[woodpusher]

Ah yes, White v Texas

It was Texas v. White, with the State of Texas being the complainant and George W. White being a defendant.

Note as well that Texas was not admitted like any other State, but was interestingly annexed.

https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/28th-congress/c28.pdf

At page 721:

ACTS OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, Passed at the second session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the district of Columbia, on Monday, the 2d day of December, 1844, and ended the 3d day of March, 1845.

JOHN TYLER, President of the United States. WILLIE P. MANGUM, President of the Senate, pro tempore. JOHN W. JONES, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

TWENTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. SESS. II, Res. 5,7,8. 1845.

Page 797-798

No. 8. Joint Resolution for annexing Texas to the United States,

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress doth con­sent that the territory properly included within, and rightfully belong­ing to the Republic of Texas, may be erected into a new State, to be called the State of Texas, with a republican form of government, to be adopted by the people of said republic, by deputies in convention as­sembled, with the consent of the existing government, in order that the same may be admitted as one of the States of this Union.

2. And be it further resolved, That the foregoing consent of Con­gress is given upon the following conditions, and with the following guarantees, to wit: First, Said State to be formed, subject to the ad­justment by this government of all questions of boundary that may arise with other governments; and the constitution thereof, with the proper evidence of its adoption by the people of said Republic of Texas, shall be transmitted to the President of the United States, to be laid before Congress for its final action, on or before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six. Second, Said State, when admitted into the Union, after ceding to the United States, all public edi­fices, fortifications, barracks, ports and harbors, navy and navy-yards, docks, magazines, arms, armaments, and all other property and means pertaining to the public defence belonging to said Republic of Texas, shall retain all the public funds, debts, taxes, and dues of every kind, which may belong to or be due and owing said republic; and shall also retain all the vacant and unappropriated lands lying within its limits, to be applied to the payment of the debts and liabilities of said Republic of Texas, and the residue of said lands, after discharging said debts and liabilities, to be disposed of as said State may direct; but in no event are said debts and liabilities to become a charge upon the Govern­ment of the United States. Third. New States, of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admis­sion under the provisions of the federal constitution. And such States as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes north latitude, commonly known as the Missouri compromise line, shall be admitted into the Union with or without slavery, as the people of each State asking admission may de­sire. And in such State or States as shall be formed out of said terri­tory north of said Missouri compromise line, slavery, or involuntary servitude, (except for crime,) shall be prohibited.

3. And be it. further resolved, That if the President of the United States shall in his judgment and discretion deem it most advisable, in­stead of proceeding to submit the foregoing resolution to the Republic of Texas, as an overture on the part of the United States for admission, to negotiate with that Republic; then,

Be it resolved, That a State, to be formed out of the present Republic of Texas, with suitable extent and boundaries, and with two represent­atives in Congress, until the next apportionment of representation, shall be admitted into the Union, by virtue of this act, on an equal footing with the existing States, as soon as the terms and conditions of such admission, and the cession of the remaining Texian territory to the United States shall be agreed upon by the Governments of Texas and the United States : And that the sum of one hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to defray the expenses of missions and negotiations, to agree upon the terms of said admission and cession, either by treaty to be submitted to the Senate, or by arti­cles to be submitted to the two houses of Congress, as the President may direct.

APPROVED: March 1, 1845.

[Bull Snipe]

Thanks