Missouri Gesēm

Þā Geāneda Rīcu American in 1819

Þæt Missouri Gesēm wæs gesetnes be þæm Mōte þāra Geānedra Rīca American þærbe underfeng he Maine in þæm Gæd swa rīce būton þēowdōme and in þæm ilcum dæge underfeng se Gemōt Missouri swa rīce mid þēowdōm in his rihtbēc. Þærbe abād efennes betwuh Norþ and Sūþ in þæm Senate.

In þissum gesēme forbād sēo gesetnes þēowdōm be norþen þæm līne 36°30′ norþ, būton in Missouran. Se Gemōt asettede swylce gesetnesse on 3 Hrēþmōnaþ 1820, and Iacobus Monroe Foresittend sealde his hand on þisre gesetnesse on March 6, 1820.