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No. 104.

Extract from the Utah Act

September 9. 1850

An Act to establish a Territorial Government for Utah.

Be it enacted . . . , That all that part of the territory of the United States included within the following limits, to wit: bounded on the west by the State of California, on the north by the Territory of Oregon, and on the east by the summit of the Rocky Mountains, and on the south by the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude, be, and the same is hereby, created into a temporary government, by the name of the Territory of Utah; and, when admitted as a State, the said Territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the Union, with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission: Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to inhibit the government of the United States from dividing said Territory into two or more Territories, in such manner and at such times as Congress shall deem convenient and proper, or from attaching any portion of said Territory to any other State or Territory of the United States. . . .

[, IX., 453.]

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Chicago: "Extract from the Utah Act," U. S. Stat. At Large in Documentary Source Book of American History, 1606-1913, ed. William MacDonald (1863-1938) (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916), Original Sources, accessed September 30, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HD63PY8W82D6JUV.

MLA: . "Extract from the Utah Act." U. S. Stat. At Large, Vol. IX, in Documentary Source Book of American History, 1606-1913, edited by William MacDonald (1863-1938), New York, The Macmillan Company, 1916, Original Sources. 30 Sep. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HD63PY8W82D6JUV.

Harvard: , 'Extract from the Utah Act' in U. S. Stat. At Large. cited in 1916, Documentary Source Book of American History, 1606-1913, ed. , The Macmillan Company, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 30 September 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=HD63PY8W82D6JUV.