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Sec. 101 · H.R. 51

Admission into the Union

Title I — State of Washington, D.C. › Subtitle A — Procedures for Admission

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(a) In general Subject to the provisions of this Act, upon the issuance of the proclamation required by section 103(a), the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwealth is declared to be a State of the United States of America, and is declared admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the other States in all respects whatever. (b) Constitution of State The State Constitution shall always be republican in form and shall not be repugnant to the Constitution of the United States or the principles of the Declaration of Independence. (c) Nonseverability If any provision of this section, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remaining provisions of this Act and any amendments made by this Act shall be treated as invalid.

Sec. 101: Admission into the Union · Public Law Tracker