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What was the intent of Article IV Section 3 Clause 2?

[American Constitutionalist]

I don't know the " intent " of the original makers of the Constitution, but ? " Territory or other Property " the way I see it is ? Territories were parts of land until they became states, so to speak that is.
Once they became states ? Hands off Federal Government.
The 10th Amendment has a lot to say about this.

Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.


Once it becomes a state ?
The Federal government must surrender all properties to the states and the people.

To bad Federal Government.... the law is the law.