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 732 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 75. 1901. \Vhereas during the period of time the State of Texas claimed ownership of and exercised jurisdiction over said territory the said State of Texas collected taxes from inhabitants of said territory and upon lands and other property situated therein, and expended money for school purposes, the enforcement of law and order, the care of the deaf, dumb, lind, and insane, and enerally for the protection of life, liberty, and property tlgereiln ind tie istablishmelnt and maintenance of a government for the in a itants thereof; an Whereas the Su reme Court of the United States, in the opinion in said cause, entitled) The United States against The State of Texas (162 U. S., 1., 89—90), said: “It is further said that the State, since it assumed to create Greer County, has expended a large amount of money in providinga public-school system for the inhabitants of that locality. To what extent moneys have been so expended is not clearly shown. Whatever may be the facts touching this point, we do not feel at liberty to give weight to them in this case. The question before us, we . repeat, is one of aw, and must be determined according to law. What may be fairly and justl * demanded by the State on account of moneys expended for the benetilt of the inhabitants of the dis uted territory is aé matter for the consideration of the legislative brandh of the National overnment. " In the argument it was suggested that this court ought not to forgethow rnuc was added to the power and wealth of this Nation when exas, with its imperial domain, came into the Union and her people became a part of the political community for whom the Constitution of the United States was ordained and established. This fact can not, of course, be forgotten by any American who takes (pride in the prestige and greatness of the Republic. But the consi erations which it su gests can not affect the ecision of legal questions, and must be adgressed to another branch of the Government. The supposition is not to be indulged that that department of the Government will fail to regoglnize ang duty imposed iriplon gt by the circumstances arising out o t is vexe controversy: ere ore. . . ` _ Be it enacted by the Senate aw] Hmzse 0_]cR?{)7‘€8€??ZG¢i?}€8 0 f the Dia {ted m§_,“,*gQ}g,§‘,}“°°g}” mf; States of Avnerzea in O0ngres.·· assmablea',hat the Secretary of the ope hundredth me- Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized `and directed to cause to be §%?"§§°}`1§1§,1;`§’e`l;¥°1v°r' established and fixed the intersection of the true one hundredth meridian with Red River, or what, rior to said decision, was known sometime as the South Fork of Reg River, or _Prairie Dog Town Fork, by the mos}: accurate and scientific ngethodts, andbat slaid intersection cause a suitab e monument to e erecte on the roun . 1¤¤¤i¤* di*°°°°d· Sec.  That the Sgcretary of gre gntggiiog is als}? agithorigeidr and directe to in uire an _ ascertain w at an s, i any, the tate o exas agi O? pgggggsggggé has patented (fo the said Greer County for school purposes; in whom patented to Greerco., title to said lands is now vested; whet er sa1d lands were ahenated by °‘ ’°h°°1 *’“”’°”“· said Greer County, and if so, the price paid therefor and what disposition was made thereof; and the present market value of said lands; and to ascertain the sum received from sale, if any of any public lands, sold or disposed of, linlaG§eer County, by the State of Texas and the resent value of suc n' s. ··*¤X°¤ °°u°°*°d· P Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior is also authorized and directed to inquire and ascertain, first, the total taxes collected b Y the State of Texas for any and all purposes from inhabitants of Greer County, or upon lands or other property located therein, from eightgtggmgt mgtgg, lg; een hundred and sixty to eighteen hundred and ninety-six; second, the Schoolpurposes. total amount paid fby thi Stpte of Texas gp said] Grp9e1;1Co;1nty, or officers or agents, or sc oo urposes, other t an n s, rom eig - een hundred and sixt to eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and the g{f,§.*g§'b,$’g{’·${‘e§€S i“‘ disposition made thergof by said county; and, third, the total of all other expenses incurred by the State of Texas from eighteen hundred