The North-Carolina standard., 1848-08-30

TPUBLIc-No. 27.1
An Act for the admission of the State of Wisconsin
into the Union. - ,.-. --
Whereas the people of the Territory of Wisconsin
did, on the first day of February, eighteen hundred
and forty-elght, by convention of delegates call led
and assembled for that purpose form for themselves
a constitution and State government, which said con-
sttution is republican, and said convention having
asked the admission of said Territory into the Union
State equal footing with the original States:
Bel enaced 6y the Senate and House Of Representa-
fires Of the United States Of 4nerica TN Congress
bkd, That the State of Wisconsin be, and is hereby
admitted to be one of the United States of America
and is hereby admitted into the Union on an equal
footing with the States, in all respects what
ever, with the boundaries prescribed by the act of
Congress, approved August sixth, eighteen hundred
and forty-six, entitled ''An act to enable the people
of Wisconsin Territory to form constitution and
State government and for the admission of such State
into the Union.
SEC. ,. find be it further enacted That the assent
of Congress is hereby given to the first second fourth
and fifth resolutions adopted by said convention and
appended to said constitution; and the acts of Con-
gess, referred in the said resolutions, hereby
amended, that the lands granted by the provisions
of the several acts referred in the said first and
fourth resolutions, and the proceeds of said lands and
the five percentum of the nett proceeds of the public
lands therein mentioned, shall be held and disposed
by said State, in the and for the purposes
recommended by said convention and so that, also,
the lands reserved to the United States by the pro-
visions of the entitled Anact grant quanti-
of land to aid in the provement of the Fox and
Wisconsin rivers and connect the same by canal
in the Territory of Wisconsin, and, also the
numbered sections reserved by the provisions of the
act. entitled " An act to grant quantity of land to
the Territory of Wisconsin, for the purpose of aiding
in opening canal to connect the waters of Lake
Michigan with those of Rock rver,' shall be offered
for sale at the same minimum price, and subject to
the same nights of Pre-empton, as other public lands
Of the United States Prouided hotDeUer, That per-
son shall be entitled to pre-emption by of
the settlement and cultivation Of any quarter section
other subdivision of said even numbered sections,
which tract before the commencement of such set
dement, shall have been claimed by any other person
cultivating and improving the same in good faith,
and which shall have continued to be claimed, cuti
raed, and improved in like good faith, by such
SON. his representatives assigns, until the sale OF
said tract, and of which said prior claim, cultivation,
and Improvement, the person claiming pre-emptlon
shall have had notice at the time of his entry and set
tement; neither shall any preeInpton be allowed to
any tract to the injury of any person, or to the rep
resentatlves assigns of any person claiming and
occupying the any part thereof In good faith,
In his her right, at the passage of this act, and
owning valuable cultivation Improvements there
/ on, which cultivation and improvements shall have
been assigned by the person claiming preemptlon,
if commenced subsequently, to the entry and set
dment Of such persons, shall have been made with
his consent and acQuiescence. find proctded further,
That the liabilities incurred by the Territorial govern
of Wisconsin, under the act entitled ''An act to
grant quantity of land to the Territory OF WIscon-
sin, for the purpose of aiding in opening canal to
connect the waters of Lake Michigan with those of
Rock ver,' hereinbefore referred to- shall be paid
and discharged by the State of Wisconsin.
SEC. g. find be further enacted, That the purchas-
es of any tract of the said numbered sections
mentioned in the preceding section, and sold since
the reservation thereof, at the minimum price OF two
dollars and fifty cents per acre, shall be entitled to
receive from the Commissioner OF the General Land
Ohce certificate of the quantity of land so purchas-
ed and the amount of excess paid therefor, over and
L., aOfOF doll
and twenty-five cents per acre; which certificate to
the of such excess, shall be receivable from
the holder thereof his assigns in like manner as so
much money, in payment of the public lands OF the
United States. That, In the event of the death OF
any such purchaser before the issuing of such cert
hcae, the same shall be issued in favor of the lawful
representatives. of such purchaser.
Sec. A. find be IL further enacted That the Judge OF
the district court for the district of Wisconsin shall
hold term of said court in each year the seat OF
goEernment to commence on the first Monday Of Ju-
y, another term of said court In each year at MIL
Eaukie, to commence the first Monday in January
de shall also have power to hold special terms for
The trial of causes, and for the determination OF all
SUITS proceedings in said courts, at either OF the
Aforesaid places, at his discretion, as the nature and
@e amount of the business may require. The SAID
court shall be open all times, for the purpose OF
learlng and deciding of admiralty and mari
ame Jurisdiction, far as the same can be done
Without Jury. The records and papers OF said
court may be kept at either of the places herein des
nated for the holding of said court as the judge In
Als discretion shall direct
SEC. s. find be IL further enacted, That the CLERKS
Of the district courts of the Territory of Wisconsin
shall, before their term of office expires, certify un-
Ger seal, and transmit the clerk of said court, all
records and unsatsfed judgments and of suits pend
ng In said courts respectively, attaching thereto all
papers connected Herewith in all cases arising under
Ae laws or constitution of the United States, or to
SAich the United States shall be "a party and they
aa forward the same to- the clerk of said district
ut of the State of Wisconsin, who shall enter the
Same in his docket and the said district court shall
proceed therein to final Judgment and executions, as
such suits or proceedings had originally been
"Cnght in said court. 4"
sEc 6. and be 1t further enacted, That the clerk OF
%e % supreme court Of the Territory of Wisconsin shall
sVer to the clerks of said district court all
e'FdS and papers in the Office Of the clerk of the