State journal & flag. [volume] (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 1843-1846, 1846-11-13
PuBLIc.-No. 50.


AN ACT to enable the people of Wisconsin
Territory 10 form constitution and State
Government, and for the admission of such
State into the Union.
(SEc. IL BE ii enacted By the Senate
and House Of Representatives. Of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
That the people of the Territory Of Wisconsin
be and they are hereby authorized 10 form a
Constitution and Stale Government, for the pur.
pose of being admitted into the Union on an
equal fooling with the original States in all res
poets whatsoever, by the name of the State of
Wisconsin, with the following boundaries, 10
wit: Beginning at the northeast corner of the
State of lllinos-that is to say, at a point in
the centre of Lake Michigan where the line of
forty-two degnces and thirty minutes of north
latitude crosses the same thence, running with
the boundary line of the State of Michigan,
through Lake Michigan. Green Bay, to the
mouth of the Menomonie river; thence up the
channel of said river to the Brule river thence
up said last mentioned river to Lake Brue :;
thence along the southern shore of Lake Brue
in n direct line to the centre of the channel be-
tween Middle and South islands, in the Lake
of the Desert thence in direct line to the
head-waters OF the Montreal river, as marked
upon the survey made by Captain Cramm
thence down the main channel Of the Montreal
river, to the middle of Lake Superior thence
through the centre of Lake Superior to the
mouth of the St. Lewis river; thence up the
main channel of said river to the first rapids in
the same, above the indian village, according to
NIcollet's map; thence due south TO the main
branch of the river st. Croix thence down the
main channel Of said river to the Mississippi !;
thence down the centre of the main channel of
that river to the northwest corner of the State
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boundary OF the State Of Illinois to the place of
beginning, as established by IAN act to enable
the people of the Illinois Territory to form a
Constitution and State Government, and for the
admission of such State into the Union on an
equal footing with the original S:ates," appro-
we'd April eighteen, eighteen hundred and eigh.
teen.
SEC. 2. And be it, further enacted. That, to
prevent all disputes in reference to the iuris.
dicton of islands in the said Brule and Memo.
monte rivers the line be SO run as to include
within the jurisdiction of Michigan all the is
lands IN the Brue and Menononie rivers. ITO
the extent in which said rivers are adopted as
a boundary down to, and inclusive Of the
Quinnesec falls of the Menomonie and from
thence the line shall be so run as to include
within the jurisdiction of Wisconsin all the
islands in the Menomonie river, from the falls
aforesaid down to the junction ofsaid river with
Green Bay: Provided. That the adjustment of
boundary as fixed in this act, between Wis.
consin and Michigan shall not be binding on
Congress unless the same shall be ratified by
the State Of Michigan on or before the first day
of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty
| eight.
| SEC. 8. find be it further enacted, That the
said State of Wisconsin shall have concurrent
jurisdiction on the Mississippi, and all other
rivers and waters bordering on the SAID State
of Wisconsin, SO far as the same shall form a
common boundary to said State and any other
State or States now or hereafter 10 be formed
or bounded by the same and said river and
waters. and the navigable waters leading into
| the same, shall be common highways, and for
ever tree, well to the inhabitants of said State,
/ ss to all other citizens of the United States
without any tax, duty. impost, or toll therefor.
SEC. 4. And belt further enacted, That from
and after the admission of the State of Wiscon.
sin into the Union, in pursuance of this act,
the laws OF the United States, which are not
locally inappIicable. shall have the same force
and effsc. within The state OF Wisconsin as
elsewhere within the United States and said
State shall constitute one district, and be called
the district Of Wisconsin and district court
shall be held therein, to consist of one Judge,
who shall reside in the said district and be call.
ed district Judge. He shall hold at the seat
of government OF said State two sessions of said
court annually, on the first Mondays in January
and July, and he shall in all things have and
exercise the same jurisdiction and powers which
lwere BY law given to the Judge Of the Kentucky