The Arkansas banner., 1848-07-18
tPuslIc--No. T.1

AN ACT for the admission oi the Stale of Wis
 cousin into The Union.
 Whereas the people of the Territory of Wiscon sin did, on the first day of Feb. eighteen hundred and forty eight, by convention of delegates called and assembled for that purpose form for themselves a constitution and State government, which said constitution is republican, and said convention hav
 ing asked the admission of said Territory into the Union as Stale, on an equal footing with the oTi- ginai States:
 { Be R eaacfed by tae Senate and House ef Repre-
 sensGtires of ttk UHited Sates 0f Amfrfea tH Gun gTess assembled That The State of Wisconsin be, and
 hereby admitted to be oi the United States Of
 America. and is hereby admitted into the UnIon on an equal footing with the original States ID all re- spects whatever, with the boundaries prescfioed oy the act of Congress, approved August sixth, egh- teen hundred and forty six, entitled An act 10 ea- ble the people ef Wisconsin Territory 10 form constitution and State government and for the ad mission ofsuch State into the Union
 Sec. 2. And be I 6nTtksF enacted That the assent of Congress is hereby given to the first. second. fourth, and fifth resolutions adopted by said con vention, and appended said constitution; ard the act of Congress, referred 10 m the sad resolutions are hereby amended, that the lands granted by
 the provisions ui inc several acts referred 10 n the said first and foatt resolutions, and the proceeds of said lands and the five per eentnm of the nett pro- ceeds of the public lands therein mentioned, shall be held and disposed of by said State Tn the manner and for the purpose recommended by said conven- ton; and that also. the lands reserved to inc u States by the provisions of the act emitted "An act to grant quantity Of land 10 aid in the improve ment of the Fox and Wisconsin iiFers and 10 con rect the same by canal in the Territory of Wis consin;" and, also, the even numbcred sections re- served by the provisions of the act entitled An act to grant quantity of land to the Territory oi Wis consn for the purpose Of asiing In opening canal 10 connect the waters of Lake Michigan with those of Rock Iiyer" shall be offered for safe al the same minimum price, and subject 10 the same rights oi pre-emption other public lands Cf the U States: Prorasd hOrscer, That no person shall be entitled to a Ire-empton by reason of the settlement and eutjralion of any quarter section or other sub-d vision of said numbered sections. whica tract, before the commence nt of such settlement, shall have been clain,sd by any other person cutisating and improving the same Tn good faith, and winch shall have eentinued to be claimed cultivated, and improved in like good faith by such peIson, his rep resentsses or assigns. aniil the sale of said tract and of which said prior claim, culiivaion and im- psovemeut the peEsoa % claimed pre-emption shall have had notice at the time of his entry and settle ment neither shall any pre-emption be allowed to any tra. to the injury of any person. or of the rep resenaiises of assigns oi any person claiming and occupying the same CT any part thereof in good i fath in his her right, al the passage of this act and owning valuable cultivation or improvements | thereon, which cultivation Of improvement shall have been assigned by the person so claiming pre- emption or if commenced subsequently to the entry
 
 with hs consent or acqaiescence. fad pror'ded. | further, That the liabilities incurred by the Terri tnriaI government of Wisconsin, under the set to | grant quantity of land 10 the Territory of wiscon sin, for the purpose of aiding In opening canal 10 connect the waters of Lake Michigan With tho'e ot Rock rIver" herenbeiote referred To, shall be paid and discharged by the State of Wisconsin.
 Sec. :. find Se H further enGeied, That the pur- chaseSs of any tract of the said even nunsbeTed sec tions mentioned in the preceding seetiOn and sold since the reservation thereof at the minimum pTiep of two dollars and fifty cents per acre, shall be titled to receive from the Commissioner of the Gen. esa Land Office q certificate of the quantity of land SO purchased and of ihe amount Of the exress paid therefor over and above tho yalne of said iand at the rate of one dollar and tweayve cents per acres which certificate, 10 the amount of such excess, shall be- receivable from the holder thereof bis sigus in like manner much money, ia pay ment of the public lands of the United Staies That 10 the even. of the death of any such purchaser be- fore the ssning of such certificate, the same shall be issued in fayor ef the lawful representatives of such purchaser.
 Sec. 4. fad bs t Grtaer enacted That the judge of the district court for the district of Wisconsin shall hold term of said court in each year al he seat of government, to commence on the irst monday of July, and anoiher term ot said ,oart to each year al MIwszkie, to Sosnssnce sn tho first Monday os January. He shalt also have power 10 hold special terms fes the trial Of causes md for the determination of all salts or proceeding 10 said courts al either of tho aforesaid places, at lie discretion, the nsiare and the snoahi of the business may reqBire- The said court shall be open t all times for the pafpese of bearing asd deciding .ases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction g tar 's the same can be done without jury. The re- ords and papers oi sasd court may be kept at eihe, # the places herein designed for fae bosiag of said :osSt, as the judge in his discfe;ica stall direct
 See. 5. fad ts t fi1thsy saaetsd That the clerks ,f the dIstict courts of tho Territory of Wisconsin hail. before their term of ofce expires, certify un- Ter seal, and transmit to the clerk of said court, ali seords of all unsaiisfed judgments and oi salts pen ling in said courts respectively, attaching thereto i papers connected herewith in all eases srisiag