Washington telegraph., 1850-09-04
THE CALIFORNIA BUJ

n LIE -ShLlTOh MA BIl r.
The important bill, introduced ;n,oy
Senate in March last, by MIR. Dour,a.
and which passed that body OH the la,,
inst, by the decisive vote of "a ve.s u
Is nays, is as follows, all the amo.I
ments offered, except the one embr.a",
in the third section, having been reec,sS
Whereas. the people of California b,v.
presented Constitution and ask for ,a
mission into the Union, which Cons,;,n
ton was submitted to Congress bv ~.
President of the United States by mesa"
dated February 18th. 1850, aud wb;oL
on due examination, is found 10 be -
publican in its form of Government.
BE II enacted, &C., That'the STATE os
California shall he one. and is be,ot,.
declared to be one, of the United Sta
of America, amt admitted into the TTn;o~
on equal footing with the original St,,aa
in all respects whatever
Sec 2. ANIL be 1t further enac,s5
That until the Representatives in Con-
eress shall be apportioned ACCORDING -
an actual enumeration of the inhabitants
of the United States, the State of CT
fornia shall be entitled TO two Represen,
atives.in Congress.
Sec. 3. Ind be at further euoc,0J
That the said State of California is ad'
mtted into the Union upon the eSnres.
condition that the people Of said S,a,n
through the Legislature or otherwisa
shall never interfere with the primary die
posal of the public lands within its limits
h.I l.,
whereby the title of the United States 10
and right to dispose of, the same shall ha
impaired or questioned and they shall
never lay any tax or assessment of anv
description whatever upon the public
domain of the United States; and in no
case shall nonresident proprietors, who
are citizens of the United States be toxa1
higher than residents; and that al, the
navigable waters within the said Stale
Shall be common highways, and forever
free, as well to The inhabitants of said
State as to the citizens of the United
States, without any tax, impost. or duty
therefor: Provided, That nothing herein
contained shall be construed as recog.
nlZing or rejecting the propositions ten
dered by the people Of California as
articles of compact in the ordinance adopt
ed by the convention which formed the
Constitution OF that State.
The following is the vote on it, on lis
final passage in the SENATE:
Ayes, Baldaoiaa, Con Bell, Tenn,
Benton, Mo, Bradbury, Maine. Srght
Indiana, Cass, Michigan, Chase, Ohio
Cooper. Penn, DaUis, Mass, Dickinson,
n. Y, Dodge, Wisconsin, Dodge, Iowa,
Douglass, H.. Etoing, Ohio, Greene, r. |.
Hale. N. Ii. (F. s. Hamlin, Maine,
Houston, Texas. Jones, Iowa, Miller,
n. j., Norris, N. ii Phelps, VI, Se,card,
n. Y, Shields, ILL.,, Smith, Connecticut,
Si~uance, Del. Sturgeon, Penn, Under
WoOa, KY, Upham. VT, Wales, Del,
Walker, Wisconsin, Winthrop, Mass,
Whitcomh. Indiana.
Nays l7-Atchison, Mo-, Barnwell, S.
c., Berfien. Ga, Butler, $. c., Clemens,
Ala. Davis, Miss, Foote, Miss. Hunter,
Va, King, Ala Mason, Va, Morton,
Florida, Pratt, Maryland, Rusk, Texas,
Sebastian, Ark Soule, La, Turney,
Tenn, YuIee, Florida.
The absentees and members not voting
were as folows-Whlgs in itaIicS in both
lists:
From SLave States -Pearce, Of Nd,
M1ngum aud Badger. Of n. c., DawSon,
OF Ga, Ctay, of Ky. Downs, OF La,
Mason. OF Va, Borland, of Ark.
From Free States.--Ctdyk, OF r. l.,
Dayton, of n. j., Felch, Of Mich-3.