The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-03-08
lpuALIc-No. 32l
AN ACT for the admission of the States Of Iowa
and Florida into the Union.

AN ACT for the admission of the States Of Iowa
and Florida into the Union.
Whereas, the people Of the territory of Iowa did,
the seventh day OF October, Gig leen hundred and
fOrty-our, by convention OF delegates called and
assembled tJr that purpose, form Tor themselves a
constitution and State government And whereas,
the people of The territory of Florida did in like
ner by their delegates, the eleventh day of Janu
ar eighteen hundred and thirty nine form for them
selves a constitution and Stale government, both Of
which said constitutions are republican and said
conventions having asked the admission Of their
respective territories into the Union as States, on
equal footing with the or ginal States:
BE enacted by the Senate and House Of Representa-
tires 0t the United States Of .imeriea ia Congress
bsd, That the States Of Iowa aud Florida be, and
the same are hereby, declared To be States OF the
United States OF America, and are hereby admitted
into the ,Uolon on equal footing with the original
States, ia all resi- ects whatsoever
SIC 2 .ind be further enacted, That the foil W
ing shalt be the boundaries If the said State OF Iowa,
10 wit: Beginning at the mouth Of the Dee Moines
river at the middle of the Mississippi, thence by the
middle Of the channel OF that river TO parallel OF
latitude passing through the mouth of the Mankato,
or Bloc Earth river thence west along the said pa
Tael of latitude TO point where 1t is inrTsected by
meridian line, seventeen degrees and thirty minutes
west OF the meridian of Washington city thence due
south 10 The northern boundary line OF the SIale OF
Missouri, thence ea,twardly following that boundary
MoInes rivers thence BY the middle of the channel Of
that rser to the place OF beginning
Sec. 5. Had be further enacted That the said State
Of Iowa shall have concurrent jurisdiction the "a
YER Mississippi, and every other river bordering the
said State OF Iowa, far as the said river shall form
common boundary to said State, and any other State
or States now or hereafter TO be formed or bounded
by the same: such rivers TO be conmon TO both and
that the said river Mississippi and the nayigable
ters leading into the same shall be common Highways
and forever Tree as we'll to the inhabitants Of said
State, as 10 all other citizens Of the United States
without any tax, duty impost, or toll therefor, i'm
posed by the said State of Iowa.
Sec. 4. Ind be IL further enacted That it is made
and declared TO be a fundamental condition of the ad
mission Of said State OF Iowa into the Union that so
much OF this act relates to the sad State of Iowa
shall be assented to by majority of the qualified
electors at their township elections in the and
al the time ia the SIKH section of the thr
teenIh article OF the constitution adopted at Iowa city
the first day Of November, ammo Domini eighteen
hundred and thirty four by the legislature Of said
State. And as soon Is such assent shall be given
the President of the United States shall the
same by proclamation and therefrom and without
further proceedings the part of Congress the adj
mission OF the said State of Iowa into the Union on
an equal footing 10 all respects whatever with the ORR
gnal States, shall be considered complete.
Sec 5. find be further enacted, That said State Of
Florida shall embrace the territories of East and
West Florida, which by the treaty of amty, settle
ment and limits between the United States and Spain,
The twenty second day of February, eighteen hun
tred and nineteen, was ceded to the United States.
Sec 6. find be 1t further enacted, That until the
next census and apportonment shall be made, each of
said States of Iowa and Florida shall be entitled to
one Representative in the House of Representatives
of the United States.
Sec 7. ind be further enacted, That said States
Of Iowa and Florida admitted into the Union on
the express condition that they shall never interfere
with the primary disposal of the public lands lying
within them, levy any tax on the same whilst re-
naming the property of the United States Prorded
That the ordinance Of the convention that formed the
constitution of Iowa, and which is appended to the
said constitution, shall not be deemed or taken to
have any effect validity, to be recognised as in
any manner obligatory upon the Government Of the
United States.
Approved, March g. 1915