MS SC663

Commemorates the bicentennial anniversary of the March 2, 1819 Act of Congress that extended Mississippi's eastern boundary to include present-day Jackson County and the Port of Pascagoula.

Recognizes that Mississippi's original eastern boundary at statehood (December 10, 1817) excluded the Pascagoula area and left the state without a seaport while neighboring Alabama and Louisiana controlled the entire seacoast.

References the Mississippi Legislature's December 17, 1817 memorial to Congress protesting the boundary line as unfair and leaving settlers on the Pascagoula River unconnected to any state or territorial government.

Documents that Section Three of the "Act for the Admission of Alabama" (March 2, 1819) corrected the boundary by shifting it eastward to run ten miles east of the mouth of the Pascagoula River, officially adding Pascagoula, Moss Point, and portions of other towns to Mississippi.

Directs transmission of the resolution to Jackson, Wayne, George, and Greene County boards, the City of Pascagoula, and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.