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Read twice, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affuir.s, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Banks, on leave, introduced the followino' bill: A BILL. For the admission of the States of Nova Scotia, Mew Brunswick, Canada East, and Canada West, and for the organization of the Territories of Selkirk, Saskatchewan, and Columbia. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rcprcscnta- 2 lives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That the President of the United States is hereby authorized 4 and directed, whenever notice shall be deposited in the De- 5 partment of State that the governments of Great Britain and G the provinces of Xew Brunswick, Xova Scotia, Prince Edward 7 Island, Newfoundland, Canada, British Columbia, and Van- 8 couver's Island have accepted the proposition hereinafter 9 made by the United States, to publish by proclamation tliat, 10 from the date thereof, the States of Nova Scotia, New Bruns- 1 1 wick, Canada East, and Canada West, and the Territories of 12 Selkirk, Saskatchewan, and (V)luml)ia, with limits and riolits I 13 as l)y this act clofined, arc constituted and admitted as States 14 and Territories of the United Slates of America. 1 Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the I'oliowino- 2 articles are hereby proposed, and from the date of the procla- 3 mation of the President of the United States sliall take effect, 4 as irrevocable conditions of the admission of the States of 5 Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Canada East, and Canada G West, and tlie future States of Selkirk, Saskatchewan, and 7 Columbia, to wit: 8 Article I. 9 All public lands not sold or _<,a-anted; canals, public har- 10 bors, light-houses, and piers; river and lake improvements; 11 railway stocks, mortgages, and other debts due by railway 12 companies to the provinces; custom-houses and post ollices, 13 shall vest in the United States; but all other public works 14 and property shall belong to the State governments respec- 15 tively, hereby constituted, together with all sums due from 10 purchasers or lessees of lands, mines, or minerals at the time 1 7 of the union. 18 Article II. 19 In consideration of the public lands, works, and prop- 20 crty vested as aforesaid in the United States, the United States 21 will assume and discharge the iimded debt and contingent 22 liabilities of the late provinces, at rates of interest not exceed- 23 ing five per centum, to the amount of eighty-five million seven 1 t 4 24 liuiidrcd thousand dollars, apportioned as follows : To Can- 25 ada WoM, thirty-six million five hundred thousand dollars; 26 to ('anada East, twenty-nine million dollars; to Xova Scotia, 27 cio-ht million dollars; to New Brunswick, seven million dcl- 28 lars; to Ncwtbundland, three million two hundred thousand 29 dollars ; and to Prince Edward Island, two million dollars ; 30 and in further consideration of the transfer by said provinces 31 to the United States of the power to levy import and export 32 duties, the United States will make an annual grant of one 33 million six hundred and forty-six thousand dollars in aid of 34 local expenditures, to be apportioned as follows : To Canada 35 West, seven hundred thousand dollars; to Canada East, five 36 hundred and fifty thousand dollars ; to Xova Scotia, one hun- 37 dred and sixty-five thousand dollars; to New Brunswick, one 38 hundred and twenty-six thousand dollars ; to Newfoundland, 30 sixty-five thousand dollars ; to Prince Edwai-d Island, forty 4U thousand dollars. 41 Airrrci.i: III. 42 For all purposes of State organization and representation 43 in the Congress of the United States, Newfoundland shall be 44 part of Canada East, and Prince Edward Island shall be part 45 of Nova Scotia, except that each shall always be a separate 46 representative district, and entitled to elect at least one mem 47 I., of the House of Representatives, and except, also, that 48 the numicipal authorities of Newfoundland and Prince Ed- » 49 ward Ishiiid shall receive the indciiinitie.s agreed to be paid 50 by the United States in Article IT. 51 Articli; IV. 52 Territorial divisions are established as follows: (1,) New 53 Brunswick, with its present limits; (2,) Xova Scotia, with the 54 addition of Prince Edward Island; (3,) Canada East, with the 55 addition of Newfoundland and all territory east of longitude 50 cio;Iity degrees and south of Hudson's strait; (4,) Canada 57 West, with the adilition of territory south of Hudson's bay 58 and between longitude eighty degrees and ninety degrees; 59 (5,) Selkirk Territory, bounded east by longitude ninety de- 60 grecs, south by the late boundary of the United States, west 61 by longitude one hundred and five degrees, and north by the 62 Arctic circle; (6,) Saskatchewan Territory, bounded east by 63 longitude one hundred and five degrees, south by latitude 64 forty-nine degrees, west by the Rocky mountains, and north 65 by latitude seventy degrees ; (7,) Columbia Territory, inclu- 66 ding A'ancouvcr's Island, and Queen Charlotte's laland, and 67 bounded east and north by the Ilocky mountains, south by 68 latitude forty-nine degrees, and west by the Pacific ocean and 69 Russian America, ijut Congress reserves the right of chang- 70 ing the limits and subdividing the areas of the western terri- 71 torics at discretion. 72 Article V. 73 Until the next decennial revision, representation in the 74 House of Represuntatives shall be as follows : Canada West, 75 twelve members; Canada East, includinjr Newfoundland, 70 eleven members ; New Brunswick, two members ; Nova 77 Scotia, includin*^ Prince Edward Island, four members. 