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... Ordinance of 1787 was passed ; which Mr. Adams declared , in his famous speech in the last Congress , " to be as unalterable as the laws of nature : " yet the line contended for by Michigan , agreeably to said Ordinance , would run east ...
... Ordinance of 1787 was passed ; which Mr. Adams declared , in his famous speech in the last Congress , " to be as unalterable as the laws of nature : " yet the line contended for by Michigan , agreeably to said Ordinance , would run east ...
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... ordinances , acts of Congress , and other matters applicable to the subject , as the necessa- ry brevity of the time ... ordinance of 1787 , re- ferred to in the act erecting the Territory of Michigan , the people of that Territory are ...
... ordinances , acts of Congress , and other matters applicable to the subject , as the necessa- ry brevity of the time ... ordinance of 1787 , re- ferred to in the act erecting the Territory of Michigan , the people of that Territory are ...
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... ordinance of 1787 , and by the law of 1789 , adapting it to the Federal constitu- tion . The line given by this act , as the southern boundary of the Territory , is the one claimed , and to which jurisdiction is now held , by the ...
... ordinance of 1787 , and by the law of 1789 , adapting it to the Federal constitu- tion . The line given by this act , as the southern boundary of the Territory , is the one claimed , and to which jurisdiction is now held , by the ...
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... ordinance , accepting in a modified manner certain propositions contained in the law of 1802 , by which Congress offered to the Convention to grant to Ohio certain school lands and road money . Copics of the Constitution and ordinance ...
... ordinance , accepting in a modified manner certain propositions contained in the law of 1802 , by which Congress offered to the Convention to grant to Ohio certain school lands and road money . Copics of the Constitution and ordinance ...
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... ordinance of 1787 , the act of Congress of April , 1802 , and all subse- quent Acts . But how will the question appear if we look at it as a plain practical surveyor would , if called to make a survey for individuals from similar ...
... ordinance of 1787 , the act of Congress of April , 1802 , and all subse- quent Acts . But how will the question appear if we look at it as a plain practical surveyor would , if called to make a survey for individuals from similar ...
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Page 141 - Pennsylvania, and the said territorial line; provided however, and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three states shall be subject so far to be altered, that, if congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of lake Michigan.
Page 141 - There shall be formed in the said territory not less than three nor more than five States ; and the boundaries of the States, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession and consent to the same...
Page 118 - It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Page 141 - The middle state shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from post Vincents to the Ohio ; by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.
Page 140 - Be it ordained, by the United States, in Congress assembled, that the said Territory, for the purposes of temporary government, be one district ; subject, however, to be divided into two districts, as future circumstances may, in the opinion of Congress, make it expedient.
Page 98 - The said Territory and the States which may be formed therein shall forever remain a part of this Confederacy of the United States of America...
Page 99 - Territory shall be subject to pay a part of the Federal debts, contracted or to be contracted, and a proportional part of the expenses of government, to be apportioned on them by Congress, according to the same common rule and measure by which apportionments thereof shall be made on the other States...
Page 45 - Miami aforesaid ; and on the north by an east and west line drawn through the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan, running east, after intersecting the due north line aforesaid from the mouth of the Great Miami, until it shall intersect Lake Erie or the territorial line, and thence with the same, through Lake Erie, to the Pennsylvania line...
Page 143 - State shall be established by, and extend to, a direct line running from the southern extremity of Lake Michigan to the most northerly cape of the Miami Bay, after intersecting the due north line from the mouth of the Great Miami River as aforesaid, thence northeast to the territorial line, and, by the said territorial line, to the Pennsylvania line.
Page 115 - Wabash river ; and, thence, by a due north line, until the same shall intersect an east and west line, drawn through a point ten miles north of the southern extreme of Lake Michigan...