Re
public Of Texas, at Washington, the hUeltih
Of .dpra, 1874.
The people Of Texas having, at the time
of the adoption of their Constitution, cx-
pressed, by an almost unanimous vote, their
desire to be incorporated into the Union Of
the United States, and being still DESTROYS
Of the same with equalunanimity, IN order
to provide more effectually4for their secur-
ity, am thc United States, sctuated solely
by desire to add to their own security
and prosperity, and to meet the wishes Of
the government and people Of Texas, have
determined to accomplish, by treaty, objects
so important to their mutual and permanent
welfare.
For that purpose, the President Of the
United States has given full powers to John
c. Calhoun, Secretary Of the State Of the
United States, and the President Of the
Republic Of Texas has appointed, With Ike
powers, Isaac Van Zandt and ] Pinckn6y
Henderson, citizens Of the said Republic,
and said Plenipotentiaries, after exchang-
ing their full powers, have agreed on and
concluded the following articles:
ARTICLE. /. The Republic Of Texas,
acting in conformity with the wishes Of its
people and every department Of its govern
ment, cedes to the United States llitster-
ritories, to be held by them in full properly
and sovereignty, and to be annexed to the
said United States as one Of their Terrific
ries, subject to the same constitutional pro-
visions with their other Territories. This
cession, including all publiclots and squares,
vacant lands, mines, minerals. salt lakes and
springs, public ediiices, Notifications, bars
racks, ports and harbors, navy and navy
yards, docks, magazines, arms, ornaments
and accoutrements, archives, and public
funds, debts, taxes and dues unpaid at the
time Of the exchange of the Publications Of
the treaty.
ART. II. The citizens Of Texas shall be
incorporated into the Union of the Unitsl
States, maintained and protected in the frsG
enjoyment of their liberty and property,
and admitted, as soon as it may be consist
emit with the principles Of the Federal Con-
stitution, to the enjoyment Of all the rights,
privileges, and immunitics Of citizens Of the
United States.
ART. III. All titles and claims TO real es-
tate, which are valid under the laws Of
Texas, shall be held o.ie 50 BY the United
States; and measures shall be adopted fol
the speedy adjudication of all unsettled
claims to lands, and patents shall be granted
to those found to be valid.
ART. ~. The public lands hereby ceded
shall be subject to the laws regulating the
public lands in other Territories of the
United States, as far as they may be appli-
cable; subject, however, to such alteration.
and changes as Congress may from time te
time think proper to make. 1t is under.
stood between the parties, that, if in conse.
quence Of the mode in which lands have
been surveyed in Texas, or from previou.
grants or location, the sixteenth section can.
not be applied for the purpose Of education
Congress shall make equal provision BY
grant of land elsewhere. And it is alst
further understood, that, hereafter, Tho
books, papers, and documents belonging tc
the General Land Office Of Texas shall b.
deposited and kept at such place in Texas
as the Congress Of the United States shall
direct.
ART. v. The United States assume and
agree to pay the public debt and liabilities
Of Texas, however created, for which the
faith or credit of her Government may be
bound at the time Of the exchange N the
notifications of this treaty; which debts and
liabilities are estimated not to exceed in the
whole, ten millions Of dollars, to be ascer.
tanned and paid in the manner hereinafter
stated.
The payment Of the sum Of three hun.
dred and fifty thousand dollars shall be made
at the treasury of the United States, within
ninety days after the exchange Of the rat.
ifcations Of this treaty. as follows: Tive
hundredand fifty thousand dollars to Fred
erick Dawson Of Baltimore, or his execu-
tors, on the delivery Of that amount Of ter
per cent. bonds Of Texas; one hundred
thousand dollars, il so much be required
in the redemption Of the cxchequer bills
which may be in circulation at the time o
the exchange Of the ratification Of this trea-
ty. For the payment Of the remainder d
the debts and liabilities of Texas, which
together with the amount already specified
shall not exceed ten millions Of dollars, The
public lands herein coded, and the nett re.
venue from the same, are hereby pledged
ART. vi. In order to ascertain the full
amount of the debt and Liabilities herein as.
sumed, and the legality and validity there.
Of, four commissioners shall be appointed
BY the President Of the United States, By
and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, who shall meet at Washington, Tex.
as, within the period Of six months after
the exchange Of the notifications Of, thi.
treaty, and may continusin session not ex'
ceeding twelve months, unless the Con.
gress Of the United States should prolone
the time. They shall take an oath for the
faithful discharge Of their duties, and thai
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