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" S''S DN'OW VIC JOlllL IGSOluL'Uu uuOp-
ted by the Rouse of Representatives, for
thesd'"iseion of Texas, togetAe' with the
vote as it stands at the.fnalaest:
JOINT RESOLUTION,
Declaring the terms on which Congress
will admit Texas into the Union as a
State:
ResotUed, &c, That Congress doth os n
sent that the territory property included
within and rightHlIy belonging 10 the Re-
public oI Texas, may beerected into new
State ei Texas, with Republican form of
Government to be adopted by the people
OF said Republic by deputies in convention
assembled, with the consent of the exist
ing government in order that the same
may be admitted as one of the States Of
his Union.
Sec. 2. And be ii further reSolced, That
Ise foregoing consent of Congress is given
upon the following conditions, and with
the following guarantees, to wit;
First. SAID State to be formed, subj ect
to the adjustment by the Government bf
all questions dt boundary that may arise
w th other Governments; and the consti
tuition thereof, with the proper evide &c Of
It's adoption by the people Of said Repub-
&c OF TeXEs, shall be transmitted to the
President Of The United States, to be laid
before Congress for its fnat action, On or
before the first day Of January, 1876.
Second. Said State, when admitted into
the Union, after cedng to the U. States
att mines, satt lakes and springs, and also
all public edl&Ce3, iOgGicntOns, barracks,
! ports and hatbot8, navy and navy-yarls.
docks, magazines, arms, arnumenls and
/ all Other property and means pertaining
TO The pGbIic defence belonging to seid re-
! pua &c OF Texas, shall retain oil the public
iuDds, debts, taxes, and dVcs every
Erno which NAV belong to, or be due and
owing TO said Republic, and shall also re-
lain att the vacant and un9ppropriated
lands lying within the limits, to he applied
TO the payment Of the debts and liabilities
Of said republic Of Texas and the residue
OF said lands, after sdschurging said dpbts
and liabilities, 10 be disp0sp6 Of as said |
State May direct; bal in no event are said
debts andtiabiIities 10 become a charge up-
on the Goqernmentoofthe United States.
Third. New States, soi convenient size.
and having sufficient population, may
hereafter, bp the consent of SAID S'atr. he
formed outof the territory thereof, which
shah be entitled To admission under The
provisions of the federal constitution, And
such States as m@y be formed out Of that
portion ofsad territory lying sOuth of hir-
ty-s'x degrees thirty minutes north lat-
tude, commonly known as the Missouri
compromise hne, shall be admitted into
the Union, with or without slavery, as the
people ofeach State asking admission NAV
desire.
And in such State or States, as shall he
formed out of said territory, north of said
Missouri compromise line, slavery or in
voluntary servitude, except for crime,
-stfll he prohibited
The following is the vote on its final
passage in the House:
YCAs-Mcssrs. Arlington, Ashc, Atkin-
son, Bayley, BeIser, BidIoCll, L. J. Hloal,
James Black, james A. Black, Blackwell, |
Bower, GowIin, Boyd, Brodhead, Aaron v.
Brown, Milton Brown, William, Brown,
Eurk, Bun, Caldwell, Campbell, Shepherd
Cary, Reuben Chapman, Aug. A, Chap
man, ChappeII, Clinch, Clinton, Cobb,
Coles, CNss, CuIICn, Daniel, Jehn w. Dt-
Wis, Dawson, Dean, DeIIet Douglass, Drom
goole, Duncun, Ellis, FarIee, FckIin Fos-
ter, French, Fuller, Hammett, IIarolson,
Hays, Henley, Holmes, Hoge, Hopkins,
Houston, HUBBARD, HubbeI, Hughes, C. J.
tngersOII, jameson Cave Johnson, An
Drew Johnson, George W. Jones, Andrew
Kennedy, Kirkpatrick, LobraRhe, Leon
ard Lucas, Lumpkn, Lyon, McCausin,
MacaN McClernand, Mcconnell, Mellow
cll, Mckay Matthews, Joseph Morris,
Isaac Il. Morse, Murphy, Newton, Morris,
Owen, Parmenter Payne, Petit, Pcyton,
Emery d. Potter, Pratt, David S. Reid,
Relie, Rhett, Ritter, Roberts, Russell,
Saunders, SenteE Thomas II, Seymour,
Smons, Simpson, SldelL John T. Smith,
Thomas Smith, Robert Smith, Steenrod,
Stephens, John Stewart, Stiles, Jarres w
Stone, Strong, Sykes, Taylor, Thompson,
Tlbbmts, Tucker, Weller, Wentworth,
Woodward, Joseph Wright, Yancey,
YOst-t20
NAys--Messrs. Abbott, Adams. Ander-
son, Baker, Barrnger, Barnard, Benton,
Brengle, Brinkevhof, Jeremiah Brown,
BuiIington, Carpenter, Jeremiah t. Cary,
Carroll, Chtlin, Causn, Oh lton, Clingman,
Collamer, CrOnston, Dana, Darragh, Ganet
Davis, Richard II. Davis, Dehewy; Dickcy,
Dillingham;, Dunlap, EImer Florence,
Fish, Foot Giddings, Goggo, Willis Green,
Byram Green. GrnmeN. Grider, Hale,
llannabal Hamlin, Edward S. IIamlin,
HardtI, Harper, Herrick, Hudson, Wash
inglOn Hunt, Joseph R. Ingersoll, Irwin,
jerks, Perley B. Johnson, John P. Kenne-
dy, Preston King, D, p. King, McCelland,
Mcllvaipe, Mash, Edward Joy Morris,
Freeman II. Morse, Moseley, Mes. Patter-
son, Phoenix, Pollock, Elisha L. Potter.