Date: 1854-04-17
Result:
35-9
Vote Subject Matter:
Foreign and Defense Policy
/ Foreign Policy Budget
Sponsor: RUSK, Thomas Jefferson (D-TX)
Description: TO RATIFY ART. III TO RESOLUTION, WHICH ESTABLISHES A COMPENSATION OF SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS TO BE PAID BY THE U.S. TO THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT IN CONSIDERATION OF THE TREATY STIPULATIONS, $5,000,000 TO BE PAID ON RADIFICATION OF THE TREATY, AND $3000,000 AS SOON AS THE BOUNDARY LINE SHALL BE SURVEYED, MARKED AND ESTABLISHED. (P.301)
Original source documents:
Senate Executive Journal vol. 9, p. 30;
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