Provided, The same shall be republican and not repugnant to the ordinance of the 13th of July, 1787, between the original States and the people and States of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio. Approved 30th April, 1802.

D No. 3.

Extract from the 7th article of the Constitution of the State of Ohio.

SEC. 6. That the limits and boundaries of this State be ascertained, it is declared, that they are as hereafter mentioned, that is to say: bounded on the east by the Pennsylvania line, on the south by the Ohio river to, the mouth of the Great Miami river, on the west by the line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami river aforesaid, and on the north by an east and west line drawn through the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan, running east after intersecting the due north line aforesaid, from the mouth of the Great Miami until it shall intersect, Lake Erie or the territorial line, and thence with the same through Lake Erie to the Pennsylvania line aforesaid: Provided always, and it is hereby fully understood and declared by this Convention, That if the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan should extend so far south that a line drawn due east from it should not intersect Lake Erie, or if it should intersect the said Lake Erie east of the mouth of the Miami river of the Lake, then and in that case, with the assent of the Congress of the United States, the northern boundary of this State shall be established by, and extended to, a direct line running from the southern extremity of Lake Michigan to the most northerly cape of the Miami bay, after intersecting the due north line from the mouth of the Great Miami river as aforesaid, thence northeast to the territorial line, and by the said territorial line, to the Pennsylvania line.

D No. 4.

AN ACT for dividing the Indiana Territory into two separate Governments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the first day of March next, all that part of the Indiana Territory which lies west of the Wabash river, and a direct line drawn from the said Wabash river and Post Vincennes, due north, to the territorial line between the United States and Canada, shall, for the purpose of temporary government, constitute a separate. Territory, and be called Illi

nois.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be established. within the said Territory, a Government, in all respects similar to that provided by the ordinance of Congress, passed on the 13th day of July, 1787, for the government of the Territory of the United States, Northwest of the River Ohio, and by an act passed on the 7th day of August, 1789, entitled "An act to provide for the government of the Territory Northwest of the

River Ohio; and the inhabitants thereof shall be entitled to and enjoy all and singular the rights, privileges and advantages, granted and secured to the people of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio, by the said ordinance.

Approved February 3, 1809.

D No. 5.

AN ACT to enable the people of the Indiana Territory to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the admission of such State into the Union, on an equal footing with the original States.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the inhabitants of the Territory of Indiana be, and they are hereby authorized to form for themselves a constitution and State Government, and to assume such name as they shall deem proper; and the said State, when formed, shall be admitted into the Union, upon the same footing with the original States, in all respects whatever.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That the said State shall consist of all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit: bounded on the east by the meridian line, which forms the western boundary of the State of Ohio; on the south by the river Ohio, from the mouth of the Great Miami river to the mouth of the river Wabash; on the west by a line drawn along the middle of the Wabash, from its mouth to a point where a due north line drawn from the town of Vincennes would last touch the northwestern shore of the said river; and from thence, by a due north line, until the same shall intersect an east and west line, drawn through a point ten miles north of the southern extreme of Lake, Michigan; on the north by the said east and west line, until the same shall intersect the first mentioned meridian line which forms the western boundary of the State of Ohio: Provided, that the convention hereinafter provided for, when formed, shall ratify the boundaries aforesaid; otherwise they shall be and remain as now prescribed by the ordinance for the government of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio: Provided also, that the said State shall have concurrent jurisdiction on the river Wabash, with the State to be formed west thereof, so far as the said river shall form a common boundary to both.

SECTION 4. And be it further enacted, That the members of the convention thus duly elected be, and they are hereby, authorized to meet at the seat of the Government of the said Territory, on the second Monday of June next; which convention, when met, shall first determine, by a majority of the whole number elected, whether it be or be not expedient at · that time to form a constitution and State Government for the people within the said Territory; and if it be determined to be expedient, the convention shall be, and hereby are, authorized to form a constitution and State Government: or if it be deemed more expedient, the said convention shall provide by ordinance for electing representatives to form a constitution or frame of government, which said representatives shall be chosen in such manner, and in such proportion, and shall meet at such time and place as shall be prescribed by the said ordinance, and shall then form, for

the people of said Territory, a constitution and State Government: Provided, that the same, whenever formed, shall be republican, and not repugnant to those articles of the ordinance of the 13th of July, 1787, which are declared to be irrevocable between the original States and the people and States of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, excepting so much of said articles as relate to the boundaries of the States therein to be formed.

Approved, April 19, 1816.

D No. 6.

