Nevada was admitted as a State, March 21st, 1864; making the 36th State in the Union.

It has an area of 63,473 square miles, or 40,622,720 acres. The population in 1860, (while yet a Territory) was 6,857, but had greatly increased at the time of admission. In conformity with the constitutional provision that every State shall have one Representative in Congress, Nevada has one. This State lies in the Ninth Judicial Circuit, and forms one Judicial District, called the District of Nevada

Virginia City is the capital. The State election is held on the first Tuesday in November; and the Legislature meets on the first Monday in January.

The enacting clause of the laws is in the following words: "The people of the State of Nevada, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows."

OHIO.

Ohio was admitted into the Union, from what was then known as the North Western Territory, in 1802, and made the seventeenth State.

It has an area of 39,964 square miles, equal to 25,576,960 acres. The population in 1860 was 2,339,511, entitling it to nineteen members of Congress.

It is in the Sixth Judicial Circuit, and forms two Judicial Districts, viz., the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio.

This State has three ports of entry, to wit; Cleveland, Toledo, and Portland; and four ports of delivery, to be located where the President directs.

The capitol of this State is Columbus. The State election is now held on the second Tuesday of October. The Legislature meets on the first Monday of January, biennially.

The enacting clause of the laws is as follows: "Be it enacted by the general assembly of the State of Ohio."

UNITED STATES SENATORS.

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from 1803 to 1808

Oregon was admitted into the Union as a State on the 14th day of February, 1859; and made the 33rd State. It has an area of 95,274 square miles, which is equal to 60,975,360 acres. The population in 1860 amounted to 52,465, which did not reach the number required to entitle it to a member of Congress according to the fixed ratio. But every State is entitled to one member, whatever its population may be. By act of 1866, the States of Oregon, Nevada, and California, were constituted the Ninth Judicial Circuit. Oregon forms one Judicial District, and has one Collection District, and one port of entry.

The capital is Salem, where her Legislature meets once in two years, on the second Tuesday of September. The State election is held on the first Monday in June.

Pennsylvania is one of the orginal thirteen States, and is often figuratively called the Keystone State, from the central position she occupied in the original number of States.

Its area in square miles is 46,000, equal to 29,440,000 acres. The population in 1860 amounted to 2,906,115, which entitles her to twenty-four members of Congress.

Pennsylvania lies in the Third Judicial Circuit, which is composed of this State and New Jersey. It forms two Judicial Districts, viz., the Eastern and Western Districts of Pennsylvania.

There are two collection Districts in Pennsylvania, and consequently two ports of entry, viz., Philadelphia and Erie.