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Northwest Territory of the United States, 1787 This 1856 map shows slave states (gray), free states (pink), U.S. territories (green), and Kansas in center (white).. In United States law, an organic act is an act of the United States Congress that establishes a territory of the United States and specifies how it is to be governed, [1] or an agency to manage certain federal lands.
In United States administrative law, an organic statute is a statute enacted by Congress that creates an administrative agency and defines its authorities and responsibilities. [1] Organic statutes may also impose administrative procedures on an agency that differ from the Administrative Procedure Act . [ 2 ]
Claimed under the Guano Islands Act on October 28, 1856. [122] [123] Annexed on May 13, 1936, and placed under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of the Interior. [124] Howland Island [a] Polynesia (North Pacific) 4.5 km 2 (1.7 sq mi) Unincorporated, unorganized Claimed under the Guano Islands Act on December 3, 1858.
An Act to renew the Term, and continue, amend, and enlarge the Powers, of an Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled "An Act for repairing and amending the Roads from Donington High Bridge to Hale Drove, and to the Eighth Milestone in the Parish of Wigtoft, and to Langret Ferry in the County of ...
The first Territorial Capital City and Capitol building was located 1850 to 1856 in the small town of Fillmore, Utah, named for the new 13th President Millard Fillmore, who approved and signed the Congressional organic act and territorial erection bill of September 1850, and the small local government was set up here including the meetings of ...
With the first set of laws, the people created a three-person Executive Committee to act as an executive. [6] The Second Executive Committee was elected on May 14, 1844, and served until June 12, 1845. [4] A December 1844 amendment of the Organic Laws eliminated the Executive Committee in favor of a single governor, taking effect in June 1845. [4]
Andrew Pickens Butler (November 18, 1796 – May 25, 1857) was an American lawyer, slaveholder, and United States senator from South Carolina who authored the Kansas-Nebraska Act with Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois. [1] In 1856, abolitionist senator Charles Sumner gave a speech in which he
This organic act was passed September 9, 1850. [1] [2] In general, the leader of the native New Mexicans favored statehood, while the American pioneer element wanted a Territorial organization. At the time, territorial officials were appointed by the President; in a State they are elected by the people. [3]