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TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C1-r. 54. 1847. 179 ted States of America, and is hereby admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the assent ·of Congress is hereby given to the change of boundary proposed in the first article Change vfbvunof said constitution, to wit: leaving the boundary line prescribed in d"y’&°‘ the act of Congress entitled "An Act to enable the People of Wiscon- 1846, 4:1;.89. sin Territory to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the Admission of such State into the Union," at the iirst rapids in the River St. Louis, thence in a direct line southwardly to a point fifteen miles east of the most easterly point in Lake St. Croix, thence due south to the main channel of the Mississippi River or Lake Pepin, thence down the said main channel, as prescribed in said act. Sec. 3. And be it furtlter enacted, That the assent of Congress is Assent0f C¤¤· hereby given to the resolutions adopted by said convention and ap- ,:,9 pended to said constitution, and the acts of Congress referred to in nee relative to said resolutions are hereby amended so that the lands thereby granted g":,“fl °[ l‘*“‘l§· and the proceeds thereof, and the five per centurn of the net proceeds 22nd_ c J pu ° ' of the public lands, may be held and disposed of by said State, in the manner and for the purposes recommended by said convention: Pro- P,,,,,,,,_ vided, however, That the liabilities incurred by the territorial government of lrVisconsin, under the act entitled "An Act to grant a Quan- 1838, ch.114. tity of Land to the Territory of \Visconsin, for the Purpose of aiding in opening a Canal to connect the Waters of Lake Michigan with those of Rock River," shall be paid and discharged by said State: And provided, further, That the even-numbered sections along the route Pi-lee of public of said proposed canal shall be brought into market, and sold at the hudssame minimum price, and subject to the same rights of preemption to all the settlers thereon, at the passage of this act, as other public lands of the United States. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it is made and decla.red to 11=¤¤¤¥¢f<>_¤ xrbe a fundamental condition of the admission of said State of Wiscon- ;;"},i:e‘g`;;l;°;f,°;,? sin into the Union, that the constitution adopted at Madison, on the digon of admissixteenth day of December, in the year one thousand eight hundred °i°¤· and forty-six, shall be assented to by the qualified electors, in the manner and at the times prescribed in the ninth section of the twentieth article of said constitution. And as soon as such assent shall be given, the President of the United States shall announce the same president to by proclamation; and therefrom, and without any further proceedings :{*¤k° P'°°l**m“‘ on the part of Congress, the admission of said State of Wisconsin m' into the Union, on an equal footing in all respects whatever with the original States, shall be considered as complete. Armovnn, March 3, 1847. Can. LIV.—.9n Act to create an additional Land District in the Territory March 3, 13-1-7. of Wisconsin, and for ot/ter Purjmses. ·—·—;——— Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that por- C,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, tion of the public lands lying within the Territory of Vlfisconsin, Disuiet created. north and west of the following boundary, to wit: commencing at the Mississippi River on the line between townships twenty-two and B¤¤nd¤¤1· twenty-three north, running thence east along said line to the fourth principal meridian, thence north along said meridian line to the line dividing townships twenty-nine and thirty, thence east along said township line to the Wisconsin River, thence up the main channel of said river to the boundary line between the State of Michigan and the Territory of Wisconsiri, shall form a land district, to be called the Chippewa Land District; and, for the sale of the lands in said district,