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LAND
• Dividing the United States into "Presidential sections," 1822
• Respecting the distribution of public land, 1832
• Providing for the division of the country into • four sections, and for votes to be taken by sections on demand of one-third of Senators, and a majority from each section shall be necessary for the passage of a bill, 1861
• Consolidating certain states into three, for Federal purposes, 1864
• Requiring that states in rebellion be reduced to territories, 1866
• Providing that no noncontiguous territory be annexed to the United States, 1897
• Keeping land nearly equally divided among people, 1903
• Providing for representation in Congress, and appointment of electors of President and Vice President, for District of Columbia by considering the District as part of Maryland, 1965 |