Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 14.djvu/851

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APPENDIX. 821 said State into the Union should be considered as complete; and whereas within the time prescribed by said act of Congress of the eighth and ninth of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, the legislature of the State of Nebraska did pass an act ratifyingl the said act of Congress of the eighth and ninth of February, one thousand cig! t hundred and sixty-seven, and declaring that the aforenamed provisions of e third section of said last-named act of Congress should be a part of the organic law of the State of Nebraska; and whereas a duly authenticaetgdbeopy of said act of the legislature of the State of Nebraska has been receiv me: Now, therefore, if Ammmw Joxmsou, President of the United States of Admission of America, do, in accordance with the provisions of the act of Con ress last herein *b° sim °' $1** named, declare atrild pgoclainp tllse S; that the ilundamental conditions imposed lf}`:;;l°,;;';fa;¤3 b Congress on e tate o e a to entitle that State to admission to the I _ Uynion) hgye been ratified un;} accepted, and that the admission of the said State W be wm? cw 'nto the nion is now com ete. I In testimony wherelpf Imgavg hereto set my hand, and have caused the seal of the United States to e a xe . Done at the city of Washington, this first day of March, in the year of [rsa1..] our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of Amerixxltéhe ninety-firs13N N DREW JO SO . By the President: Wumsu H. Sawnan, Secretary of State. N 0. 10. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: March _Q,_I_867. A PROCLAMATION. Wmtnmss objects of interest to the United States require that the Senate should be convened at twelve o’clock on Monday the first day of April next, to receive and act u n such communications as ma be made to it on the art 0 e xecu ive: ftb E t' P0 y P Now, therefore, I, Aumzaw Jomxsou, President of the United States, have Extraordinary considered it to be my duty to issue this my proclamation, declaring that an ex- §°”i°“ °f uw traordinary occasion requires the Senate of the Unitcéd Sgates to con§nedfor the f°i,"X?mYi°{‘¥’,;}s°E,d transaction of business at the Capitol, in the city o as in ton, on on ay the ’ ' first day of April next, at twelve o’clock on that day, of which all who shall at that time be entitled to act as members of that bod are hereb re uired to take notice y y q Given under my hand and the seal of the United States, at Washington, the thirtieth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight [sum.] hundred and sixty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninety-first. B b ANDREW JOHNSON. y the President: Wxnnxxm H. Smwnxn, Secretary of Stats.