perform the same provided, etc. uments of Super Intendent and same powers, United States, by and with the advice and consent of the duties, etc., as Senate, shall respectively exercise the same powers, perform Duties and emol the same duties, and receive for their services the same comGovernor united pensations, as by the ordinance aforesaid, and the laws of the United States, have been provided and established for similar officers in the Indiana Territory; and the duties and emoluments of Superintendent of Indian Affairs shall be united with those of Governor. Nothing in this act to affect the Indiana, further SEC. 4. That nothing in this act contained shall be construed Government of so as in any manner to affect the Government now in force in than to prohibit, the Indiana Territory, further than to prohibit the exercise thereof within the said Territory of Michigan, from and after the aforesaid thirtieth day of June next. etc. Suits, etc., pend tg in the court etc., or removed etc., to be pro judgments, etc., Indiana had re ded. SEC. 5. That all suits, process, and proceedings, which, on of any county the thirtieth day of June next, shall be pending in the from any county court of any county, which shall be included within the ceeded on, and said Territory of Michigan; and also, all suits, process, and rend, as if proceedings, which, on the said thirtieth day of June next, mained undivi-shall be pending in the General Court of the Indiana Territory, in consequence of any writ of removal, or order for trial at bar, and which had been removed from any of the counties included within the limits of the Territory of Michigan aforesaid, shall, in all things concerning the same, be proceeded on, and judgments and decrees rendered thereon, in the same manner as if the said Indiana Territory had remained undivided. SEC. 6. That Detroit shall be the Seat of Government of ment until, etc. the said Territory, until Congress shall otherwise direct. Detroit to be the ADMISSION OF MICHIGAN TO THE UNION. AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY LINE OF THE STATE OF OHIO, AND TO PROVIDE IN CONGRESS, JUNE 15, 1836. ary line of Ohio Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Northern bound the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the established. northern boundary line of the State of Ohio shall be established at, and shall be a direct line drawn from, the southern extremity of Lake Michigan, to the most northerly cape of the Maumee (Miami) bay, after that line so drawn shall intersect the eastern boundary line of the State of Indiana, and from the said north cape of the said bay, north-east to the boundary line between the United States and the Province of Upper Canada, in Lake Erie; and thence, with the said last mentioned line, to its intersection with the western line of the State of Pennsylvania. Michigan ratiñei SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Constitution and Constitution of State Government which the people of Michigan have formed for themselves be, and the same is hereby accepted, ratified and confirmed, and that the said State of Michigan shall be, and is hereby declared to be one of the United States of America, and is hereby admitted into the Union upon an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever: Provided always, And this admission is upon the express con- Proviso: condidition, that the said State shall consist of, and have jurisdic- into the Union. tion over, all the territory included within the following boundaries, and over none other, to wit: Beginning at the point tions of admission Michigan. Boundaries of where the above described northern boundary of the State of Ohio intersects the eastern boundary of the State of Indiana, and running thence with the said boundary line of Ohio, as described in the first section of this act, until it intersects the boundary line between the United States and Canada, in Lake Erie; thence with the said boundary line between the United States and Canada, through the Detroit River, Lake Huron and Lake Superior, to a point where the said line last touches Lake Superior; thence in a direct line through Lake Superior, to the mouth of the Montreal River; thence through the middle of the main channel of the said River Montreal, to the middle of the Lake of the Desert; thence in a direct line to the nearest head water of the Menominie River; thence through the middle of that fork of the said river first touched by the said line, to the main channel of the said Menominie River; thence down the centre of the main channel of the same, to the centre of the most usual ship channel of the Green Bay of Lake Michigan; thence through the centre of the most usual ship channel of the said bay, to the middle of Lake Michigan; thence through the middle of Lake Michigan to the northern boundary of the State of Indiana, as that line was established by the act of Congress of the nineteenth of April, eighteen hundred and sixteen; thence due east, with the north boundary line of the said State of Indiana, to the north-east corner thereof; and thence south, with the east boundary line of Indiana, to the place of beginning. Consent of Michigan required to described. