anton
this former power has actually already been discharged in the erection of
new mexico oklahoma kansas colorado & wyoming into states out of parts of
the republic of texas

the power probably no longer inheres
per bus&ss

so texas is not fundamentally different peter
other than in the 2 ways i mentioned previously

also brendan
lets not write off the confederacy
nor the republic of california
etc
which were independent

m

>From: anton_zeilinger@...
>Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: US counties, unincorprated territories
>Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 16:19:17 -0000
>
>Hi,
>
>also, Texas is the only state in the U.S. which has the power to
>split into not more than four smaller chunks "of convenient size"
>which would have to be admitted to the Union as separate states, see:
>
>http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/annexation/index.html
>
>text of the resolution:
>
>http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/annexation/march1845.html
>
>Anton Z.
>
>PS: Brendan, though it's not in the continental U.S., wasn't Hawaii
>an independent kingdom or something like that?
>
>
>--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., PitHokie <pithokie@y...> wrote:
> > Peter et. al,
> >
> > Texas is unique in that it's the only part of the
> > continental United States that was ever been
> > independently governed as its own country.
> > It's also been under more official rulers than any
> > other part of the continental U.S. If you travel to
> > the Capitol in Austin, you will find in the rotunda a
> > seal of all the countries Texas has been ruled by:
> > Spain, France, Mexico, Texas, and the United States.
> > Texas was independent from April, 1836 until the U.S.
> > annexed it in 1845.
> >
> > Brendan
> >
> > --- Peter Smaardijk <smaardijk@y...> wrote:
> > > --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., PitHokie <pithokie@y...>
> > > wrote:
> > > > The difference is in name only. Governmentally,
> > > there
> > > > is no difference between a state and a
> > > commonwealth.
> > >
> > > I know that in Germany, two "Laender" have the
> > > official designation
> > > of "Freistaat": Bavaria and Saxony. I don't know
> > > whether this has any
> > > implications. Does someone know?
> > >
> > > And I remember vaguely that the position of Texas is
> > > fundamentally
> > > different from all other states in the US (because
> > > it used to be an
> > > independent republic). Can someone say something
> > > about that?
> > >
> > > What about the difference between territories in
> > > countries like
> > > Canada, Australia, and Russia (=krai) and the
> > > regular subdivisions?
> > > Why is it like this and what are the practical
> > > implications?
> > >
> > > Peter S.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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