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To: taxcontrol
The land that the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo brought into the United States became, between 1850 and 1912, all or part of ten states: California (1850), Nevada (1864), Utah (1896), and Arizona (1912), as well as the whole of, depending upon interpretation, the entire state of Texas (1845) that then included part of Kansas (1861), Colorado (1876), Wyoming (1890), Oklahoma (1907), and New Mexico (1912).

Let me understand your logic, so the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gave all this land to US Government and anyone on the land can be removed? So for all of California and Texas the people need to leave?

89 posted on 04/10/2014 12:57:34 PM PDT by Lockbox
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To: Lockbox; taxcontrol
Most of what taxcontrol wrote were actually my words. (S)He copied and pasted the text from another thread. So, I will try to answer your question.

Let me understand your logic, so the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gave all this land to US Government and anyone on the land can be removed?

The U.S. paid $15 million for the land acquired under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. Nevada disclaimed all rights and title to the land when it became a state in 1864 under the provisions of the Nevada Statehood Act. When Congress admitted Texas into the Union, it allowed the state to retain ownership of all unappropriated land within its borders. I haven't yet researched the provisions of California's admission to statehood.

With that said, there is a valid argument that Nevada's disclaim was unconstitutional under the Equal Footing Doctrine. See the details here.

191 posted on 04/10/2014 4:41:49 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: Lockbox

So the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gave all this land to US Government - yes

and anyone on the land can be removed - No.

Parcels of that land were given out sold distributed etc. Some of that land is in private hands. The land in question has never been sold by the US government and still belongs to the US Government as part of what is now called the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.


244 posted on 04/10/2014 11:40:24 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: Lockbox

So the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gave all this land to US Government - yes

and anyone on the land can be removed - No.

Parcels of that land were given out sold distributed etc. Some of that land is in private hands. The land in question has never been sold by the US government and still belongs to the US Government as part of what is now called the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.


245 posted on 04/10/2014 11:40:48 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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