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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, February 2, 2017, marks the 169th anniversary of the |
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| 6 | 7 | | signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, an act that officially |
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| 7 | 8 | | signaled the end of the Mexican-American War; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Concluding hostilities that had begun between |
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| 9 | 10 | | Mexico and the United States in 1846, the treaty constitutes a major |
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| 10 | 11 | | event in the history of both countries and in the annals of the Lone |
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| 11 | 12 | | Star State; and |
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| 12 | 13 | | WHEREAS, In consequence of its provisions, Mexico recognized |
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| 13 | 14 | | the annexation of Texas by the United States and accepted the Rio |
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| 14 | 15 | | Grande as the state's southern boundary; in addition, Mexico ceded |
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| 15 | 16 | | to the United States the territory of the present-day states of |
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| 16 | 17 | | California, Arizona, and New Mexico, as well as parts of Utah, |
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| 17 | 18 | | Nevada, and Colorado, in exchange for a payment of $15 million; and |
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| 18 | 19 | | WHEREAS, The treaty further offered American citizenship to |
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| 19 | 20 | | Mexicans living in the ceded lands, an offer accepted by an |
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| 20 | 21 | | overwhelming majority of the approximately 80,000 individuals who |
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| 21 | 22 | | thus became eligible; and |
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| 22 | 23 | | WHEREAS, Those holding Mexican title to land situated within |
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| 23 | 24 | | the newly redrawn borders of the United States were also promised |
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| 24 | 25 | | respect for their property; in Texas, subsequent adjudication |
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| 25 | 26 | | confirmed almost all of the claims that were presented for |
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| 26 | 27 | | validation; and |
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| 27 | 28 | | WHEREAS, Yet another treaty provision stipulated that Mexico |
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| 28 | 29 | | and the United States would refer future disputes to arbitration; |
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| 29 | 30 | | an outstanding instance of such a resolution is the Chamizal |
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| 30 | 31 | | settlement of 1963, which concluded a 99-year-old boundary dispute |
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| 31 | 32 | | in the vicinity of El Paso; and |
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| 32 | 33 | | WHEREAS, The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo secured for Texas |
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| 33 | 34 | | its claim to land between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande, |
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| 34 | 35 | | pointed the way toward a bilingual, multiethnic society along the |
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| 35 | 36 | | Texas-Mexico border, and pledged two proud countries to peaceful |
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| 36 | 37 | | negotiation of their differences; now, therefore, be it |
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| 37 | 38 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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| 38 | 39 | | Legislature hereby commemorate the 169th anniversary of the signing |
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| 39 | 40 | | of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on February 2, 1848, and |
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| 40 | 41 | | recognize the momentous significance of this date for the State of |
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| 41 | 42 | | Texas. |
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