Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-05-29
BY AUTHORITY.
bY rHs PREslDENr OF The UNITED
STATES OF AMIRioA.
A PROCLAMATION


state OF Texas the establishment of her
northern and western boundaries. the
reiinqulshmeDt by the said State Of all
territory claimed by her exterior to said
boundaries, aud Of all her claims upon
The United Statcs, and to establish a
territorial government for New Mexi-
, CO." It was provided, that the folio wing
propositions should be, and the same
were thereby offered to the State Of
Texas, which, when agreed TO by the
SAID State, in an act passed by the Gen
. era' Assembly, should be binding and
oblig atory upon the United States and
upon the said State OF Texas: Provided,
Ihe SAID agreement by the said Gener-
al Assembly should he given on rr b.
fore the first day Of December, eighteen
nundred and fifty namely -
"Ffrst. The State Of Texas will n
gree that her boundary on the north
shall commence at the point at which
the meridian Of one hundred degrees
westtrom Greenwich is intersected by
the parallel OF rhirty-slx degrees thirty
minutes north latitude, and shall run
from said point due west TO the merdi.
an of one hundred and three degrees
west tpon Greenwich thence her boun-
dary shall run due south 10 the thirty
second degree Of north latitude thence
on the said parallel Of thrty-two de-
grees OF north latitude to the Rio Bravo
del Norte. and thence with the channel
Of said river to the Gulf Of Mexico"
"Secoad. The State of Texas cedes to
the United States all her claim TO terri
tory exterior to the limits and boundaries
which she agrees 10 establish by the
first article Of this agreement"
"1hiTd. The State OF Texas relin-
quishes all claim upon the United States
for liability Of the debts Of Texas, and
for compensation or indemnity for the
surrender to the United States Of her
Sings, forts, arsenals, custom-hoGse
cus,om-housc revenues, arms and nu-
ntIons ot war, and public bu dings with
their sites which became the property
OF the United States at the time Of the
annexation"
"Fourih. The United States, in con-
sidera,lon of said establishment Of boun-
daries, cession OF claim TO territory, and
REIMBURSEMENT Of elaine, will pay to
the State OF Texas the sum Of ten mil
lions Of dollars in a stock bearing five
pes cent. interest, and redremable al
the end Of fourteen years, the interest
payable halfyearly nj the Treasury Of
The United States"
"Eyfh. Immediately after the Presi-
deri Of the United States shall have
been furnished with an authentic copy
OF the act Of the General Assembly Of
Texas accepting these propositions, he
shall cause the stock TO be issued in fa-
vor Of the State of Texas, as provided
for in the fourth article OF this agree
ment: Provided also, That no more
than five millions Of said stock shall BE-
issued until the creditors Of the State
holding bonds and, ,pther certificates ol
stock Of Texas for Which duties on in-
ports were specially pledged, shall frs,
file at the treasury Of the United States
releases Of Rll claim against the United
States for or on account Of said bonds
or certificates in such form az shall be
prescribed by the Secre ary Of the
Treasury and approved by the President
Of the. Uniied States. P-orided, That
nothing herein contained shall be con-
strhed TO impair or qualify any thing
contained in the third article OF the sec
ond section Of the ',joint resolution for
anncxing Texas TO the United States"
approved March tirst, eighteen hundle
and iorty-6ve, either IA regards The
number Of States, that may hereafter be-
formed out Of the State OF Texas, or
otherwise"
And whereas il was further provided,
by the eighteenth section Of the same
act Of Congress, "That the provis ons Of
this act be, and they arc hereby. sus-
pended until the boundary between the
United States and the State Of Texas
shall be adjusted, and when such i'd
justment shall have been effected, tho
President Of the United States shall is.
sue his proclamation declaring this act
10 be in full lorce and operation
And whereas the Legislature Of the
State OF Texas, by an act approved the
twenty y-fiith Of November last, entitled
"An Act accepting the propositions
made by the United States % the State
Of Texas, in an Act OF the Congress Of
the United States approved the ninth
day of September, A. ID. one thousand
eight hundred and fifty, and entitled
"An Act proposing to the State Of Tex
as the establishment of her northern d
western boundaries. the REIMBURSEMENT
by the said State Of all territory claimed
by her exterior to said boundaries. and
OF all her claims upon the United States,
and to establish a territorial government
for New Mexico,"--oi which act copy
authenticated under the seal OF the
State has beea furnished to the Presi-
dent, ,---enacts that the State OF Texas
hereby agrees TO and accepts said prop
ositions, and it is hereby declared that
The said State shall be bound by the
terms thereof, according TO their true
import and meaning :"
Now, therefore, I, Millard Fillmore,
President Of the United States OF Amer
ica, do hereby declare and proclaim
that the said ac, Of the Congress of the
United States OF the ninth OF September
last, is in full force and operation.
Given under my hand, at the City Of
Washington, this thirteenth day OF
December, in the year oi our
[L.s.1 Lord one thousand eight hundred
and fifty, and the seveniy-filth Of
the independence Of these United
States.
BY the President:
MlLLARD FILLMORE.