AN ACT to enable the people of the Illinois Territory, to form a constitution and State Government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of he United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the inhabitants of the Territory of Illinois be, and they are hereby, authorized to form for themselves a constitution and State Government, and to assume such name as they shall deem proper; and the said State, when formed, shall be admitted into the Union upon the same footing with the original States, in all respects whatever.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said State shall consist of all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at the mouth of the Wabash river; thence up the same, and with the line of Indiana, to the northwest corner of the said State; thence east with the line of the same State, to the middle of Lake Michigan; thence north along the middle of said lake, to north latitude 42° 30'; thence west to the middle of the Mississippi river; and thence down along the middle of that river, to the confluence with the Ohio river; and thence up the latter river, along its northwestern shore, to the beginning: Provided, That the convention herein after provided for, when formed, shall ratify the boundaries aforesaid; otherwise they shall be and remain as now prescribed by the ordinance for the government of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio: Provided also, That the said State shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the State of Indiana, on the Wabash river, so far as said river shall form a common boundary to both, and also concurrent jurisdiction on the Mississippi river with any State or States to be formed west thereof, so far as said river shall form a common boundary to both.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all that part of the territory of the United States, lying north of the State of Indiana, and which was included in the former Indiana Territory, together with that part of the Illinois Territory, which is situated north of, and not included within, the boundaries prescribed by this act, to the State thereby authorized to be formed, shall be, and hereby is attached to, and made a part of the Michigan Territory, from and after the formation of the said State; subject, nevertheless, to be hereafter disposed of by Congress, according to the right reserved in the fifth article of the ordinance aforesaid; and the inhabitants therein shall be entitled to the same privileges and immunities, and subject to the same rules and regulations, in all respects, with the other citizens of the Michigan Territory.

Approved, April 18, 1818.

D No. 7.

Extracts from an act, approved April 7th, 1798, ch. 45, vol. 3. Laws U.S. page 39, entitled, "An act for an amicable settlement of the limits with the State of Georgia, and authorizing the establishment of a Government in the Mississippi Territory."

SECTION 3. Be it further enacted, That all that tract of country, bounded on the west by the Mississippi, on the north by a line to be drawn due east from the mouth of the Yasous to the Chattahoochee river, on the east by the river Chattahoochee, and on the south by the thirty-first degree north latitude, shall be, and hereby is, constituted one district, to be called the Mississippi Territory: and the President of the United States is hereby authorized to establish therein a Government, in all respects similar to that now exercised in the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, excepting and including the last article of the ordinance made for the government thereof by the late Congress, on the thirteenth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and by, and with the consent of the Senate, to appoint all the necessary officers therein.

SECTION 4. Be it further enacted, That the Territory hereby constituted one district, for the purposes of government, may, at the discretion of Congress, be hereafter divided into two districts, with separate Territorial Governments in each, similar to that established by this act.

SECTION 6. Be it further enacted, That, from and after the establishment of the said Government, the people of the aforesaid Territory shall be entitled to, and enjoy, all and singular, the rights, privileges, and advantages, granted to the people of the United States northwest of the river Ohio, in and by the aforesaid ordinance of the thirteenth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, in as full and ample a manner as the same are possessed and enjoyed by the people of the same last mentioned Territory.

D No. 8.

Extract from an act to enlarge the boundaries of the Mississippi Territory, approved May 14, 1812, ch. 407, vol. 4, Laws U. S. page 432.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted, &c. That, all that portion of territory lying east of Pearl river, west of the Perdido, and south of the thirty-first degree of latitude, be, and the same is hereby, annexed to the Mississippi Territory, to be governed by the laws now in force therein, or which may hereafter be enacted, and the laws and ordinances of the United States relative. thereto, in like manner as if the same had originally formed a part of said Territory; and until otherwise provided by law, the inhabitants of the said district hereby annexed to the Mississippi Territory shall be entitled to one representative in the General Assembly thereof.

D No. 9.

Extract from an act, entitled "An act to enable the people of the western part of the Mississippi to form a constitution and State Government," approved March 1, 1817, ch. 119, vol. 6, page 175, laws U.S.

SECTION 2. Be it further enacted, That the said State shall consist of all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit: beginning on the river Mississippi, at the point where the southern boundary line of the State of Tennessee strikes the same; thence east, along the said boundary line, to the Tennessee river; thence up the same to the mouth of Bear creek; thence by a direct line to the northwest corner of the county of Washington; thence due south to the Gulf of Mexico; thence westwardly, including all the islands within six leagues of the shore, to the most eastern junction of Pearl river with Lake Borgne; thence up said river to the thirty-first degree of north latitude; thence west along the said degree of latitude to the Mississippi river; thence up the same to the beginning.

An Act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the State of Ohio.

Whereas the people of the eastern division of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio did, on the 29th day of November, one thousand eight hundred and two, form for themselves a constitution and State Government, and did give to the said State the name of the "State of Ohio," in pursuance of an act of Congress, entitled "An act to enable the people of the eastern division of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio to form a constitution and State Government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and for other purposes," whereby the said State has become one of the United States of America in order, therefore, to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the said State of Ohio:

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all the laws of the United States, which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said State of Ohio as elsewhere within the United States.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the said State shall be one district, and be called the Ohio district; and a district court shall be held therein, to consist of one judge, who shall reside in the said district, and be called. a district judge. He shall hold, at the seat of government of the said State, three sessions, annually, the first to commence on the first Monday in June next, and the two other sessions, progressively, on the like Monday of every fourth calendar month afterwards: and he shall, in all things, have and exercise the same jurisdiction and powers which are by law given to the judge of the Kentucky district. He shall appoint a clerk for the said district, who shall reside and keep the records of the court at the place of holding the same, and shall receive for the services performed by him,