WASHINGTON, _December 13, 1850_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I have the pleasure of announcing to Congress the agreement on the part
of Texas to the propositions offered to that State by the act of
Congress approved on the 9th day of September last, entitled "An act
proposing to the State of Texas the establishment of her northern
and western boundaries, the relinquishment by the said State of all
territory claimed by her exterior to said boundaries and of all her
claims upon the United States, and to establish a Territorial government
for New Mexico."
By the terms of that act it was required that the agreement of Texas to
the propositions contained in it should be given on or before the 1st
day of December, 1850. An authenticated transcript of a law passed by
the legislature of Texas on the 25th day of November, agreeing to and
accepting the propositions contained in the act of Congress, has been
received. This law, after reciting the provisions of the act of Congress,
proceeds to enact and declare as follows, viz:
Therefore, first. _Be it enacted by the legislature of the State of
Texas_, That the State of Texas hereby agrees to and accepts said
propositions; and it is hereby declared that the said State shall be
bound by the terms thereof according to their true import and meaning.
Second. That the governor of this State be, and is hereby, requested to
cause a copy of this act, authenticated under the seal of the State, to
be furnished to the President of the United States by mail as early as
practicable, and also a copy thereof, certified in like manner, to be
transmitted to each of the Senators and Representatives of Texas in
Congress. And that this act take effect from and after its passage.
C. G. KEENAN,
_Speaker of the House of Representatives_.
JOHN A. GREER,
_President of the Senate_.
Approved, November 25, 1850.