Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1847-03-10
CONGRESSIONAL.
ADMISSION OF WISCONSIN.
FEBRUARY 9. IS41.


Mr.. Douglass, from The Committee on
Ternto'es, reported the following bill:
A BILL for The admission ofthe State
o! W sCunsin mo the Union.
Whereas the people Of the Territory OF
Wisconsin d d on the sixteenth day of De
cember, eighteen hundred and forty-six.
by Convection Of delegates called and
assembled for that purpose, form for them-
selves Constitution and State govern
monl, which said Constitution is republ can;
and said Convention having asked the ad-
mission of said Territory into The Union as
4 State, on an equal footing with the orig-
nal States:
Re it enacted ty the Senate and House
OF Representatives of Ike United States OF
AmcF!cG, IN Congress assembled, Thai
the Stale OF Wisconsin be, and The same i,
hereby declared 10 be, one Of the United
States OF America, and is hereby ADMITTED
nto the Union on an equal footing with
he orgina! States, in all respects what.
ever.
Sec. 2. and be 1t jmt1er enacted, Thai
the assent of Congress is lie. ehy given <"
me change ol boundary proposed in tie
hrst article of said Constitution, TO wit:
leaving lie boundary ne prescribed in the
act of Congress entitled AN acr to enable
he people Of Wisconsin Territory to form
Consii'u' on and State government. and
tor the admission Of such State into the
Union," at the fist rapids in the river 81
Louis, thence in a direct line suuthwardy
10 rolnt fifteen miles east Of he mosl
eas:eIly point in lake ST. Cyoix. thence
due south 10 the main cbanuel Of the NJ So
Iss' ppl li'er or lake Pepn, lhence down
the said main channel, as prescribed in
sad act
Sec. and belt 1mihCr cn2ctcd, Thai
the assent Of Congress is hereby given to
the resolutions adopted by said Convention
and appended to said Constitution. and he
acts Of Congress referred to in said resolu
tons are hereby amended SO that the lands
thereby granted and the proceeds thereof,
and the five pei centum ol,he net proceeds
ofthe public land, may be held and dis
posed Of by said State, in the manner and
for the purposes recommended by said
Convention: Provided, howcrer, Thai the
liabilities incurred by the Territorial gov>
eminent Of Wisconsin, under the act enti-
lied Gan act 10 grant a quantity Of land 10
the Territory of Wisconsin, for the pur-
pose Of aiding in opening a canal to con-
meet the waters Of lake Michigan with those
Of the Rock river,' shall be paid and dis
charged by said State: And, prorided FIR
Mer,, That the even numbered sections
along the route q said proposed canal shall
be brought into market, and sold at the
same minimum plice, and subject to the
same rights ct PIE emption to all the seu-
lers theaeon at the passage Of this act, as
other public lands of the United States.
Sec. 4. And be 1t further enacted, That
it is made and declared TO be fundamen.
tai condition Of tie admission Of said State
oil Wisconsin into the Union, that the Con
sliniion adopted at Madison, on the six
teenth day Of December, in the wear one
thousand eight hundred and forty six, shall
be aSsented to by the qualified electors, in
The manner and a, times prescribed in the
ninth section of the twentieth article of
SAID Constitution. And as soon as such
assent shall be given, the President of the
United States shall announce the same bv
proclamation; and therefrom, and without
any further proceedings on the part of Con-
gress, The admission of said State of Wis
consln into the Union, on an equal footing
IN all respects whatever with the original
States. shall be considered as complete.