State journal & flag. [volume] (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 1843-1846, 1846-11-13
PUBLIC. 80.


AN ACT to define the boundaries OF the State
of Iowa, and to repeal SO much of the act oil
the third Of March. one thousand eight hun.
dred and forty.fve,as relates to the boundaries
Of Iowa.
tSEc. I. Be IL enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives. Of the Uni,ed
States Of America in Congress assembled
That the following shall be, and they are here
by declared to be, the boundaries of the State
OF Iowa, IN lieu OF those prescribed by the Sec
ond section of the act of the third of March
eighteen hundred and forty five, entitled "An
act for the admission Of the States of Iowa and
Florida into the Union" viz: Beginning in the
middle OF the main channel of the Mississippi
river. at point due east of the middle of the
mouth Of the main channel of the Des Moines
river; thence, up the middle of the main chan.
mel Of the said Des Moines river, to a point on
said river where the northern boundary line OF
the State Of Missouri, as established by the
constitution Of that State, adopted June twelfth,
eighteen hundred and twenty, crosses the said
middle of the main channel of the said Des
Moines river; thence, woswardly, along the
said northern boundary line of the State O. Mis-.
souri,, as established at the time aforesaid un
til an extension Of said line intersect the mid
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thence, up the middle of the main channel oil
the said Missouri river, 10 point opposite the
middle of the main channel of the Big Sioux
river, according to Nicollet's map F; thence, up
the main channel of the said Big Sious river,
according to said map, until it is intersected
by the parallel OF fnrty-three degrees and thirty
minutes north latitude thence eact, along said
parallel of forty-three degrees and thirty min
utes, until said parallel intersect the middle oil
the main channel Of the Mississippi river ;
thence, down the middle of the main channel
of said Mississippi river, to the place of begin
ming.
Sec. Q. And be il further enacted, That the
question which has heretofore been the subject.
matter of controversy and dispute between the
State OF Missouri and the Territory of Iowa,
respecting the precise location of the northern
boundary line Of the State of Missouri, shall be,
and the same is hereby, referred to the Supreme
Court of the United States for adjudication and
settlement, in accordance with the act of the
Legislature Of Missouri, approved March TWEEN
ty-hve, eighteen hundred ard forty five, and the
memorial Of the Council and House of Repre-
sentatives Of the Territory of Iowa, approved
January seventeen, eighteen hundred and forty
six, by which both parties have agreed 10 fhe
commencement and speedy determination o.
such suit as may be necessary to procure fina
decision by the Supreme Court of the United
States upon the true location of the northern
boundary Of that State;" and the said Supreme
Court is hereby Invested with all the power ant
authority necessary to the performance of the
duty imposed by this section.
SEC. 8. .4nd be ii further enacted, That, unit
the next census and apportionment shall bc
made, the State of Iowa shall be entitled to two
Representatives in the House Of Representa-
tiyes 0f the United States.
SEC. 4. Ard BE- it further enacted, That Sc
much Of the act of the third of March, eighteen
hundred and forty-fve, entitled IAN act fol
the admission of the States OF Iowa and Flor
ida into the Union" relating to the said State
of Iowa, as is inconsistent with the provisions
Of this act, be and the same is hereby repeal
ed.
Approved. August 4, 1916.