These  boundaries  were  rejected  by  Congress,  but  by  act  approved  March  3,

1845,  a  State  called  Iowa  was  admitted  into  the  Union,  provided  the  people
accepted  the  act,  bounded  as  follows :

Beginning  at  the  mouth  of  the  Des  Moines  River,  at  the  middle  of  the  Mississippi,  thence
by  the  middle  of  the  channel  of  that  river  to  a  parallel  of  latitude  passing  through  the  mouth  of
the  Mankato  or  Blue  Earth  River ;  thence  west,  along  said  parallel  of  latitude,  to  a  point  where
it  is  intersected  by  a  meridian  line  seventeen  degrees  and  thirty  minutes  west  of  the  meridian
of  Washington  City  ;  thence  due  south,  to  the  northern  boundary  line  of  the  State  of  Missouri ;
thence  eastwardly,  following  that  boundary  to  the  point  at  which  the  same  intersects  the  Des
Moines  River  ;  thence  by  the  middle  of  the  channel  of  that  river  to  the  place  of  beginning.
These  boundaries,  had  they  been  accepted,  would  have  placed  the  northern
boundary  of  the  State  about  thirty  miles  north  of  its  present  location,  and  would
have  deprived  it  of  the  Missouri  slope  and  the  boundary  of  that  river.  The
western  boundary  would  have  been  near  the  west  line  of  what  is  now  Kossuth
County.  But  it  was  not  so  to  be.  In  consequence  of  this  radical  and  unwel-
"^come  change  in  the  boundaries,  the  people  refused  to  accept  the  act  of  Congress
and  rejected  the  Constitution  at  the  election,  held  August  4,  1845,  by  a  vote  of
7,656  to  7,235.
