...contract contained some features that deserve to rank with the provisions of the ordinance itself. The ordinance for ascertaining the mode of 'disposing of lands in the western terri-, tory, adopted May 20, 1785, which directed the survey of the said lands into townships six...

...principle on which the temporary and permanent governments of the new states shall be established; also, an ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the western territory; and subsequent measures taken for carrying the ordinance into effect. Having received no answer to...

...voice against this vital and essential provision relating to it in the ordinance of May 20, 1785, " for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the western territory." This provided, " there shall be reserved the lot No. 16 of every township for the maintenance of public*...

...immediately into operation, and which, in all its most important features, is still in force — the "ordinance for ascertaining the Mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory," passed on the 2Oth of May. It provided for a rectangular system of surveys, dividing the public domain...

...The disposition of unappropriated lands by the National Government. The ordinance of May 20, 1785, for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory, and the celebrated ordinance of July 13, 1787, for the government of the Northwestern Territory, were...

...Ohio, now sought to provide for the survey and disposal of the same ; and on May 20, 1785, was passed " An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory." This on! i nance provided that a surveyor should be appointed from each State, who should take oath...

...representatives in the House of Representatives of the United States. The committee observed, in the ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of -lands in the western territory of the 20th of May, 1785, the following section, which, so far as respects the subject of schools,...

...contract contained some features that deserve to rank with the provisions of the Ordinance itself. The ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the western territory, adopted May 20, 1785, which directed the survey of the said lands into townships six miles square,...

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...settlers, restricted only by the six articles of a compact. On the 20th of May, 1785, Congress passed "An Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory." This was dealing with the lands as property. Congress assumed and exercised a right of applying a system...