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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 656. 1890. 215 UQHAP. 656.-An act to provide for the admission of the State of Idaho into the Jvly 8.1990- l110D. · W Whereas, The people of the Territory of Idaho did, on the fourth mmm day of July, gighteen hundred and eig ty-nine, by a convention of de egates call and assembled for that purpose, form for themselves a constitution, which constitution was ratnied and adopted by the people of said Territory at an election held therefor on the first uesday in November, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, which constitution is republican in form and is in congmmity with the Constitution of the United States; and Whereas, Said convention and the people of said Territory have asked the admission of said Territory into the Union of States on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the mm, umm", United Statesof America in Congress assembled?"` That the State of “°" 8***- Idaho is hereby declared to be a State of the United States of America, and is hereby declared admitted into the Union on an ual footing with the original States in all respects whatever; anduthat the constitution which the people of Idaho have formed for them- ¤.,mm.,¤,,,.,m,,;_ selves be, and the same is hereby, accepted, ratified, and confirmed. °°°- . Sec. 2. That the said State shall consist of all the Territory de- smmmunnmu. scribed as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the thirty-ninth meridian with the boundary line between the United States and the British Possessions, then following said meridian south until it reaches the summit of the Bitter Root Mountains; thence southeastward along the crest of the Bitter Root range and the continental divide until it intersects the meridian of thirty-four degrees of longitude; thence southward on this meridian to the forty second parallel of latitude; thence west on this parallel of latitude to its intersection with a meridian drawn through the mouth of the Owyhee River; north on this meridian to the mouth of the Owy- hee River; thence down the mid-channel of the Snake River to the mouth of the Clearwater River; and thence north on the meridian which passes through the mouth of the Clearwater to the boundary- line between the United States and the British Possessions, and east on said boundary-line to the place of beginning. Sec. 3. That until the next general census, or until otherwise pro- coutfmwonumpm vided by law, said State shall be entitled to one Representative in ’°““‘ °°· the House of Representatives of the United States and the election El¤$¥i¤¤ cf, Repreof the Representative to the Fifty-first Congress and the Representa- §$,’.§°°p;}'§Yf,’.,£`.§*;fK};§,`$,Y tive to the Fifty-second Congress shall take place at the time and be 9***- conducted and certified in the same manner as is provided in the constitution of the State for the election of State, district, and other oiii- _ cers in the nrst instance. The law of the Territory of Idaho for the ,,,§`c;,‘§,f_ S“°°· °°°·· registration of voters shall aipply to the first election of State, District, and other officers held a ter the admission of the State of Idaho. County and recinct officers elected at the first election held after the Ogggwwd 1>¤=¢i¤•=¤ admission o&he State Idaho, shall assume the duties of their res ective offices on the second Monday of January eighteen hundredpand ninety-one. Sec. 4. That sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in everty scimci xmas township of said State, and where such sections, or any parts thereo, g"**“°°"· have been sold or otherwise disposed of by or under the authority of any act of Congress, other lands equivalent thereto, in legal subdivisions of not less than one quarter section, and as contiguous as may be to the section in lieu of which the same is taken, are hereby ranted to said State for the support of common schools, such indemnity lands to be selected within said State in such manner as the legislature may provide, with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.