Section 28. This Act is hereby declared to be a public Act; and shall take effect on the first Monday of February next

Approved December 16, 1840.

I. , Secretary of State, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and perfect copy of the enrolled law now on file in my office.

L. S.

<​See note 1— after the 3rd. Section​>

And whereas by the tenth Article of the Constitution of the as Amended “Art. 10. The powers not delegated to the by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people” And whereas according to the Fourth Article and second section “The Citizens of each shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of Citizens in the several States” And whereas according to the second Paragraph of the third Section of said Constitution “The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make the needful rules and regulations respecting territory:” And whereas the said Congress has the power to protect each State against invasion, and insurrection: And whereas most of the Inhabitants of the City of are exiles from the State of : And whereas the most of the lands owned in the State of were purchased from the and patented by the [p. [22]]