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SR 560: Congress; reaffirming the 35th parallel as Georgia's northern border; urge

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Senate Resolution 560

By: Senator Moore of the 53rd

A RESOLUTION

Reaffirming the 35th parallel as Georgia's northern border and any rights therein, and urging Congress, the federal Department of the Interior, and all other relevant federal, state, and local authorities to recognize and take all steps reasonably necessary to correct the boundary line currently dividing Georgia from Tennessee and North Carolina; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, the admission of Tennessee to the Union in 1796 by an act of Congress, approved June 1, 1796, 1 Stat. 491, and North Carolina's cession of its western lands to the United States in 1790 by an act of Congress, approved April 2, 1790, 1 Stat. 106, stipulated the 35th parallel as the boundary between Georgia and what became Tennessee and North Carolina; and

WHEREAS, in Georgia v. South Carolina, 259 U.S. 572 (1922), the United States Supreme Court recognized that the 35th parallel served as the historical and legal boundary of Georgia; and

WHEREAS, the Official Code of Georgia Annotated acknowledges Georgia's boundary lines in Code Section 50-2-1, which is consistent with state constitutions, federal statutes, and case law that reference the 35th parallel as the northern boundary of Georgia; and

WHEREAS, the impacted area remains under the de facto control of Tennessee and North Carolina, despite credible and longstanding legal grounds that recognize it as properly belonging to the State of Georgia, as described in a resolution approved May 14, 2008 (2008 Ga. L., p. 1180) and a resolution introduced during the 2023 regular session of the General Assembly (H.R. 508); and

WHEREAS, the federal Department of the Interior, through its oversight of federal land and official state boundaries in conjunction with other federal agencies, possesses the administrative authority to update or clarify official boundary maps.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body urge:

(1) All citizens of Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina, and all state and federal authorities to recognize the historical and reaffirmed legal basis of Georgia's claims;

(2) Congress, the federal Department of the Interior, and any other relevant federal agencies to take all steps reasonably necessary to correct the official boundary maps in order to redesignate the land situated south of the 35th parallel, but north of the incorrectly placed state boundary line which currently divides Georgia from Tennessee and North Carolina, as land occupied by Georgia; and

(3) The State of Georgia, all political subdivisions, and the Georgia Department of Defense to pursue any additional measures, as may be necessary, to advance this claim and protect the sovereign integrity of Georgia's boundaries, as originally established and confirmed by federal statutes and the Supreme Court of the United States. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to each member of the Congressional delegation, the federal Department of the Interior, and the public.