United States Statutes at Large/Volume 2/12th Congress/1st Session/Resolution 3
June 17, 1812.
III. Resolution requesting the state of Georgia to assent to the formation of two States of the Mississippi territory.
Legislature of Georgia requested to consent to the formation of two states in the territory of Mississippi.Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the legislature of the state of Georgia be, and they are hereby requested to give their assent by law to the formation of two states of the Mississippi territory: Provided, in the opinion of Congress a division of said territory for that purpose should hereafter be expedient.
Approved, June 17, 1812.