Chapter 34. Adding lands to the State of Texas and ceding jurisdiction to the State of Texas over certain lands or bancos heretofore or hereafter acquired by the United States of America from the United States of Mexico
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CHAP. 34.— An Act Adding lands to the State of Texas and ceding jurisdiction to the State of Texas over certain lands or bancos heretofore or hereafter acquired by the United States of America from the United States of Mexico. January 27, 1922.[[S. 2133](/us/bill/67/s/2133).][[Public, No. 132](/us/67/pl/132).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That all the lands or bancosTexas.Lands or bancos adjacent to, acquired from Mexico, ceded to State.Vol. 35, p. 1863.Vol. 9, p. 1863. acquired by the Government of the United States of America by virtue of its treaty with the United States of Mexico of March 20, 1905, and subsequent thereto, and which lie adjacent to the territory of the State of Texas as constituted by the compromise act of Congress of September 9, 1850, and accepted by the State of Texas onSubject to State Jurisdiction.
November 25, 1850, shall, upon the acceptance of this Act by the State of Texas, be and become a part of the State of Texas, and shall be under the civil and criminal jurisdiction of said State of Texas; andApplicable to lands acquired hereafter. that all lands or bancos hereafter acquired by the United States of America from the United States of Mexico, by virtue of said treaty, which shall lie adjoining to the State of Texas, shall be and become part of said State of Texas and be subject to its civil and criminal jurisdiction without any further enactment by the Congress of the United States.
Approved, January 27, 1922.