The Educational Significance of the Early Federal Land Ordinances, by Howard Cromwell Taylor

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Teachers College, Columbia University, 1922 - School lands - 138 pages
 

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Page 30 - nor more than 150 miles square, or as near thereto as circumstances will admit; and that the states so formed should be distinct republican states, and admitted members of the Federal Union, having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other states." 5 The language here is almost identical with that of the motion carried in Congress, September 6, 1780,
Page 130 - our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal, this day of , in the year of our Lord , and of the Independence of the United
Page 132 - of May, 1785; complete returns whereof to be made to the Treasury Board. The lot No. 16, in each township or fractional part of a township, to be given perpetually for the purposes contained in the said ordinance. The lot No. 29, in each township or fractional part of a township, to be given perpetually for the purposes of religion. The lots Nos. 8,
Page 129 - hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal, this day of , in the year of our Lord , and of the independence of the United
Page 62 - The lot No. 16, in each township or fractional part of a township, to be given perpetually for the purposes contained in the said ordinance.
Page 131 - Done by the United States in Congress assembled, the 20th day of May, in the year of our Lord, 1785, and of our sovereignty and independence the ninth. Richard H. Lee, President, Jour. Am. Cong. v. IV, 520-21, or Charles Thompson, Secretary. Land Laws, Part
Page 131 - That the Board of Treasury be authorized and empowered to contract with any person or persons for a grant of a tract of land which shall be bounded by the Ohio, from the mouth of the
Page 131 - Congress, for the use of the officers, men, and others, refugees from Canada, and the refugees from Nova Scotia, who are or may be entitled to grants of land under resolutions of Congress now existing or which may hereafter be made respecting them, and for such other purposes as Congress may hereafter direct. And be it further ordained, That the towns of Gnadenhutten,
Page 129 - (or, if more than one purchaser, to the said their heirs and assigns forever, as tenants in common). State of , hath, in conformity to the ordinance passed by the United States, in Congress assembled, the twentieth day of May, in the year of
Page 129 - township, as the case may be) numbered , in the range , excepting and reserving onethird part of all gold, silver, lead, and copper mines, within the same for future sale or disposition.

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