The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-04-10

Kansas into the Union.
Whereas, the people of the Territory of
Kansas did, by convention of delegates,
called and assembled at Lecompton on the
9Th day of December, 1857, for that pur-
pose, formed 10 themselves constitution
and State government, which said consti-
tuition is republican, and the said eonyen-
| ton having asked the admission of said
Territory into the Union rs State on an
equal footing with the original States
Be 1t enacted By the Senate and House ef
Representatives Of the United States Of
america, in Congress assembled, That the
State of Kansas shall be, and is hereby,
declared to be one of the United States
of America, and admitted into the Union
on an equal footing with the original
States, IL all respects whatever. And the
said State shall consist of all the territory
included within the following boundaries,
TO wit: beginning at point on the western
boundary of the State of Missouri, where
the thirty seventh parallel of latitude
crosses the same; thence west on said par
allel to the eastern boundary of New
Mexico; thence north on said boundary to
latitude thirty-eight; thence following
said boundary westward to the eastern
boundary of the Territory of Utah, on
the summit of the Rocky mountains;
thence northward on said summit to the
fortieth parallel of latitude; thence east
on said parallel to the western boundary
of the State of Missouri; thence south
with the western boundary of said State
to the place of beginning: Provided, That
nothing herein contsined respecting the
boundary of State, shall be construed to
impair the rights of person or property
now pertaining to the Indians in said Ter
ritory, so long as such rights shall remain
unextinguished by treaty between the
United States and such Indians, or to in
clude any territory which, by treaty with
such Indian tribe, is not, without the con-
sent of said tribe, to be included within
the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any
State or Territory; but all such territory
shall be excepted out of the boundaries,
and constitute no part of the State of
Kansas, until said tribe shall signify their
assent to the President of the United
States to be included within said State, or
to affect the authority of the government
of the United States to make any regula-
ton respecting such Indians, their lands,
property or other rights, by treaty, law, or
otherwise, which it would have been
competent to make if this act had never
passed.
SEC. 2. AY,d be it further enacted, That
the State of Kansas is admitted into the
Union upon the express condition that
said State shall never interfere with the
primary disposal of the public lands, or
with any regulations which Congress may
find necessary for securing the title in said
lands to the bona fde purchaser and grant,
ees thereof, or impose or levy any tax, as
sessment, or imposition of any description
whatever, upon them or other property of
the United States within The limits of
said State; and that nothing in this act shall
be construed to a6ridge or infringe any right
of the people asserted in the Constitution of
Kansas at all times to alter, reform, or abol-
ish their form Of Government az such manner
as they may think proper Congress hereby
disclaiming any authority to intervene or
or declare the construction of the Constitu-
tiOn Of any State, except to see that it be
Republican IN form, and not IN conflict NTH
the Constitution Of the United States: and
nothing in this act shall be construed as an
assent by Congress to all or any of the
propositions or claims contained in the
ordinance annexed to the said Constitution
of the people of Kansas, nor to deprive
the said State of Kansas of the same
grants, if hereafter made, which were
contained in the act of Congress entitled
z" An act to authorize the people of the
Territory of Minnesota to form Consti-
tuition and State Government preparatory
to admission into the Union on an equal
footing with the original States" approved
February twenty-six, eighteen hundred
and ffty-seven.
See. 8. And be it further enacted, That
until the next general census shall be
taken, and an apportionment of represent
atives made, the State of Kansas shall be
entitled to one representative in the
House of Representatives of the United
States.
SEC. 4. And be 1t further enacted, That
| from and after the admission OF the State
of Kansas, as hereinbefore provided, all
the laws of the United States which are
locally inapplicable shall have the same
force and effect within that State as in
other States of the Union; and the said
State is hereby constituted judicial dis
trict of the United States, within which
a district court, with the like powers and
jurisdiction as the district court of the
United States for the district of Iowa,
shall be established; the judge, attorney,
and marshal of the United States for the
said district of Kansas shall reside within
the same, and shall be entitled to the
same compensation as the Judge. attorney,
and marshal of the district of Iowa.