...distinct States the Western Territory ceded to the Union by the individual States: also an Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory; and an Act declaring the election of a Surveyor for each of the nine States mentioned in that act, the...

...agreeably to the said deed of session and act of Congress accepting the same. Whereas, the ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the western territory directs, "That the geographer and surveyors shall pay the utITWi™*'' most attention to the variation...

...28th April, 1784, for the military department. Congress resumed the consideration of the ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the western territory. A motion was made by Mr. M'Henry, seconded by Mr. Monroe, to strike out the following words in the...

...from its liability to be so appropriated9 So early as the year 1785, congress passed "an ordinance^) for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the western territory," in which, for the purpose of securing to the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line on continental...

...incurred in extinguishing the Indian title to lands in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. The public lauds were very early looked to as a source of revenue to...disposing of lands in the Western Territory ; and thia was the first act of general legislation on the subject . This act may be found in the new edition...

...the first great subject of collision between the several states of the confederacy. It was, hovvevor, a long time before an effective system was devised,...may be found in the new edition of the Land Laws, p.34S). Under it, very limited sales were mnile, not amounting, in the whole, to more limn 121,540...

...between them and the United States retarded, for some time, the fulfilment of this pledge. On the 20th of May, 1785, an ordinance was passed by the congress...were made, not amounting, in the whole, to more than 12 1,540 acres. In addition to these sales, there were three considerable sales " by special contract,"...

...between them and the United States, retarded for some time the fulfilment of this pledge. On the 20th May 1785, an ordinance was passed by the congress...may be found in the new edition of the Land Laws, page 349. Under it very limited sales were made, not amounting, in the whole, to more than 121,540...

...between them and the United States, retarded for some time the fulfilment of this pledge. On the 20th of May, 1785, an ordinance was passed by the Congress...the first act of general legislation on the subject. Under it, however, very limited sales were made, not amounting, in the whole, to more than 121,540...

...Indians.f XXI.— On the 20th of May, 1785, the Congress of the United States passed " An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the western territory." J XXII. — By an order of Congress, of the 15th of June, 1785, the following proclamation was circulated...