The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1845-03-13
JOINT RESOLUTIONS FOR ANNEX

gress doth consent that the territory pro-
erly included within, and rightfully belon,
ing to, the Republic of Texas, may be
= recled into new State, to be called Il
! State Of TEXAS, with republican form
t, government, in order that the same may
e admitted as one Of the States ofthis Unior
! Sec. 9. find be 1t further resolved, Thi
p the foregoing consent Of Congress is give
upon the following conditions, and wit
the following guarantees, to wit
FIRST, Said State to be formed, subiet
; to the adjustment by this Government {
all questions of boundary that may arts
with other Governments; and the constilr
ton thereof, with the proper evidence {
its adoption by the people of said Republi
OF Texas, shall be transmitted TO the Pres
ldent OF the United States, TO be laid bofor
Congress for It's final action, on or belor
the first day of January, one thousand eigh
hundred and forty SIX
Second, Said State, when admitted int,
the Union, after ceding to the United State
all public edifccs, Notifications, barracks
ports and harbors, navy and navy yards
docks, magazines, arrhs, ornaments, ant
all other property and means pertaining tc
public defence, belonging to said republic
of Texas, shall retain all the public funds
debts, taxes, and dues Of every kind which
may beIongto or be due or owing said Re
public; and shall also retain all the vacant
and unappropriated lands lying within its
limits, to be applied to the payment OF the
debts and liabilities of said Republic Of
Texas; and the residue of said lands, after
dlScharging said debts and liabilities, to be
disposed of as said State may direct; but
in no event are said debts and liabilities to
beome charge upon the United States.
Ihlrd, New States, of convenient size,
and having sufficient population, may here
after, by the consent of said State, be formed
out ofthc territory thereof, which shall be
entitled to admission under the provision of
the Federal Constitution. And such States
as may be formed out of that portion of
said territory lying south Of thlrty-six de-
grees thirty minutes north latitude, COM
monty known as the Missouri compromise
line, slavery or invoIutary servitude Except
for claim shall be prohibited.
Nh Walters amendment.
and be 1t further Rcsolccd, That If the
President of the United States shall, in his
judgement and discretion deem it most
advisable, instead Of proceeding TO submit
the foregoing resolution to the Republic of
Texas as an overture on the part olthe Uni
led States for admission, TO negotiate with
that Republic, then
lie 1t Resolved, That state, to be
formed out of the present Republic ofTex-
as, with suitable extent and boundaries,
and with TWO representatives in Congress,
until the next apporlionment of representa-
ton, shall be admitted into the Union, by
virtue of this act, on an equal footing with
the existing states, as soon as the terms
and conditions of such mission and the
ccssion Of the remaining Texan territory
to the United States, shall be agreed upon
by the governments Of Texas and the Uni
ted States.
And be it further enacted, That tn sumo
of one hundred thousand dollars be, and
the same is hereby appropriated to de'ray
the expenses Of missions and negotiations,
to agree upon the terms of said admission
and cesslon, either by treaty to be submit
ted to the Senate, or by articles to be sub
mitted to The two Houses of Congress, as
the President may direct.
The following are the yeas and nays on
the above resolutions in the Senate:
Yeas-Mcssrs. Allen, Ashley, Atchson,
Anterior, Bagby, Benton, Breese, Buchan-
an, Colquitt, Dickinson, Dix, Fairfield,
flanagan, Haywood, Henderson, Huger,
johnson, Lewis, McDuf1ie, Ml,rich, miles,
SempIe Sewer, Sturgeon, Tappan, Walk
er, Woodbury-27.
Nays-Nlessers Archer, Barrow, Bates,
Bayard, Berrien, Choate, Clayton, Critten-
den, Dayton Evans, Foster, Francis, Hunt
tington, Jarnagin, Mangum, Miller, More
head, Pearce, Phelps, Porter, Rives, Sim
mons, Upham, White, Woodbridge-25.
All wings.
The following are the yeas and nays in
the House on the above resolutions as a.
mcnded by the Senate:
Ycas-Messrs. Anderson, Arlington
Atkinson, Bayly, Belser, Benton, BidIack,
Edward } Black, James Black, James A
Black, Blackwell, Bowlin, Boyd, Brinkcr-
hof, Broadhead, Aaron V Brown, VIM ]
Brown, Burke, Burt, Caldwell, Carpenter,
Jeremiah Il Gary, Shepard Gary, Catlin,
Reuben Chapman, Augustus A Chapman,
Chappell, Clinton, Cobb, Cutlom, Coles,
Cross. Dana, Daniel, John w Davis, Daw-
son, Dean, Dcllt,* Dillingham;, Douglass,
Dromgoole, Duncan, Dunlap, Ellis, Far
lee, Ficklin, Foster, French, Fuller, Han
nibal, HamIin, Hammett, HARRISON, HAYS,
Henley, Herrick, Holms, Hodge, Houston,
HUBBARD, HubbelI, Hughes, Hungerlord,
James B Hunt, Charles ]. Ingersoll, jane
son, Cave Johnson, Andrew johnson, Geo.
W Jones, Andrew Kennedy, Preston King,
Kirkpatrick, Labranche, Leonard, Lucas,
Lumpkin, Lyon, McCauslen, Maclay, Nc