Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1846-10-29
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ACTS Of The Tcenty- Ninth Congress of The q, s,
Passed at the first session, commencing December !, Is45
JAMES President JotS
W.DAVI', Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
s9An Act to enable the people of Wisconsin Territory To firm
CONSTITUTION and State Government and for the admission
SEC. Be enacted By the House Of Repre-
sentatives Of the United States Of Congress
sem0d, That the people OF the Territory of Wisconsin be
and they are hereby authorized form Constitution and
State Government for the purpose being admitted into the
Union equal footing with the original states in ali
respects whatsoever by the Of the State of Wisconsin
with the following boundaries, fo-wit Beginning at the
northeast corner Of the State Of llnoshai say,
point IN The centre OF Lake Michigan where the line Of forty
two degrees and thirty minutes Of north latitude crosses the
same thence running with the boundary Of
OF Michigan, through Lake Michigan. Green Bay. the
mouth oil the MenomOhe river; thence up the channel Of
said river to the Bu river; thence up said last mentioned
ver TO Lake Bue; thence along the southern shore Of
Lake bTule IN direct line TO the centre Of the channel be-
tween Middle and South islands in the Lake Of the Deserts
thence in direct line TO the head waters Of the Mont
real river, marked upon the survey made by Captain
C7mm; thence down the main channel Of the Montreal
to the middle Of Lake Superior through The
centre Of Superior to the mouth Of the St Louis river;
thence the main channel Of said river to the first rapids
IN the same, above the Indian village according Ncole
maps thence due south TO the main branch Of the river St
Mssissppi thence down the Of the main channel of
that river 10 the northwest Of the State Of Illinois,
thence due east with the northern boundary of the
ILLINOIS to the place Of beginning, established by San act
TO enable the people Of the Illinois Territory fOim
stItution and State Government and for the admission Of
such State into the Union equal footing with the og
nal States approved April eighteen, eighteen hundred and
eighteen
SEC. 3 And be IL further enacted That TO prevent all
disputes in reference the jurisdiction Of islands in the said
Brue and Menomonie the line be include
within the jurisdiction Of Michigan all the islands in the
Bule and MenOmone rivers Ito the in which said
rivers adopted boundaIy,) down to- and inclusive Of
the Quinnesec falls Of the MenomOne; aud from thence the
line shall be to include within the jurisdiction Of
Wisconsin all the islands Menomone river from the
falls aforesaid down to the junction Of said river with Green
IN this act between Wisconsin and Michigan shall not be
binding on Congress unless the shall be ratified BY the
State Of Michigan before the first day of June,
thousand eight hundred and fOrty-eigkt.
SEC. And be it further enacted That the said State Of
Wisconsin shall have concurrent jurisdiction the Missis
spp and all other rivers and bordering the said
State of Wisconsin, far the shall form
boundary to said State and any other State States
hereafter be formed bounded by the same; and said
river and waters and the navgabe leading into the
same shall be highways, and forever Free well
70 the inhabitants Of said State all other citizens Of the
Omitted States without any tax duty mpOt or toll therefor
SEC. And be further enacted That from and after the
admission of the State of Wisconsin into the UniOn in
Of this act the laws Of the United States which
locally inapplcsbe shall have the force and effect
within the of Wisconsin elsewhere within the Uni
tee Safes and said State shall constitute district and
be called the district Of Wisconsin, and district shall
be held therein to consist of judge who shall reside IN
The said district and be called district judge. lie shall hold
AZ the Of Of said State two sessions Of said
annually the first Mondays January and July,
and he shall in all things have and exercise the same urs
dction and powers which were by given udge of
the Kentucky district under entitled An act TO esab
sh the judicial of the United States" He shall
point clerk for said district shall reside and keep the
records Of said the place of holding the and
shall receive for the performed by him the same fees
TO which the clerk of the Kentucky district by law en
tied for similar services. There shall be allowed To the
judge Of said district the annual compensation of fifteen
hundred dollars from the date of his appoint
ment to be paid quarterly at the Treasury of the United
States.
o. And be it further enacted That there shall be
appointed IN said district person learned m the law 10 act
attorney Of the United States who in addition to the sta
ted fees shall be paid the Of hundred dollars annu-
ally by the United States, full compensation for all extra
services; the said payment to be made quarterly at the
Treasury of the United States And there shall also be
appointed marshal for said district, who shall perform the
duties subject regulations and penalties
and be entitled the fees prescribed and al
lowed to mashals in other Districts and SHALL moreover, be
allowed the Of hundred dollars annually Cum
pensatOn for all extra services.
SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That, until another
shall be taken and appoItonment made the State OF
Wisconsin shall be entitled TO two Representatives IN the
Congress of the URited States
SEC. T. And be it further enacted, That the following
propositions hereby submitted to the convention which
shall assemble for the purpose OF forming constitution Tor
the tate Of Wisconsin, for acceptance rejection; aud
accepted by said convention and ratified by article In
said constitution, they shall be obligatory on the united
States.
First That section numbered sixteen, in every township
Ct the public lands said State and where such section has
been sold otherwise disposed Of other lands equivalent
thereto and contiguous be- shall be granted TO SAID
State for the use Of schools.
Second. That the seventy-two sections entire
townships of land set apart and reserved for the use and
support of university by Of Congress- approved
twelfth day of June eighteen hundred and ihryeight,
entitled "An act concerning seminary Of learning in the
Territory Of Wisconsin, hereby granted and conveyed
the State appropriated solely the and support
of such university in such manner the Legislature may
prescribe.
Third That entire sections Of land TO be selected and
located under the objection of the Legislature, legal div
sicns Of not less than quarter section, Om Of the
0nappropraed lands belonging to the United States within
the said State hereby granted to the said State for the
of completing the public buildings of the said State
or for the erection Of others at the seat Of government under
the direction Of the Legislature thereof.
Fourth. That all springs within said State, not ex-
eeedag twelve number with sections of land adon-
ing or contiguous my be 10 each shall be granted 10
within year after the admission of said
State; and when selected to be used or disposed oil on
such terms conditions. and regulations as the legislature
shall deet ProUfdsd That salt spring or land the gh
whereof vested any individual or individuals or
which may hereafter be confirmed adudged to any midi
vidusl individuals SHALL by this secon be granted TO
said State.
Fifth That five per cent of the nett proceeds oil sales oil
all public lands yingwihn the said State which have been
Congress and after the admission OF
said State into the Union after deducng all the expenses
incident to the same paid to the said State for the
purpose making public roads and canals IN the same as
the Legislature shall direct: Prorided That the foregoing
propositions herein offered the condition that the said
convention which shall form the constitution OF said State
provide clause in said CONSTITUTIONS an ordnance
without of The United States, that
said State shall interfere with the primary disposal OF
the soil within the by the United Sates nor with any
regulations Congress find for securing the
title in such de purchasers thereof and that 10
tax sha be imposed on lands the property Of the United
States shall nonresident propIieors De
taxed higher than residents
Approved, August g. 1896
see vol. 6, D. 2s2.
Tn modern times the gentlemen make their devOrs to