United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/12th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 84
Chap. LXXXIV.—An Act to enlarge the boundaries of the Mississippi territory.
Act of April 7, 1798, ch. 28. vol. i. 549.
Boundaries of the Mississippi territory enlarged.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that portion of territory lying east of Pearl river, west of the Perdido, and south of the thirty-first degree of latitude, be, and the same is hereby annexed to the Mississippi territory; to be governed by the laws now in force therein, or which may hereafter be enacted, and the laws and ordinances of the United States, relative thereto, in like manner as if the same had originally formed a part of said territory; and until otherwise provided by law, the inhabitants of the said district hereby annexed to the Mississippi territory, shall be entitled to one representative in the general assembly thereof.
Approved, May 14, 1812.