, 1876-01-08
annexation TO Oregon

Ler l., lS.D, MI ArI4! ASNS- anu - uuAu-
imous consent, bt4ined leave 10 bring IN the
following bill; which was read twice. refer
red to the committee ou Territories. and or
dered to be printed.
! bill conforming the jocrdaIies Of the State Of
OREGON 10 those fixed an1 defined IN the corstitU-
tiou of that state IS presented 10 Congress when
applying, Tor aiInIssUa into the Cnlon.
SEC. l. Be # ella,teI 30 the Senate and House Of
RepyeqRtatites or the UaGsa Nates Of -iaertoq u.
Congress assembled, That tine State Of Oregon
shall be bounded as follows, 'o-wlt: Begin
ming one mdriue league tsa due west from
from the point where tia fUcty-secund par
allel Of north latitude intersects the same
thence uortherly st the same distance from
! the line uf the coast, lying west and opposite
the middle Of the north ship-channel ot the
Columbia River; thence ea<rerly 70 and up
The middle chuuuel OF said river, and where
il Is divided by islands, up the middle Of the
wiits It channel thereof 10 the mouth Of
the ShuehuurS or Snake River; thence
up the middle Of the main channel Ot
sad Sho-h"ne~ or Snake River to the mouth
If the Owyhee River thence west along sgid
parallel 10 he place Of beginning, the sand
boundaries being III conformity with the
original bouudarIes of stId Stale, as fixed and
determined IN the constitution thereof when
presented by SAID State upon applying Tor
admission INTO the UniJa; and also in con-
fJrmIty with two memorials 10 Congress
adopted by the legislature Of Oregon on the
eighteenth day ot October, eighteen hundred
ana seventy, and the second day Of October,
eighteen hundred and seventy-two: Fr0riAd,
That the question OF re-adjustmeut of the
;he boundaries Of said State shall be Submit
ted TO 4 vote Of the legal voters residing in
that portion of the Territory o. Washington
iAcl uded within the boundaries OF SAID ) ate
as herein defined, IN the manner and the time
hereinafter provided.
SEC , That ut the general election next
10 be holden alter he passage OF rhiS act, IN
the counties of Waltt v Naila and Culum bia,
in the Territory OF Washington. for the eler-
ri0u Of members Of he territorial assembly,
the quail ii-d voters OF said counties shall de-
eide by woe the question whether those
counties shall DO included within the boun-
diaries Of The State OF Oregon us herein pre-
scrlbed that notice Of said election shall be
gwen and puS,ed IN the respective election
districts or precincts in Paii counties, III the
same manner as notices OF other elections un-
der the laws OF said Territory are required 10
/ BE- given and posted that at said election
each legal voter entitled to vote III said cogn-
'ics fur members of the territorial assembly Of
! siid Territory shall be entitled to vote for or
a,aInst said proposition, and the form Of the
/ vote shall be 4" annexation, yes, OF - An
ncXAlIon, no" SAID election shall bs held
/ and gUveIAed, the votes given and counted,
/ and lac return made and cluvasS-d in all re-
( speeds under the laws Of the Territory OF
/ Washington goverulrs, elections therein, ex-
/ cep' a. herein otherwise provided. and II 4,
/ shall appear from the canvass OF the return,
/ Uf The vote upon said proposition that ma
/ lorty has been given III favor Of q" GnHcXa-
/ Uuu, then, and ia Jhar case, the auditors oi
/ The county ot Walia WHl!a and Columbia,
nnd,r their If. I.I sral-, shtiI make and Ger
/ t.iy an abstract O. slIi votes IN IrIp!icIte,
ou1 uI Inch crrlIti.alreS certified us a uIrSAii
/ they >hall transmit 10 the secretary Of the
! Territory OF Washington, and one shall bt
/ transmitted 10 The secretary OF Oregon, aud
/ the other shall be Transmitted 10 the PreSi'
/ dent of the United ) a,es; that upon the re,
! crlPt OF the SAID certified abstracts nt the
/ The auditors Of the conn - afor--aId by th-
! President OF the United Safes, II tn same be
III cue form ana accordance with the pTJ,
visions 0t this ac:, aud II shs! further appear
JAereiTom that majority OF the votes cast il
sand counties we're gwen IL favor Ot auuNa
/ ton, h. shall thereupon issue his prUcla'
! NATION declaring the result OF said election
and the boundaries OF the State of Oregon t,
b. rs fixed and determined in this act. From
the date Of sand procIarng,ion, the jurisdicuor
OF the State OF Oregon shall extend over ;ha
part Of the Territory Of Washington included
Ia the boundaries Of the said Stale as herein
fixed and de ermIncd.
SIC 8. That instead Of the question G.
annexation being submitted to the vO ers o
Walla Walla and Columbia counties at 4
general election, aS provided III the last sc
u3n, II may be done at special election
/ Whenever no: less than three hundred lrga
voters residing within the territory propose
10 DO annexed TO Oregon may petition tbs
governor OF Washington Territory TO call 4,
special election for that purpose, 1t shall b,
his duty, within thirty days after the presen
tation OF such petition, 10 appoint q day to
holding said special election, IN each Of sAil
countIrS, not less than thirty nor moce thar
slxty days thereafter, which election shall Z,
cunducred and the returns certified in tn
manner -. forth III the last section.