BY AUTHORITY.

LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, ts
PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE
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An Act for The admission of the State of Iowa into


1he Union
Whereas the people of the Territory of Iowa did,
on the eighteenth day of May, ammo Domihi
eighteen hundred and forty-six, BY convention
ofdelegates called and assembled forlhat purpose;
form for themselves constitution and State gov;
ernment-whch constitution is republican in its
character and features-and said convention has
asked admission of the said Territory into the
: Union State, on equal footing with the
original States, IN obedience to {" An act for the
admission of the States Of Iowa and Florfdd III.
to the Union," approved March third, cighterh
hundred and forty-f7ve, and " An act TO dtffne
the boundaries of the State Of Iowa, and to re-
peal so much of the act of the third Of March,
one thousand eight hundred and Eorty-ffve, as
relates to- the boundaries of Iowa." which said
last act was approved August fourth, lanno
Domin eighteen hundred and forty,six: There
fore
Be 1t enacted By The SendfE Gnd House Of Rsp+
resenEatires of The United States of Ameriea 1R
Congress assembled, That the State of Iowa shall
be one and is hereby drcI,red TO be one, of the
United States of America, and admitted into the
Union on equal footing with the original
States in all respects whatsoever


Sec. g. And be IL further enacted That all the
provisions Of &c An act supplemental to the act for
the admission of The States Of Iowa and Florida
into the Union," approved March third, eighteen
hundred and forty five, be and the same are here.
by, dec Jared to continue and remain in full force
as applicable to the State, of Iowa, as hereby
admitted and received into the Union


-- JOHN w. DAVIS,


Speaker Of tho House of Representatives.


GEORGE nj. DALLAS


..1.-. -...... President of the Senate,
Approved December %, 1876. 49,,


JAMES K. POLK