An Act for the Admission of the States of Iowa and Florida Into the Union. Whereas, the people of the Territory of Iowa did, on the seventh day of October, eighteen hundred and forty-four, by a convention of delegates called and assembled for that purpose, form for themselves a Constitution and State Government; and whereas, the people of the Territory of Florida did in like manner, by their delegates, on the eleventh day of January, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, form for themselves a Constitution and State Government, both of which said Constitutions are republican; and said conventions having asked the admission of their respective Territories into the Union as States, on equal footing with the original States: Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the States of Iowa and Florida be, and the same are hereby declared to be States of the United States of America, and are hereby admitted into the Union on equal footing .with the original States, in all respects whatsoever. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following shall be the boundaries of the said State of Iowa, to wit: Beginning at the mouth of the Des Moines River, at the middle of the Mississippi, thence by the middle of the channel of that river to a parallel of latitude passing through the mouth of the Mankato, or Blue-Earth River, thence west along the said parallel of latitude to a point where it is intersected by a meridian line, seventeen degrees and thirty minutes west of the meridian of Washington city, thence due south to the northern boundary line of the State of Missouri, thence eastwardly, following that boundary to the point at which the same intersects the Des Moines River, thence by the middle of the channel of that river to the place of beginning. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said State of Iowa shall have concurrent jurisdiction on the River Mississippi, and every other river bordering on the said State of Iowa, so far as the said river shall form a common boun dary to said State, and any other State or States now or hereafter to be formed or bounded by the same, such Rivers to be common to both: and that the said river Mississippi, and the navigable waters leading to the same, shall be common highways, and forever free as well to the inhabitants of said State, as to all other citizens of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost, or toll therefor, imposed by the said State of Iowa. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it is made and declared to be a fundamental condition of the admission of said State of Iowa into the Union, that so much of this act as relates to the said State of Iowa shall be assented to by a majority of the qualified electors at their township elections, in the manner and at the time prescribed in the sixth section of the thirteenth article of the Constitution adopted at Iowa city the first day of November, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and forty-four, or by the Legislature of said State. And as soon as such assent shall be given, the President of the United States shall announce the same by proclamation: and therefrom and without further proceedings on the part of Congress, the admission of the said State of Iowa into the Union, on an equal footing, in all respects whatever, with the original States, shall be considered as complete. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That said State of Florida shall embrace the Territories of East and West Florida, which, by the treaty of amity, settlement, and limits between the United States and Spain, on the twenty-second. day of February, eighteen hundred and nineteen, were ceded to the United States. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That until the next census and apportionment shall be made, each of said States of Iowa and Florida shall be entitled to one Representative in the House of Representatives of the United States. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That said States of Iowa and Florida are admitted into the Union on the express condition that they shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the public lands lying within them, nor levy any tax on the same whilst remaining the property of the United States: Provided, that the ordinance of the convention that formed the Constitution of Iowa, and which is appended to the said Constitution, shall not be deemed or taken to have any effect or validity, or to be recognized as in any manner obligatory upon the Government of the United States. Approved, March 3, 1845. ACT ADOPTING REVISION Act of the Legislature of 1919, APPROVING, ADOPTING AND ENACTING THE REVISED GENERAL STATUTES OF FLORIDA, AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLI CATION THEREOF. (Note. The section numbers referred to in sections 7, 8. 10 of the fol lowing Act are numbers contained in the edition of the Revision submitted to the Legislature of 1919.) CHAPTER 7838.—(No. 56). AN ACT to Approve, Adopt and Enact the Revised General Statutes of Florida, Prepared by James E. Calkins, Commissioner, Under Direction, and by Authority of the Legislature of Florida, with Certain Amendments Thereto; to Provide for Printing, Publication, Sale, and Distribution Thereof, and Making Appropriations for the Printing, Publication and Distribution Thereof. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Revision Adopted. That the accompanying compilation and revision of the public statutes of the State of Florida of a general and permanent nature, prepared by James E. Calkins, Commissioner, under the provisions of Chapted 6930, Acts of 1915, and Chapter 7347, Acts of 1917, except as otherwise provided herein, be and the same is hereby adopted and enacted as statute law under the title of "The Revised General Statutes of Florida." Section 2. Statutes Repealed. That every statute of a general and permanent nature enacted by the State of Florida, or by the Territory of Florida, and every part of such statute not included in said Revised General Statutes of Florida, or recognized and continued in force by reference therein, is hereby repealed. Sction 3. Local Laws Not Repealed.-That no special or local statute is repealed hereby, and for the purpose of this saving from repeal, any statute of any of the following classes shall be taken to be included in such exception, namely: (a) Any statute for or concerning only a certain County or certain designated Counties. |