IN SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.

 DEC. l 1lth, lSi4.
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IN SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.

 DEc. llth, 1874. Agreeably to notice, Mir BENTON asked aud obtained leave to bring in the follow ing bill which was read, passed to a sec ond reading, and ordered to be printed.

 A BILL

 To provide for the annexation of Texas to the

 United States.

 Be it cRacied by thc Senate and House ot Representations of He Umied Siates ot' .a- 8lerjca iR Congress assembled, That the Pre- sdent of the United States be, and hereby is, authorised and advised to open negotiations with Mexico and Texas, for the adjustment of boundaries, and the annexation ot the lat ter 10 the United States, on the following ha- sis, to wit:

 l. The boundary of the annexed territory to be in the desert prairie west of the Nueces, and along the highlands and mountain heights which divide the waters ot the Mississippi from the waters of the Rio del Norte, and 10 latitude foriy-two degrees north.

 II. The people of Texas, by legislative act, or by any authentic act which shows the will of the majority, to express their assent to said annexation.

 H. \ Slate, to be called "tbc State of Icrds,n with boundaries fixed by herself, and an extent not exceeding that ol the largest State in the Union, be admitted into the UNION, by virtue of this act, on an equal footing with the original States.

 " The remainder Of the annexed territo- " 10 be held and disposed of by the United States us one of their Territories, aud to he called .'fbe SomAwcH 1frrioyyn

 Y. The existence of slavery 10 he forever prohibited ia the northern aud northwestern part oi said Territory, west of the l08th de gree of longitude west from Greenwich, so as 10 diYide,as cquatly as may be, thc Whate ol the annexed country between slave helding and nen-slaeehoIding States.

 VI. The assent ol Mexico to be obtained by treaty to such annexation aud boundary or to be dispensed with when the Congress of the United States nay deem such assent Go ke unnecessary.

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