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ACT of April 8, 1812. 4 Bioren, 402.

An act for the admission of the state of Louisiana into the union, and to extend the laws of the United States to the said state.

6. Whereas the representatives of the people of all that part of the territory or country ceded, under the name of "Louisiana," by the treaty made at Paris, on the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and three, between the United States and France, contained within the following limits; that is to say: beginning at the mouth of the river Sabine; thence, by a line to be drawn along the middle of said river, including all islands to the thirty-second degree of latitude; thence, due north, to the northernmost part of the thirty third degree of north latitude; thence, along the said parallel of latitude, to the river Mississippi, thence, down the said river, to the river Iberville; and from thence, along the middle of the said river, and lakes Maurepas and Ponchartrain, to the gulf of Mexico; thence, bounded by the said gulf, to the place of beginning; including all islands within three leagues of the coast; did, on the twenty-second day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, form for themselves a constitution and state government, and give to the said state the name of the state of Louisiana, in pursuance of an act of congress, entitled "An act to enable the people of the territory of Orleans to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of the said state into the Union, on an equal footing with the original states, and for other purposes:" And the said constitution having been transmitted to congress, and by them being hereby approved; therefore,

7. SEC. 1. The said state 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, by the name and title of the state of Louisiana: Provided, That it shall be taken as a condition upon which the said state is incorporated in the union, that the river Mississippi, and the navigable rivers and waters leading into the same, and into the gulf of Mexico, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said state as to the inhabitants of other states, and the territories of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost, or toll, therefor, imposed by the said state; and that the above condition, and also all other the condition and terms contained in the third section of the act, the title whereof is hereinbefore recited, shall be considered, deemed, and taken, fundamental conditions and terms, upon which the said state is incorporated in the union.

8. SEC. 11. Until the next general census and appointment of representatives, the said state shall be entitled to one representative in the house of representatives of the United States; and all the laws of the United States, not locally inapplicable, shall be extended to the said state, and shall have the same force and effect within the same as elsewhere within the United States.

(ACT of March 3d, 1820.)

9. SEC. III. Nothing in this act shall be construed to repeal the fourth section of an act, entitled "An act for laying and collecting duties on imports and tonnage within the territories ceded to the United States, by the treaty of the thirtieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and three, between the United States and the French republic, and for other purposes;" and the collection district shall be and remain as thereby established.

[See DUTIES, local regulations, 39, ante page 291.]

ACT of April 14, 1812. 4 Bioren, 409.

An act to enlarge the limits of the state of Louisiana.

10. SEC. I. In case the legislature of the state of Louisiana, shall consent thereto, all that tract of country comprehended within the following bounds, to wit: beginning at the junction of the Iberville, with the river Mississippi; thence, along the middle of the Iberville, the river Amite and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the eastern mouth of the Pearl river; thence, up the eastern branch of the Pearl river to the thirty-first degree of north latitude; thence, along the said degree of latitude to the river Mississippi; thence, down the said river to the place of beginning; shall become and form a part of the said state of Louisiana, and be subject to the constitution and laws thereof, in the same manner, and for all intents and purposes; as if it had been included within the original boundaries of the said state.

SEC. 11. It shall be incumbent upon the legislature of the state of Louisiana, in case they consent to the incorporation of the territory aforesaid, within their limits, at the first session to make provision by law for the representation of the said territory in the legislature of the state, upon the principles of the constitution, and for the securing to the people of the said territory equal rights, privileges, benefits, and advantages, with those enjoyed by the people of the other part of the state; which law shall be liable to revision, modification, and amendment by congress, and also in the manner provided for the amendment of the state constitution, but shall not be liable to change or amendment by the legislature of the state.

MAINE.

. ACT of March 3, 1820. Pamphlet edit. 11.

An act for the admission of the state of Maine into the Union.

Whereas, by an act of the state of Massachusetts, passed on

(ACT of July 11th, 1798.)

the nineteenth day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, entitled, "An act relating to the separation of the District of Maine from Massachusetts Proper, and forming the same into a separate and independent state," the people of that part of Massachusetts heretofore known as the District of Maine, did, with the consent of the legislature of said state of Massachusetts, form themselves into an independent state, and did establish a constitution for the government of the same, agreeably to the provisions of the said act-Therefore,

From and after the fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, the state of Maine 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.

[See CONGRESS, 26, ante page 132.]

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ACT of July 11, 1798. 3 Bioren, 95.

An act for the establishing and organizing a marine corps,

1. SEC. 1. In addition to the present military establishment, there shall be raised and organized a corps of marines, which shall consist, &c. [see Infra, 12.] and the said corps may be formeð into as many companies, or detachments, as the president of the United States shall direct, with a proper distribution of the commissioned and noncommissioned officers and musicians to each company or detachment.

