Chapter IX. *extending the right of suffrage in the Mississippi territory; and for other purposes.*(*a*)(*a*) By the act of March 1, 1817, chap. 23, Mississippi was admitted into the Union as a State
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Chap. IX.— An Act *extending the right of suffrage in the Mississippi territory; and for other purposes.*(*a*)(*a*) By the act of March 1, 1817, chap. 23, Mississippi was admitted into the Union as a State.Jan. 9, 1808. [Obsolete.] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That every free white male person Qualifications of electors of representatives to the general assembly of the Mississippi territory. 1804, ch. 57, sec. 7.in the Mississippi territory, above the age of twenty-one years, having been a citizen of the United States, and resident in the said territory, one year next preceding an election of representatives, and who has a legal or equitable title to a tract of land, by virtue of any act of Congress, or who may become the purchaser of any tract of land from the United States of the quantity of fifty acres, or who may hold in his own right a town lot of the value of one hundred dollars within the said territory, shall be entitled to vote for representatives to the general assembly of said territory.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the general assembly of the General assembly may apportion representatives. Not more than 12 nor less than 10 representatives until there shall be six thousand free inhabitants in the territory.territory aforesaid, shall have power to apportion the representatives of the several counties therein, or which may hereafter be established there in, according to the number of free white male inhabitants above the age of twenty-one years in such counties: *Provided,* that there be not more than twelve, nor less than ten of the whole number of representatives; any act or acts to the contrary notwithstanding, until there shall be six thousand free male white inhabitants of full age, in said territory; after which time the number of representatives shall be regulated agreeably to the ordinance for the government thereof.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the citizens of the said territory, A delegate to Congress to be elected at the time of the general election.entitled to vote for representatives to the general assembly thereof, shall, at the time of electing their representatives to the said general assembly, also elect one delegate from the said territory to the Congress of the United States, who shall possess the same powers heretofore granted to the delegates from the several territories of the United States; any thing in the ordinance for the government of said territory, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, January 9, 1808. Chapter X: supplemental to an act, intituled “An act regulating the grants of land, and providing for the disposal If the lands of the United Stales, south of the state of Tennessee.” 2 Stat. 455 1808-01-19 Chapter X Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 10 1 public
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- Chapter VIII*supplementary to the act, intituled “An act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States.”*(*a*)(*a*) See notes to act of December 22, 1807, chap. 5
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*extending the right of suffrage in the Mississippi territory; and for other purposes.*(*a*)(*a*) By the act of March 1, 1817, chap. 23, Mississippi was admitted into the Union as a State
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