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.
RATIFICATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION BY THE THIRTEEN ORIGINAL STATES, THEIR POPULATION AND AREA.
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.
TABLE OF STATES ADMITTED INTO THE UNION SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION, THEIR POP- ULATION, AREA, AND FORMATION.
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.
Formed from territory ceded to the United States by the State of Virginia.
Dec. 3, 1818 Dec. 14, 1819
34,620 2,539,891 3,077,871 144,317 996,992 1,262,505
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.
TABLE OF TERRITORIES, SHOWING DATE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT, THEIR POPULATION, AREA, AND FORMATION.
New Mexico. Utah... Washington
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.
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.
*These are the figures given in the reports of the ninth and tenth census.
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