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  H.R. No. 310
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, February 2, 2009, marks the 161st 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 81st Texas
  Legislature hereby commemorate 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
 
 
Straus Gattis Menendez
 
Allen Geren Merritt
 
Alonzo Giddings Miklos
 
Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
 
Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
 
Anderson Guillen Moody
 
Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
 
Berman Hamilton Naishtat
 
Bohac Hancock Oliveira
 
Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
 
Bonnen Harless Orr
 
Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
 
Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
 
Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
 
Burnam Hernandez Patrick
 
Button Herrero Paxton
 
Callegari Hilderbran Peña
 
Castro Hochberg Phillips
 
Chavez Hodge Pickett
 
Chisum Homer Pierson
 
Christian Hopson Pitts
 
Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
 
Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
 
Cook Hughes Riddle
 
Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
 
Crabb Isett Ritter
 
Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
 
Creighton Jones Rose
 
Crownover Keffer Sheffield
 
Darby Kent Shelton
 
Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
 
Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
 
Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
 
Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
 
Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
 
Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
 
Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
 
Edwards Legler Thibaut
 
Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
 
Eissler Lewis Truitt
 
Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
 
England Madden Turner of Harris
 
Farabee Maldonado Vaught
 
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
 
Farrar Marquez Villarreal
 
Fletcher Martinez Vo
 
Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
 
Flynn McCall Weber
 
Frost McClendon Woolley
 
Gallego McReynolds Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 310 was adopted by the House on
  February 26, 2009, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House