Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: US counties, unincorprated territories<br/>
Date: Nov 13, 2001 @ 08:52<br/>
Author: Anton Sherwood (Anton Sherwood &lt;bronto@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-756049651">PitHokie wrote:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; I think the law was passed after West Virginia was<br/>
&gt; admitted to the Union in 1863.  All other states<br/>
&gt; admitted after her have not been carved from other<br/>
&gt; states.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>Which law?<br/>
<br/>
The US Constitution says (Article IV Section 3 paragraph 1):<br/>
<br/>
	New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union;<br/>
	but no new State shall be formed or erected within the<br/>
	Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed<br/>
	by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States,<br/>
	without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States<br/>
	concerned as well as of the Congress.<br/>
<br/>
The legislature of Virginia certainly did not consent to having its<br/>
northwestern counties amputated.  Perhaps it was forced to consent<br/>
after the war as a condition of &quot;readmission&quot;.<br/>
<br/>
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