The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-04-01
THE KANSAS BILL.

The following is the Kansas bill as it passed
-A:BiN for Me admission of tie State of Kansas
80 into the Union.
Whereas the people of the Territory of Kun J..
sas did, by u convention of delegates called and
3 assembled at Lecompton, on the 18th day of De-
'scember, 1857, for that purpose, form TO them
Z selves constitution aud State government, which
. said constitution is Republican, and the said con-
!. ycntion having asked the admission of said Ter
siforv Into the Union State un equal foot
ing with the original States.
Be it enacted ty the Senate and Uonsc Of Rep.
rssentatiyes of Mc Unitci States or .im"rica az
Congress assembled, That the State of Kansas
. ;ehuil be- and is hereby declared to he, one of
the United States Of America, and admitted into
the Union equal footing with the or, na
States, in all respects whatever. And the said
State shall consist Of all the territory Included
within the following boundaries to wit: Begin
ming 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 parall to the Eastern boundary
Of New Mexico; thence North on said bouldary
to latitude thrty-eight; thence following, said
boundary westward to the Eastern boundary of
tho Territory of Utah, on the summit OF the
Rocky Mountains: thence mort Inward on said sum
nit to the fortieth parallel of latitude. thence
East OH said parallel to the W cSirrn boundary of
the State of Missouri; thence South with the
Western boundary of said 81 ate tn the place of
beginning Prorieicd, That nothing herein
tanned respecting the boundary of raid State
shall bc construed to impair The rights of person
"r property now pertaining I" the Indians in said
Territory, so long such rights shall remain tiIl-
cNinguiShcdby treaty brtw"en the United States
and such Indians, or to incln'lc any territory
which. by treaty with such ln.an tribe, is not,
without the couccut of said I Iilr. to hc included
within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any
State territory; but all >tic territory shall he
excepted out nf the boundaries and constitute II"
part of The State Of Kansas, until said tribe siia.
signify their assent To the prcsi.lrntof the United
States to be included within said State, or To af-
feet the authority Of the Government of the
United States TO make amy regulations respecting
such Indians, their lands, property, other
rights, by treaty, law, or "ihcrwSr which it
would have been competent To make If this act
had never passed.
SEC 9 lind be IL furih,r rnac,,L That the
State Of Kansas is adnult.'l int" the L Mon upon
the express condition that said State shall never
interfere with the primary di>r"sa "t the public
lands, with any regulations which Congress
may find necessary for securing. the title in said
lands to the bona fide purchaser aud grantees
thereof, impose or levy any tax. assessment ur
imposition Of any desert ptiun whatever, upon
them other PROPERTY Of The United States with
in the limits Of said State; and that nothing in
this act shall he construed To :,hriJac infringe
any right of the people :sSrr;r;! i'll the Constu.
tion OF Kansas ut all times to alter, reform, or
abolish their form of Government in such man
ner aSsthcv may think prnpcr-CongrrSs hereby
disclaimng any authority To intervene or declare
the construction Of the Constitution of any State
except to That it be Republican in form, and
not in conf ct with the Constitution Of the United
States; and nothing in this shall be construed
rs an assent by Congress tq all any of the pro-
positions claims contained in the "rdiance an
neXed to the said Constitution Of the people of
Kansas, nor TO deprive the said State of Kansas
Of the same grants, if hereafter male, which
IN ri, s,f
"An act to authorize the people of The Tertiary
of Minnesota To fern Il Constitution and STATE,
government preparatory t. admission into tho
Union on an equal footing with the original
States. approved February twenty SIN, eighteen
hundred AMI fifty seven.
SEC. 3. Il nd DC IL further cnacic.L That until
tue next general census shall be- taken aud an
appointment of representatives, made, the State
OF Kansns shall be entitled to Representative
in the House of Representatives of the United
States
SEC. 4. 1imd be IL Eurt,,s enacted, That from
and after the adnlss33., of the State of Kansas.
Hs herein before provided, all the laws of the
United States which ary not locally in"rplicablc
shall have the same force aud effect within that
State in other States Of the Union; and the
said Stnte is hereby constituted judicial dstrc;
OF the United States, within which II district
court, with the like powers and jurisdiction as
the District Court Of the United States fr the dis
trct of Iowa. shall be esi;,bliS,rd The Judge at
torney and marshal of the L nitrd STATES for the
said district of Kansas shall reside within the
SAME, and shall tie entitled the sam. co,n,rn-
sation, as the judge, attorney, aud marshal Of the
district Of Iowa.
The vote being taken. result was announced.
yeas 3d. nays 25-as follows:
Yeas-Mcssrs Allen, Bayarl, Bright Birlcr,
Benjamin, Bggs. Brown, Clay, Evans. Fitch,
Fitzpatrick, Green Gwin, Hammond IIentIrr-
son. llouslon. Iirnter, Iverson. Johnson Of Arkam-
sns, Johnson Of Tennessee. Jones' Kennedy, Nal
l"ry. Mason, Pearce, Polk, :i"basti"n. SlidcII,
Thompson of Kentucky, Thompson af New Jcr.
sey. Toonbs, Wright and Yuce-33
Ndps-Messrs. Bell, Broderick, Chon,llrr Clark,
Collmar, Crtenden, Dixon. Doo.ii,!-, Douglas,
Durkee, Fcsse"den. Foot. Foster Hale, IIa,nlin,
Harlan, King. Pugh Seward Simmons, Stuart,
Sumner, TrumbulI, Wade aud W lsom.-25
Absent, OF not votng-Ncssrs. Bates Came
ION, buvs and Reid