| Article IV Section 3 |
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| New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new States |
| 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. |
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| 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. |
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