...fifty thousand dollars to the state of Georgia, and the grants recognized by the preceding condition be considered as a Common fund for the use and benefit of the United States, Georgia included, and shall be faithfully disposed of for that purpose, and for...

...mentioned pur popes, or disposed of in bounties to the officers and soldiers of the American army, should be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of surh of the United American States as have become or shall become members of the confederation or federal...

...virtue of this act to the United States of America, and not appro- ' priated as before mentioned, shall be considered as a common fund, for the use and benefit of the United States of America, Norch Carolina inclusive, according to their respective and usual proportion...

...to the officers and soldiers of the American army, shall be considered a common fund, for the sole use and benefit of such of the United States as have...become, or shall become, members of the confederation, or federal alliance of the said Stetes, Virginia inclusive, according to their respective proportions...

...was well expressed by Virginia, in her formal act of cession. This provides that these lands '-shall be considered as a common fund, for the use and benefit...become, or shall become members of the confederation; or federal alliance of the said States, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions...

...and ceded a great portion of those lands to the United States, on the express condition that "they should be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of all of them, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure,"...

...the act of cession requiring that all the lands, not included in other special conditions, ' shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit...become, or shall become, members of the confederation, or federal alliance of the said states, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions...

...them, the act of cession requires that all the lands, not included in other special conditions, "shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit...become, or shall become, members of the confederation, or federal alliance of the said states, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions...

...virtue of this act to the United States of America, and not appropriated as beforementioned, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of the United States of America, North Carolina inclusive, according to their respective and usual proportion...

...and ceded a great portion of those lands to the United States, on the express condition, that "they should be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of all of them, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure,"...