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That as a compliance with boundaries above the fundamental condition of admission contained in the last preceding section of this act, the boundaries of the said State of Michigan, as in that section described, declared and established, shall receive the assent of a convention of delegates elected by the people of said State, for the sole purpose of giving the assent herein required; and as soon as the assent herein required shall be given, the President of the United States shall announce the same by proclamation; and thereupon, and without any further proceeding on the part of Congress, the admission of the said State into the Union, as one of the United States of America, on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever, shall be considered. as complete, and the Senators and Representative who have been elected by the said State as its representatives in the Congress of the United States, shall be entitled to take their seats in the Senate and House of Representatives respectively, without further delay. S. in Michigan. SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act Public lands of U. contained, or in the admission of the said State into the Union as one of the United States of America, upon an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever, shall be so construed or understood as to confer upon the people, Legislature or other authorities of the said State of Michigan, any authority or right to interfere with the sale by the United States, and under their authority, of the vacant and unsold lands within the limits of the said State; but that the subject of the public lands, and the interests which may be given to the said State therein, shall be regulated by future action between Congress on the part of the United States, and the said State, or the authorities thereof; and the said State of Michigan shall in no case, and under no pretence whatsoever, impose any tax, assessment or imposition of any description, upon any of the lands of the United States within its limits. AN ORDINANCE RELATIVE TO CERTAIN PROPOSITIONS MADE BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO Laws of 1836, p WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States did pass an Preamble. act, approved the twenty-third day of June, one thousand 57. eight hundred and thirty-six, making certain propositions for the acceptance or rejection of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, which said act is herein inserted, in the following words, to wit: 23d June, 1836. "An act supplementary to an act entitled 'an act to establish Act of Congress, the northern boundary line of the State of Ohio, and to provide for the admission of the State of Michigan into the Union, on certain conditions therein expressed.' the U. S. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- Propositions. of sentatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That in lieu of the propositions submitted to the Congress of the United States by an ordinance passed by the Convention of Delegates at Detroit, assembled for the purpose of making a Constitution for the State of Michigan, which are hereby School lands. University lands. Proviso. Lands for the erection of public buildings. Balt springs, and Lands contiguous. rejected, that the following propositions be, and the same are hereby offered to the Legislature of the State of Michigan, for their acceptance or rejection, which, if accepted under the authority conferred on the said Legislature by the Convention which framed the Constitution of the said State, shall be obligatory upon the United States. First, That section numbered sixteen in every township of the public lands, and where such section has been sold or otherwise disposed of, other lands equivalent thereto, and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to the State for the use of schools. Second, That the seventy-two sections of land set apart and reserved for the support of a University by an act of Congress approved on the twentieth day of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-six, entitled, "an act concerning a seminary of learning in the Territory of Michigan," are hereby granted and conveyed to the State, to be appropriated solely to the use and support of such University, in such manner as the Legislature may prescribe; And provided also, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to impair or affect in any way the rights of any person or persons claiming any of said seventy-two sections of land, under contract or grant from said University. Third, That five entire sections of land, to be selected and located under the direction of the Legislature, in legal divisions of not less than one quarter section, from any of the unappropriated lands belonging to the United States within the said State, are hereby granted to the State for the purpose of completing the public buildings of the said State, or for the erection of public buildings at the Seat of Government of the said State, as the Legislature may determine and direct. Fourth, That all salt springs within the State, not exceeding twelve in number, with six sections. of land adjoining, or as contiguous as may be to each, shall be granted to the said State for its use, the same to be selected by the Legislature thereof, on or before the first of January, eighteen hundred and forty; and the same, when so selected, to be used on such terms, conditions and regulations, as the Legislature of the said State shall direct; Provided, That no salt spring, the right whereof is now vested in any individual or individuals, or which may hereafter be confirmed or adjudged to any individual or individuals, shall by this section be granted to said Farther provis. State; And provided also, That the General Assembly shall |