WASHINGTON. HISTORICAL. 1846. For early history, see Oregon. Under the Buchanan-Pakingham treaty, Great Britain and the United States settled boundary lines. 1853. Mar. 2, Territory of Washington organized by Act of Congress out of northern part of territory of Oregon. 1889. Feb. 22, Enabling Act of Congress providing for admission as a state. 1889. Nov. 11, admitted to the Union as a state on proclamation of the President. History of State of Washington," by E. S. Meany, New York, 1909. Territory BIBLIOGRAPHY. Title of legislative body "Legislative Assembly." Session laws called "Laws." 488 + lxviii p. 8°. 75 p. 8°. 79 p. 8°. 95 p. 8°. 1st Session, Feb. 28, 1854. 523 + (1) p. 8°. 1862. 572 + xc + 144 + v + (1) p. 8°. 206 p. 8°. 207 p. 8°. [14th Session], Dec. 3, 1866. 342 p. 8°. 1st Session, 1889-90. 824 p. 8°. 238 p. 8°. 284 p. 8°. 446 + xxxii p. 8°. Special Session, Sept. 3, 1890. 13+ (3) p. 8°. Extraordinary Session, [June] 1901. 27 p. 8°. 9th Session, 1905. (7) + 450+ (1) p. 8°. 774 p. 8°. STATUTES (Compilations, Revisions, Digests). Real Property Statutes (1843-89); T. O. Abbott. Territory 8°. In Department of Justice. Olympia, 1892. Statutes of Territory (1854), being the code passed at the first Code of Washington (1881), containing Acts of a general nature revised and amended at the 8th biennial session, and the extra session ending Dec. 7, 1881. [With] constitution of United States and Acts of Congress applicable; and naturalization laws. Published by authority. 580+xlviii+ 50 p. 8°. (See next below.) Olympia, 1881. Laws of Washington Territory (1881), compiled by J. P. Judson and E. Evans. [Appended to code of Washington, 1881, 50 p.] 580+ xlviii+ 50 p. 8°. Index to Code and Laws (1853-88). In Department of Justice. Olympia, 1881. Index to Code (1887), complete index to code of Washington and to session laws enacted by territorial legislature, sessions 1881, 1883, 1885, and 1887. With laws remaining in force at time of adoption of code. Published by authority. 376 p. 8°. State Laws. List of statutes and session laws. (n.t.p.) 8°. In Harvard Law School. Olympia, 1888. St. Louis (F. H. Thomas), 1890. General Statutes and Codes (1891), arranged and annotated by W. L. Hill. 2 vols.: Vol. 1, General Statutes, Vol. 2, Code of Procedure, Penal Code, Constitutions. 2 vols. 4to. San Francisco, 1891. Code of Procedure and Penal Code (1893), including lien and mortgage laws, law of wills, etc., with citations. By H.B. Huntley. xxvi +599 p. 8°. In Social Law Library. Seattle, 1893. Revised Statutes and Codes (1896), compiled, annotated and published by E. D. McLaughlin, C. E. Remsberg, and J. D. Atkinson. li + 1182 p. 4to. Seattle, 1896. Annotated Codes and Statutes (1897), showing statutes in force including session laws of 1897. By R. A. Ballinger. 2 vols. 4to. Seattle, etc., 1897. (1903), supplement to Ballinger's Codes and Statutes. Containing general statutes and amendments enacted [in] 1899, 1901, and 1903. With notes. By John H. Mahan. [Binder's label, Vol. 3.] 780 p. 4to. (1910), showing statutes in force including extraordinary session, 1909. By R. A. Ballinger and A. Remington. 2 vols: Vol. 1, Code of Procedure, Vol. 2, General Statutes. 2 vols. 4to. San Francisco, 1903. Seattle, etc., 1910. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS, CONSTITUTIONS, ETC. The constitution at present in force in this state is that of 1889. 1878. Constitution of July 27, 1878. Senate mis. doc. No. 55, 50th congress, Constitution; a copy of this constitution is contained in Remington and Ballinger's Annotated Codes and Statutes, Vol. I, p. 29–126. 2 vols. 4to. Seattle, etc., 1910. With amendments to date. Published by I. M. Howell, secretary of state. 94 p. 8°. Olympia, 1911. Constitution Amendments. This constitution has been amended as follows: Art. 16, sec. 5, adopted Nov. 1894; Art. 6, sec. 1, approved Nov. 1896; Art. 7, sec. 2, approved Nov. 1900; Art. 1, sec. 11, approved Nov. 1904. (Washington State Library, Jan. 8, 1912.) WEST VIRGINIA. HISTORICAL. Note. The state of West Virginia was formed of the western counties of Virginia which had not seceded from the Union. For early history, see Virginia. 1861. April 17, Ordinance of secession passed by Virginia convention. 1860-61. Meetings and irregular conventions in Western Virginia, upon the question of secession from the Union, and upon the question of separation from Virginia. 1861. June 11, Formation of "the reorganized government of Virginia," at Wheeling, calling itself the government of Virginia. 1861. Nov. 26, Convention to organize new state, which was first proposed to be called Kanawha. 1862. May 6, Consent by "the reorganized government of Virginia," acting as the government of Virginia, to formation of state of West Virginia. 1862. Dec. 31, Consent by congress to admit state of West Virginia. 1863. June 10, West Virginia admitted into the Union as a state. U.S. Charters and Const's, Part II, p. 1977. 66 'Formation of West Virginia," by William P. Willey, Wheeling, 1901. BIBLIOGRAPHY. Title of legislative body "Legislature." Session laws called "Acts." SESSION LAWS. "Ordinances and Acts of restored government of Virginia," prior to formation of state of West Virginia, [1863]; also constitution and laws of state of West Virginia to March, 1866. Reprinted by order of legislature. Various paging. 8°. The foregoing contains the following sessions: Wheeling, 1866. Session, June 11, 1861.1 (Convention ordinances.) p. 1-22. Wheel ing, Va. Extra Session, July 1, 1861.1 p. 1-29. Wheeling, Va. 1 See also Virginia octavo laws 1861-65, with different paging and differently bound. |