Bill Text: TX HR97 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 170th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-27 - Reported enrolled [HR97 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR97-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 97 |
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WHEREAS, February 2, 2018, marks the 170th anniversary of the | ||
signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, an act that officially | ||
signaled the end of the Mexican-American 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 situated within | ||
the newly redrawn 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 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commemorate the 170th 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. 97 was adopted by the House on | ||
February 23, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||