 ... 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 part of the said territory which lies north of an east...  A History of St. Joseph County, Indiana - Page 620by Timothy Edward Howard - 1907 - 1158 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1836 - 650 pages
...they should have authority to form one or two States in that part of said territory which lay north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan. Here is no creation of additional States; but there is authority given to Congress to create one or... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - United States - 1836 - 304 pages
...s\\a\\ lane wo&anvj v> fcmsv owt <si wo states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michi-gan: and whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state... | |
 | Wisconsin. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives - Legislative journals - 1843 - 1080 pages
...shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan;" And whereas it is stipulated in the said article that the said three states shall be bounded on the... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - Constitutions - 1836 - 146 pages
...shall have authority to form one or two States, in that part of the said Territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan." At the time the ordinance was adopted, the geography of that rich region which it was designed to divide... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - United States - 1836 - 304 pages
...shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north nf an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan: and whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature. Senate - Michigan - 1836 - 498 pages
...inhabitants. It was the people of that part of the territory of the United States lying north of the east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan, K ind none othar, who were authorized on the happening of this contingency to form a permanent constitution... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature. House of Representatives - Michigan - 1836 - 460 pages
...inhabitants. It was the people of that part of the territory of the United States lying north of the east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan, and none other, who were authorized on the happening of this contingency to form a permanent constitution... | |
 | Thomas Francis Gordon - Commercial law - 1837 - 886 pages
...shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan. And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1837 - 740 pages
...shall have author ty to form one or two States in that part of said terr.tnr)' which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan. Michigan contends thai Congress having determined to form two States north of this line, the ordinance... | |
 | John Mason Peck - History - 1837 - 396 pages
...shall have authority to form one or two States in that part of the said Territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of lake Michigan." Ohio claims it by possession; and because, by being received into the Union with this portion in possession,... | |
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