 | Reuben Gold Thwaites - Black Hawk War, 1832 - 1903 - 446 pages
...follows: " There shall be formed in the said The famous territory not less than three nor boundary more than five States; and the boundaries of the States,...alter her act of cession and consent to the same, 2 shall become fixed and established as follows, to wit: The Western State, in the said territory,... | |
 | Reuben Gold Thwaites - Black Hawk War, 1832 - 1903 - 436 pages
...follows : " There shall be formed in the said Thefamous territory not less than three nor boundary more than five States; and the boundaries of the States,...shall alter her act of cession and consent to the same,2 shall become fixed and established as follows, to wit : The Western State, in the said territory,... | |
 | Newton Bateman, Paul Selby - Illinois - 1903 - 880 pages
...Mississippi (known as the Northwest Territory), provided, among other things (Art. V., Ordinance 1787), that "there shall be formed in the said Territory not less than three nor more than five States." It then proceeds to fix the boundaries of the proposed States, on the assumption that there shall be... | |
 | Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society - Ohio - 1903 - 776 pages
...thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, passed an act in the following words, viz: Article 5th declared : "There shall be formed in the said territory not less than three or more than five States." As soon as Connecticut gave up her rights, Section gth provided : So soon... | |
 | Adelaide Louise Rouse - United States - 1904 - 508 pages
...States that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor. ARTICLE v There shall be formed in the said territory not less...as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession 92 and consent to the same, shall become fixed and established as follows, to wit : The Western Staje,... | |
 | Henry Munson Utley, Byron M. Cutcheon - Michigan - 1906 - 454 pages
...public office. By Article 5th of the "Compact" contained in the Ordinance of 1787, it was provided that: "There shall be formed in the said territory not less...than five states; and the boundaries of the states shall become fixed and established as follows, to wit: The western state in the said territory shall... | |
 | Edward Waterman Townsend - Constitutional history - 1906 - 332 pages
...States that may be admitted into the Confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty, therefor. ART. 5th. There shall be formed in the said territory, not less than three nor more than five States; iind the boundaries of the States, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession, and consent... | |
 | Timothy Edward Howard - Saint Joseph County (Ind.) - 1907 - 822 pages
...state that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax. impost or duty, therefor. Art. 5th. There shall be formed in the said territory not less...shall alter her act of cession, and consent to the same,0 shall become a. In the Virginia Act of Cession, passed December 20, 1783, the cession was made... | |
 | S. S. Scranton - Mercer County (Ohio) - 1907 - 392 pages
...States that may be admitted into the Confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty, therefor. ART. sth. There shall be formed in the said territory, not less...nor more than five States; and the boundaries of the State, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of -cession, and consent to the same, shall become fixed... | |
 | Michigan. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1907 - 214 pages
...common consent; and Whereas, it is stipulated in and by the 5th of the said articles of compact, that there shall be formed in the said territory, not less than three nor more than five states; and that "the boundaries of the three states shall be subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall... | |
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There shall be formed in the said territory not less than three nor more than five States ; and the boundaries of the States, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession, and... 
