Note 14 — MANUAL OF PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE.

Previous to the 3d of March, 1820, Maine formed part of Massachusetts, and was called the “District of Maine,” and its representatives are numbered with those of Massachusetts. By compact between Maine and Massachusetts, Maine became a separate and independent State, and by act of Congress of 3d March, 1820, was admitted into the Union as such; the admission to take place on the fifteenth of the same month. On the 7th of April, 1820, Maine was declared entitled to seven representatives, to be taken from those of Massachusetts.