...described as follows: "beginning at the mouth of the Sabine river, and running west along the Gulf of Mexico three leagues from land, to the mouth of the Rio Grande." 5 Texas was admitted to the Union in 1845 "on an equal footing with the original States in all respects...

...a member of the Union ("beginning at the month of the Sabine river, and running west along the Gulf of Mexico three leagues from land, to the mouth of the Rio Grande", 1 Laws of Republic of Texas 133), and bounded on the east by the eastern boundary of Texas and on the...

...described as follows : ' beginning at the mouth of the Sabine river, and running west along the Gulf of Mexico three leagues from land, to the mouth of the Rio Grande '. Texas was admitted to the Union in 1845 ' on an equal footing with the original States in all respects...

...were described in part as "beginning at the mouth of the Sabine river, and running west along the Gulf of Mexico three leagues from land, to the mouth of...Grande, thence up the principal stream of said river . . . ." Id., 133. (Emphasis added.) See diagram at p. 65, post.'1 61 The boundaries of Texas were...

...were described in part as "beginning at the mouth of the Sabine river, and running west along the Gulf of Mexico three leagues from land, to the mouth of...Grande, thence up the principal stream of said river . . . ." Id., 133. (Emphasis added.) See diagram at p. 65, post.81 61 The boundaries of Texas were...

...fixed thereby with which we are primarily concerned, ran in the Gulf of Mexico from the Sabine River three leagues from land, "to the mouth of the Rio...the principal stream of said river to its source." (Ordinarily unless specifically stated otherwise, when a river is made the boundary between States...

...Houston, v. 1, p. 133) . Beginning at the mouth of the Sabine River and running west along the Gulf of Mexico three leagues from land to the mouth of...said river to its source, thence due north to the fortysecond degree of north latitude, thence along the boundary line as denned In the treaty between...

...described in part as ' beginning at the mouth of the Sabine river, and running west along the Gulf of Mexico three leagues from land, to the mouth of...Grande, thence up the principal stream of said river . . .' Id., 133. (Emphasis added.) See diagram at p. 65, post.1 1 [Reproduced at p. 176 below.] The...

...republic of Texas as follows: Beginning at the mouth of the Sabine river, and running west along the Gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land, to the mouth of...said river, to its source; thence, due north, to the forty-second degree of north latitude; thence, along the boundary line as defined in the treaty between...

...Houston, v. 1, p. 133). Beginning at the mouth of the Sabine River and running west along the Gulf of Mexico three leagues from land to the mouth of...said river to its source, thence due north to the forty-second degree of north latitude, thence along the boundary line as defined in the treaty between...