 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 618 pages
...pledge. On the twentieth of May, 1785, an ordinance was passed by the congress of the confederation, for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory ; and this was the first act of general legislation on the subject. This act may be found in the new... | |
 | John Brown Dillon - Indiana - 1843 - 482 pages
...Ottawa nations of 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... | |
 | Commerce - 1844 - 600 pages
...lands in that territory ; and those in Wisconsin and Iowa under the act of 20th May, 1785, entitled " An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the western territory." t Report of Hon. William Cost Johnson. States & Territories. Acres & l00ths. Acres & l00ihs Ohio, 69,120.00... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins - Indians of North America - 1846 - 642 pages
...government about to be called into existence. The report closed as follows : The committee observe, 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,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1852 - 920 pages
...Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of Handley's lessee vs. Anthony, 5 Wheat., 380. " Ail ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory," passed by Congress May 20, 1780, directed that the territory ceded by the States to the United States,... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1850 - 210 pages
...conflict of opinion among the several states. On the 20th May, 1785, an ordinance was passed by congress, for ascertaining the mode of disposing' of lands in the western territory. Under this ordinance, 121,540 acres were sold, and three large tracts disposed of by what was termed... | |
 | William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1851 - 580 pages
...Bastrop's, St. Vrain, now John Smith, T. Renaut's, Dubuque's, and Chouteau's claims to lands and lead mines. An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the western territory. Boundary lines between Virginia and Kentucky ascertained. Location of Virginia military bounty land.... | |
 | William Hickey - 1851 - 588 pages
...Bastrop's, St. Vrain, now John Smith, T. Renaut's, Dubuque's, and Chouteau's claims to lands and lead mines. An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the western territory. Boundary lines between Virginia and Kentucky ascertained. Location of Virginia military bounty land.... | |
 | Bounties, Military - 1852 - 814 pages
...to the resolution of the 16th of September, 1776. [6.] [Laws of the US, vol. 3, page 563.] CHAP. 32. An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the western territory. Surveyors to be appointed, &c. * * * Army bounty lands to be drawn for: Secretary of War to transmit... | |
 | William T. Young - Generals - 1852 - 430 pages
...popular designation, and it is thus called in an act of the old Congress passed May 20, 1785, entitled " An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the western territory." The meaning is here geographical, and not political ; for no government was established there till... | |
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An Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory. 
