 | Henry Brown - Illinois - 1844 - 524 pages
...expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two States, in that part of the said territory whieh lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend, or extreme of Lake Miehigan.a " There shall be neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise... | |
 | Henry Brown - Illinois - 1844 - 526 pages
...they shall have authority to form one or two States, in that part of the said territory which liea north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend, or extreme of Lake Michigan.* • " There shall be neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than... | |
 | Wisconsin. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives - Legislative journals - 1844 - 536 pages
...advert at this time to some of the authorities upon which my opinions are founded. I observe that " an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan," is described or adverted to, as a boundary, by the government of the United States in several instances:... | |
 | Illinois - Illinois - 1845 - 766 pages
...territorial line, and by the said territorial line. The eastern State shall be bounded by the last mentionel direct line, the Ohio, Pennsylvania, and the said...Michigan. And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress... | |
 | William Alexander Duer - Constitutional law - 1845 - 436 pages
...however, and it is farther understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three states shall he subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall...Michigan. And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress... | |
 | Child rearing - 1845 - 436 pages
...however, and it is farther understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three states shall he subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall...Michigan. And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress... | |
 | United States - Session laws - 1845 - 816 pages
...altered, that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form ono or two States in that part of the said territory which...Michigan. And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress... | |
 | Increase Allen Lapham - Wisconsin - 1846 - 232 pages
...1787, one of which is, "that Congress shall have authority to form one or two States in that part of said territory which lies north of an east and west...through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan ;" thereby fixing unalterably (without common consent) the southern boundaries of Michigan and Wisconsin.... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional law - 1847 - 440 pages
...Mississippi. The middle States shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash, from Post Vincents to the Ohio, by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due...extreme of lake Michigan. And whenever any of the within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled. The Legislatures of those Districts,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hall - Real property - 1847 - 480 pages
...bounded by the last mentioned direct line, the Ohio, Pennsylvania, and the said territorial liae : provided, however, and it is further understood and...Michigan. And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress... | |
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Provided however, and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three States shall be subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two States in that... 
