Bill Text: TX HR79 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Resolution 79 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Commemorating the 164th anniversary of the date the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, ending the Mexican War.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2011-03-03 - Reported enrolled [HR79 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HR79-Enrolled.html



	H.R. No. 79



	R E S O L U T I O N

	WHEREAS, February 2, 2012, marks the 164th anniversary of the

	signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, an act that officially

	signaled the end of the Mexican War; and

	WHEREAS, Concluding hostilities that had begun between

	Mexico and the United States in 1846, the treaty constitutes a major

	event in the history of both countries and in the annals of the Lone

	Star State; and

	WHEREAS, In consequence of its provisions, Mexico recognized

	the annexation of Texas by the United States and accepted the Rio

	Grande as the state's southern boundary; in addition, Mexico ceded

	to the United States the territory of the present-day states of

	California, Arizona, and New Mexico, as well as parts of Utah,

	Nevada, and Colorado, in exchange for a payment of $15 million; and

	WHEREAS, The treaty further offered American citizenship to

	Mexicans living in the ceded lands, an offer accepted by an

	overwhelming majority of the approximately 80,000 individuals who

	thus became eligible; and

	WHEREAS, Those holding Mexican title to land now situated

	within the borders of the United States were also promised respect

	for their property; in Texas, subsequent adjudication confirmed

	almost all of the claims that were presented for validation; and

	WHEREAS, Yet another treaty provision stipulated that Mexico

	and the United States would refer future disputes to arbitration;

	an outstanding instance of such a resolution is the Chamizal

	settlement of 1963, which concluded a 99-year-old boundary dispute

	in the vicinity of El Paso; and

	WHEREAS, The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo secured for Texas

	its claim to land between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande,

	pointed the way toward a bilingual, multiethnic society along the

	Texas-Mexico border, and pledged two proud countries to peaceful

	negotiation of their differences; now, therefore, be it

	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas

	Legislature hereby commemorate the 164th anniversary of the signing

	of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on February 2, 1848, and

	recognize the momentous significance of this date for the State of

	Texas.

	Alonzo

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	Speaker of the House

	I certify that H.R. No. 79 was adopted by the House on
	February 24, 2011, by a non-record vote.

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	Chief Clerk of the House