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to any Senator or member of the House of Representatives, or Territorial Delegate, any money or other valuable thing on account of or to be applied to the promotion of any political object whatever.

SEC. 15. That any person who shall be guilty of violating any provision of the four foregoing sections shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or by such fine and imprisonment both, in the discretion of the court.

Approved, January sixteenth, 1883.

Remarks.

RATIFICATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION BY THE THIRTEEN ORIGINAL STATES, THEIR POPULATION AND AREA.

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Seceded January 19, 1861. Readmitted to representation by the act of July 15, 1870.

Seceded December 20, 1860. Readmitted to repre-
sentation upon ratifying the fourteenth amendment,
July 9, 1868.

The area of Virginia at the date of ratification was
61,352 square miles, but December 31, 1862, a portion
of its territory was set off and admitted into the
Union as a free and independent State under the
name of West Virginia. The State seceded April
17, 1861, and was readmitted to representation by act
of January 26, 1870.

Seceded May 21, 1861. Readmitted to representation
upon ratifying the fourteenth amendment, July 4,
1868.

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Georgia

Jan. 2, 1788

82,548

1,184,109

1,542,180

58,000

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9,280
38,352

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47,000
50,704

Rhode Island.

May 29, 1790

68,825 217,353 276,531

Formation.

TABLE OF STATES ADMITTED INTO THE UNION SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION, THEIR POP-
ULATION, AREA, AND FORMATION.

39,964
41,346

35,000

Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of
New York.

Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of
Virginia.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
North Carolina. Seceded May 6, 1861. Readmitted to
representation by joint resolution of July 24, 1866.
Formed from territory ceded to the United States by the
State of Virginia.
Formed from territory ceded to the United States by
France under the treaty of Paris of April, 1803. Se-
ceded January 26, 1861. Readmitted to representation
upon ratifying the fourteenth amendment, July 9, 1868.
Formed from territory ceded to the United States by the
State of Virginia.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by the
States of Georgia and South Carolina. Seceded Jan-
uary 9, 1861. Readmitted to representation by act of
February 23, 1870.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by the
State of Virginia.

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by the
States of South Carolina and Georgia. Seceded Jan-
uary 11, 1861. Readmitted to representation upon rat-
ifying the fourteenth amendment, July 13, 1868.
Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of
Massachusetts.

65,350 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the
United States by France, under the name of "Louis-
iana," by the treaty of Paris of 1803.

52,108 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United States by France, under the name of "Louisiana," by the treaty of Paris of 1803.

56,451

Formed from territory ceded to the United States by the State of Virginia.

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10,212
37,680
45,600

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33,809
47,156

Illinois
Alabama.

Dec. 3, 1818
Dec. 14, 1819

34,620 2,539,891 3,077,871
144,317 996,992 1,262,505

55,410

50,722

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Florida

Formed from a portion of the territory of the State of
of Michigan, as the "Territory of Wisconsin," April 20
1836.

188,981 Formed from territory ceded to the United States by Mex-
ico, by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, of February 2,
1848.
83,531 Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United
States by France, by the treaty of April 30, 1803.,
Formed from territory ceded to the United States by the
treaty with France of April 30, 1803, the treaty with
Spain of February 22, 1819, and the treaty with Great
Britain of June 15, 1846.

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TABLE OF TERRITORIES, SHOWING DATE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT, THEIR
POPULATION, AREA, AND FORMATION.

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New Mexico.
Utah...
Washington

Sept. 9,1850

91,874

119,565

121,201

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84,476
69,994

Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United States by
Mexico, by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of February 2, 1848.
Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United States by
Mexico, by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of February 2, 1848.
Formed from territory ceded to the United States by France, by
treaty of April 30, 1803. The northern boundary of the territory
was settled by a treaty with Great Britain, known as the "Oregon
Treaty" of June 15, 1846.

Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United States
by France, by treaty of April 30, 1803.

113,916 Formed from territory ceded to the United States by Mexico; part
by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of February 2, 1848, and
part by what is known as the "Gadsden purchase" in 1852.
Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United States
by France, by treaty of April 30, 1803.

86,294

Dakota

Mar. 2, 1861

14,181

135,177

150,932

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143,776

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Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United States
by France, by treaty of April 30, 1803.

Formed from a portion of the territory ceded to the United States
by France, by treaty of April 30, 1803.
Formed from territory ceded to the United States by Russia, by
treaty of March 30, 1867.

The District of Columbia was established under the 17th clause,
8th section, 1st article, of the Constitution of the United States.
The territory embraced in the District was ceded to the United
States, in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, by
the State of Maryland, by act of her legislature of December 23,
1788, and by the State of Virginia, by act of her legislature of
December 3, 1789. These cessions were accepted by Congress,
by act of July 16, 1790, and the lines and bounds of the District
were established by a proclamation of the President, George
Washington, March 30, 1791. By an act of July 9, 1846, Congress
retroceded the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia,
to the State of Virginia. The present government of the District
is administered by a board of three commissioners, appointed by
the President, in pursuance of an act of Congress of June 20, 1874.

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*These are the figures given in the reports of the ninth and tenth census.

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