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No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due. | No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due. | ||
=== Section 3. === | === Section 3. [Admission of new states] === | ||
{{#tip-text: [Section 3. Summary]|New states}}''' | {{#tip-text: [Section 3. Summary]|New states | ||
* new states may be admitted | |||
* but if they are created out of parts of an existing state, that state must consent to its formation | |||
* Congress may set rules for the administration and entrance into states of territories | |||
* the issue of slavery deeply impacted the administration and admission of new states into the 19th century up to the Civil War | |||
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New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; | New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress. | ||
The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. | The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. | ||