78 Article VI. 70 The Congress of the United States shall enact, in favur 80 of the proposed Territories of Selkirk, Saskatchewan, and 81 Columbia, all the provisions of the act organizing- the Terri- 82 tory of Montana, so far as they can be made applicable. 83 AiiTicLi; VII. 84 The United States, by the construction of new canals, or 85 the enlargement of existing canals, and by the improvement 86 of shoals, will so aid the navigation of the Saint Lawrence 87 river and the great lakes that vessels of fifteen hundred tons 88 burden shall pass from the Gulf of Saint Lawrerce to Lakes 81) Superior and Michigan : Prodded, That the expenditure un- 1)0 der this article shall not exceed fii'ty millions of dollars. 91 AiiTRLi: VIII. 92 The United States will appropriate and pay to " The 93 European and North American Railway Company of Maine" 94 the sum of two millions of dollars upon the construction of a 95 continuous line of railroad from Bangor, in Maine, to Saint 9G John's, in New Brunswick: Provided, That said "The Eu- 97 ropean and North American Railway Company of Maine" 98 shall release the government of the United States from all 6 100 101 102 io:j 104 105 10() 107 108 101) 110 111 112 113 lU 115 11(3 117 118 111) 120 121 122 123 flaiius held hy It tw assigiieo of tlie HtatcH of Mtiiuo iind Muh- Hat'luisctts. Auric I, i; IX. To iiid tlio coiistriU'ti(Hi of u railway from Triiro, in Nova ISootia, to Kivieiv dii Loup, in Canada East, and a railway from tin; city of Ottawa, l)y way of Sault Stc. Mario, IJaylicld, and Superior, in Wisconsin, TcMnbina, and Fort Clarry, on tho ilt'd WWev of tlio Xortli, and the valley of the North Saskatchewan river to some point on the racilic ocean nortli of latitude forty-nino degrees, the United States will grant lands along the lines of said roads to tlio. amount of twenty sections, or twelve thousand eight hundred acres, per mile, to be selected and sold in the manner prescribed in the act to aid the construction of the Northern I'acific railroad, approved July two, eighteen hundred and sixty- two, and acts amendatory thereof; and in addition to said grants of lands, the United Sti^+es will further guarantee divi- dends of five per centum upon the stock of the ec" ipany or companies which may be authorized by Congress to under- take the construction of said railways : Provided, That such guarantee of stock shall not exceed the sum of thirty thousand dollars per mile, and Congress shall regulate the securities for advances on account thereof. Akticij; X. The public lands in the late provinces, as far as practi- 124 125 121') 127 12H 129 i:]() I'M 132 13;j 134 135 130 137 138 ciihlo, shall l)(^ surveyed ticeonliiig to the rot'tmigular system ol'llie (leiieral Liiiid Ollice of the United States; and in tlu? Territories west of loii«;itiide ninety de<,a-ees, or the western boundary ol Canada West, sections sixteen and thirty -six shall be j^raiited for the eneoura;^einent of schools, and after the ori^anization of the Territories into States, fivo per con- tuin of the net procei Is of sales of public lands shull be paid into their treasuries as a fund for the improvement of roads and rivers. Aktki.i; XI. The United States will pay ten millions of dollars to the Hudson liay Company in full disc'.rge of all claims to territory or jurisdiction in North America, whether founded on tlie eharter of the company or any treat}-, law, or usag'c. 130 AiiTicLi: XII. 140 It shall be devolved upon the legislatures of Now Bruns- 141 wick, Xova Scotia, Canada East, and Canada West, to con- 142 form the tenure of ollice and the local institutions of said 143 States to the Constitution and laws of the United States, 144 subject to revision by Cong-ress. 1 Sec. 3. And be it fiwllier enacted, That if Trincc Ed- 2 ward Island and Newfoundland, or either of those provinces, 3 shall decline union with the United States, and the remainiu<>- 4 provinces, with the consent of Great Britain, shall accept the 5 proposition of the United States, the foregoing stipul-^tioh- in favor of Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland, or either 7 of them, will be omitted ; hut in all other respects the United 8 States will give full effect to the plan of union. If Prince 9 Edward Island, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, an I New Bruns- 10 wick shall decline the proposition, hut Canada, British Co- ll lumhia, and Vancouver island shall, with the consent of Great 12 Britain, accept the same, the construction of a railway from 13 Truro to Riviere du Loup, with all stipulations relating to the 14 maritime provinces, will form no part of the proposed plan 15 of union, hut the same will be consummated in all other 16 respects. If Canada shall decline the proposition, then the 17 stipulations in regard to the Saint Lawrence canals and a rail- 18 way from Ottawu to Sault Ste. Mai-ie, with the Canadian 19 clause of debt and revenue indemnity, will be relinquished. 20 If the plan of union shall only be accepted in regard to the 21 northwestern territory and the Pacific provinces, the United 22 States wiU aid the construction, on the terms named, of a rail- 23 way from the western extremity of Lake Superior, in the 24 State of Minnesota, by way of Pembina, Fort Garry, and the 25 valley of the Saskatchewan, to the Pacific coast, north of 2(3 latitude forty-nine degrees, besides securing all the rights and 27 privileges of an American territory to the proposed Tcrri- 28 tories of Selkirk, Saskatchewan, and Columbia. t- u