TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess.II. Res. 5,7,8. 1S45.
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No. 5. Jl Resolution for distributing the work on the Exploring Expedition.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That as each part of the worknow in course of publication on the “Exploring Expedition” shall becompleted, fifty-eight copies of the same shall be delivered to the Secre-tary of State, to be distributed as follows, that is to say : To each ofthese United States, one copy; to the government of France , two copies;Great Britain, two copies; Russia , two copies; and one copy each toSweden, Denmark, Prussia, Austria, Bavaria, the Netherlands, Belgium ,Portugal, Spain, Sardinia, Greece, Tuscany , the Ecclesiastical States,the Two Sicilies, Turkey, China, Mexico, New Granada, Venezuela ,Chili, Peru, the Argentine Republic, Brazil, Texas , and the SandwichIslands; and one copy to the Naval Lyceum in Brooklyn, New York .
Sec. 2. And be it further resolved, That one copy of said work begiven to Charles Wilkes, esquire, the commander of said expedition, onecopy to William L. Hudson, esquire, and one copy to CadwalladerRingold, esquire, commandants of vessels in said expedition.
Sec. 3. And be it f urther resolved, That two copies of said workbe placed in the Library of Congress, and that the residue of said workshall be delivered to the Librarian , to be by him preserved for futuredistribution.
Approved, February 20, IS45.
No. 7. d Resolution amendatory of the resolution passed Jlpril thirty, one thou-sand eight hundred and forty-four, “ respecting the application of certain ap-propriations heretofore made A
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That nothing contained inthe joint Resolution of April thirty, one thousand eight hundred andforty-four, or in any other act or Resolution, shall be understood or con-strued to prevent the Secretary of War from allowing and paying anyjust and equitable claims for supplies furnished, or advances or loansof money made to provide for the defence of the inhabitants and sup-pression of Indian hostilities in the Territory of Florida, provided thatthe amount so allowed and paid shall not exceed the sums already ap-propriated by law.
Approved, March 1, 1845.
No. 8. Joint Resolution for annexing Texas to the United States .
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That Congress doth con-sent that the territory properly included within, and rightfully belong-ing to the Republic of Texas, may be erected into a new State , to becalled the State of Texas , with a republican form of government, to beadopted by the people of said republic, by deputies in convention as-sembled, with the consent of the existing government, in order that thesame may be admitted as one of the States of this Union.
2. And be it further resolved, That the foregoing consent of Con-gress is given upon the following conditions, and with the followingguarantees, to wit: First, Said State to be formed, subject to the ad-justment by this government of all questions of boundary that may arisewith other governments; and the constitution thereof, with the properevidence of its adoption by the people of said Republic of Texas, shallbe transmitted to the President of the United States , to be laid beforeCongress for its final action, on or before the first day of January, onethousand eight hundred and forty-six. Second. Said State, when ad-
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Feb. 20, 1845.
Fifty-eight co-pies to Secreta-ry of State fordistribution.
Further dispo-sition.
March 1, 1845.
Payment forsupplies, &c.for defence ofinhabitants ofFlorida .
Resolution ofApril 30, 1844,ante, p. 716.
March 1, 1845.
Conditions ofadmission.