2. SEC. 11. The pay and subsistence of the said officers, privates, and musicians, shall be as follows, to wit: to a major, fifty dollars per month, and four rations per day; to a captain, forty dollars per month, and three rations per day; to a first lieutenant, thirty dǝllars per month, and three rations per day; to a second lieutenant, twenty-five dollars per month, and two rations per day; and to the noncommissioned officers, privates, and musicians, conformably to the act, entitled, "An act providing a naval armament,' as shall be fixed by the president of the United States: and the president of the United States shall be, and is hereby authorised

(ACT of July 11th, 1798.)

to continue the enlistment of marines, until the said corps shall be complete: and, of himself, to appoint the commissioned officers, whenever, in the recess of the senate, an appointment shall be necessary. And the enlistments, which shall be made by virtue hereof, may be for the term of three years, subject to be discharged by the president of the United States, or by the ceasing or repeal of the laws providing for the naval armament. And if the marine corps, or any part of it, shall be ordered by the president to do duty on shore, and it shall become necessary to appoint an adjutant, paymaster, quartermaster, sergeant major, quartermaster sergeant, and drum and fife major, or any of them, the major or commandant of the corps is hereby authorised to appoint such staff officer or officers, from the line of subalterns, sergeants, and music, respectively, who shall be entitled, during the time they shall do such duty, to the same extra pay and emoluments which are allowed by law to officers acting in the same capacities in the infantry.

3. SEC. 11. Detachments of the corps of marines hereby authorised, shall be made in lieu of the respective quotas of marines which have been established or authorised for the frigates, and other armed vessels and galleys, which shall be employed in the service of the United States: and the president of the United States may detach and appoint such of the officers of this marine corps to act on board the frigates, and any of the armed vessels of the United States, respectively, as he shall, from time to time, judge necessary, any thing in the act "providing a naval armament" to the contrary hereof notwithstanding.

4. SEC. IV. The officers, noncommissioned officers, privates, and musicians, aforesaid, shall take the same oath, and shall be gov. erned by the same rules and articles of war, as are prescribed for the military establishment of the United States, and by the rules for the regulation of the navy, heretofore, or which shall be, established by law, according to the nature of the service in which they shall be employed, an! shall be entitled to the same allowance, in case of wounds or disabilities, according to their respective ranks, as are granted by the act "to ascertain and fix the military establishment of the United States."

5. SEc. v. The commissioned officers, musicians, seamen, and marines, who are or shall be enlisted into the service of the United States; and the noncommissioned officers and musicians, who are or shall be enlisted into the army of the United States, shall be, and they are hereby exempted, during their term of service, from all personal arrests, for any debt or contract.

6. SEC. vi. The marine corps, established by this act, shall, at at any time, be liable to do duty in the forts and garrisons of the United States, on the seacoast, or any other duty on shore, as the president, at his discretion, shall direct.

ACT of April 22, 1800. 3 Bioren, 344.

7. SEC. 1. A lieutenant colonel commandant shall be appointed to command the corps of marines, and shall be entitled to the same pay and emoluments as a lieutenant colonel in the army of the United States; any thing in the act for the establishing and organizing a marine corps to the contrary notwithstanding; and that the office of major of the said corps shall thereafter be abolished.

ACT of March 3, 1809. 4 Bioren, 224.

An act authorising an augmentation of the marine corps.

8. SEC. 1. [Provides for the augmentation of the corps. [See Infra, 12.]

9. SEC. 1. From and after the passage of this act, all enlistments in the said corps shall be for the term of five years, unless sooner discharged; any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

ACT of April 16, 1814. 4 Bioren, 685.

An act authorising an augmentation of the marine corps, and for other purposes.

10. SEC. 1. [Provides for the further augmentation of the corps, See Infra, 12.]

SEC. 11. The adjutant, paymaster, and quartermaster, of the marine corps, may be taken either from the line of captains or subalterns, and the said officers shall, respectively, receive thirty dollars per month, in addition to their pay in the line, in full of all emoluments.

11. SEC. 11. The president of the United States is hereby au thorised to confer brevet rank on such officers of the marine corps as shall distinguish themselves by gallant actions or meritorious conduct, or who shall have served ten years in any one grade: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to entitle officers so brevetted to any additional pay or emolumerts, except when commanding separate stations or detachments, when they shall be entitled to and receive the same pay and emoluments which officers of the same grades are now, or hereafter may be, allowed by law.

ACT of March 3, 1817. Pamphlet edit, 251.

An act to fix the peace establishment of the marine corps.

12. SEC. I. The peace establishment of the marine corps shall consist of the following officers, noncommissioned officers, musicians and privates, viz: one lieutenant colonel commandant, nine captains, twenty-four first lieutenants, sixteen second lieutenants, one adjutant and inspector, one paymaster, and one quarter-master, to be taken from the said captains and lieutenants, seventy-three cor

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