...letter has before this got safe to hand. On my being appointed one of the committee for draughting the ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the western territory, the president was kind enough to furnish me with an extract of your letter' to him on the subject of...

...forms. Local Government . Michigan and the Northwest [Extracts from the Ordinance of May 20, 1785, for ascertaining the mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory.] " Be it ordained by the United States In Congress assembled, that the territory ceded by Individual...

...with the act of Congress of the 9th of May, 1786, giving power to surveyors appointed pursuant to the ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of Lands in the western Territory, to proceed in the execution of the provisions of said act. 1787. - LEIGHTON WOOD, J'N'R, TO Gov. RANDOLPH....

...they were, of the Indian Nations who dwelt therein. Under a congressional ordinance, passed in 1785, for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the western territory, the geographer of the United States was directed to commence the survey of them immediately beyond...

...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...