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Resolved,... That Congress doth consent
that the territory properly included within, and
rightfully belonging to the Republic of Texas,
may be erected into a new State to be called the
State of Texas, with a republican form of
government....
2. That the foregoing consent of Congress is
given upon the following conditions, and with
the following guarantees, to wit: First, Said
State to be formed, subject to the adjustment by
this government of all questions of boundary
that may arise with other governments; and the
constitution thereof...shall be transmitted to
the President of the United States, to be laid
before Congress for its final action. Second, Said
State, when admitted into the Union... shall
retain all the public funds, debts, taxes, and dues
of every kind, which may belong to or be due
and owing said republic,... in no event are said
debts and liabilities to become a charge upon the
Government of the United States. Third, New
States, of convenient size, not exceeding four in
number, in addition to said State of Texas, and
having sufficient population may hereafter by the
consent of said State, be formed
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out of the
territory thereof, which shall be entitled to
admission under the provisions of the federal
constitution. And such States as may be formed
out of that portion of said territory... [south of]
the Missouri compromise line, shall be admitted
into the Union with or without slavery, as the
people of each State asking admission may
desire. And in such State or States as shall be
formed out of said territory north of said
Missouri compromise line, slavery, or involuntary servitude, (except for crime,) shall be
prohibited....
Be it resolved, That a State, to be formed out
of the present Republic of Texas, with suitable
extent and boundaries, and with two
representatives in Congress, until the next
apportionment of representation, shall be
admitted into the Union, by virtue of this act, on
an equal footing with the existing States as soon
as the terms and conditions of such admission,
and the cession of the remaining Texan territory
to the United States shall be agreed upon by the
Governments of Texas and the United States....
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