Later the same day the count of the electoral vote was continued and conIcluded and Indiana's three electoral votes were counted for James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins. (Annals, 14th Congress, 2d Session, 943-950.)

Meantime, on December 2, 1816, on motion of Mr. Jeremiah Morrow of Ohio, a resolution was adopted by the Senate providing for the appointment of a committee "to inquire whether any, and if any, what, legislative measures may be necessary for admitting the State of Indiana into the Union, or for extending to that State the laws of the United States." The committee appointed consisted of Jeremiah Morrow of Ohio, David Daggett of Connecticut and James Barbour of Virginia. On December 4, 1816, this committee reported the following resolution.

[Annals, 14th Congress, 2d Session, 18.]

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the State of Indiana, having formed to themselves a constitution and State government, conformable to the Constitution and laws of the United States, and to the principles of the articles of compact between the original States, and the people and States to be formed in the Territory Northwest of the river Ohio, passed on the 13th day of July, 1787, the said State shall be, and is hereby declared to be, one of the United States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever.

The resolution was not entirely satisfactory and on the following day, December 5, on motion of Mr. Morrow, the chairman of the select committee, the resolution was recommitted to that committee for further consideration. On December 6, the committee reported the resolution in a somewhat different form. The resolution passed the Senate the same day and was adopted by the Senate on December 9 without a dissenting vote.

[Annals, 14th. Congress, 2d. Session, 1348.]

WHEREAS, in pursuance of an act of Congress, passed on the nineteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, entitled "An act to enable the people of the Indiana Territory to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of that State into the Union," the people of the said Territory did, on the twenty-ninth day of June, in the present year, by a convention called for that purpose, form for themselves a constitution and State government, which constitution and State government, so formed, is republican, and in conformity with the principles of the articles of compact between the original States and the people and States in the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio,

passed on the thirteenth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven:

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the State of Indiana shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever. Approved, December 11, 1816.

57.

Execution of Federal Laws in Indiana (March 3, 1817).

Besides formally admitting Indiana to the Union, it was necessary, as was anticipated in Mr. Morrow's resolution of December 2, 1816, to provide "for extending to that State the laws of the United States." Accordingly, a bill to provide for the execution of the laws in the State of Indiana was reported to the Senate by the Judiciary Committee on January 2, 1817; the bill passed the Senate on January 31 and the House on March 1, and was approved on March 3.

[Annals, 14th Congress, 2d Session, 1337.]

AN ACT to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the State of Indiana.

Be it enacted, etc., 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 Indiana as elsewhere within the United States.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said State shall be one district, and be called the Indiana 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, two sessions annually, on the first Mondays in May and November, and he shall, in all things, have and exercise the same jurisdiction and powers which were, by law, given to the judge of the Kentucky district, under an act, entitled "An act to establish the judicial courts of the United States." 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, the same fees to which the clerk of the Kentucky district is enti!led for similar services.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be allowed to the judge of the said district court the annual compensation of one thousand dollars, to commence from the date of his appoint

ment, to be paid quarter yearly at the Treasury of the United States.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be appointed in the said district a person learned in the law, to act as attorney for the United States, who shall, in addition to his stated fees, be paid by the United States two hundred dollars, as a full compensation for all extra services.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That a marshal shall be appointed for said district, who shall perform the same duties; be subject to the same regulations and penalties, and be entitled to the same fees, as are prescribed to marshals in other districts; and shall moreover, be entitled to the sum of two hundred dollars annually, as a compensation for all extra services.

Approved, March 3, 1817.