Missouri

The name of one of the United States of America. It was formed out of part of the territory ceded to the United States by the French Republic by treaty of April 30, 1803, and admitted into the Union by a resolution of congress approved March 2, 1821. To this resolution there was a condition, which, having been performed, the admission of Missouri as a state was completed by the president’s proclamation, dated August 10, 1821. The convention which formed the constitution of this state met at St. Louis, on Monday, June 12, 1820, and continued by adjournment till July 19, 1820, when thp constitution was adopted, establishing ‘*an independent republic, by the name of the ‘State of Missouri.’ ” An amendment in 1912 provided for the erection of a new capitol building, and another was adopted relating to the ages of pupils in the public schools.