 | Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) - 1899 - 406 pages
...1785, the Congress, acting under the Articles of Confederation, passed an ordinance which was entitled: "An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory." This provided for the details of surveys and other matters. The pertinent portion is as follows: "There... | |
 | Burke Aaron Hinsdale - Northwest, Old - 1899 - 470 pages
...system of surveys such as was unknown to any .one of the colonies. This need was met by Congress in "An Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western territory," enacted May 20, 1785, but applying only to such lands as had already been ceded by individual States... | |
 | Newton Bateman, Paul Selby - Chicago (Ill.) - 1900 - 690 pages
...comprised within the State of Illinois was taken in the enactment by Congress, on May 20, 1785, of "An Ordinance for Ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory. " This applied specifically to the region northwest of the Ohio River, which had been acquired through... | |
 | Wilson Isaac Snyder - Mining law - 1902 - 820 pages
...way, reserving the mines for the use of the government, was the ordinance of 1785, which was entitled: "An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory." It made provision for the appointment of surveyors, gave directions as to the mode of making surveys... | |
 | Rowland H. Rerick - Ohio - 1902 - 436 pages
...government, it was the fundamental instrument on which was based the settlement of the new country. This "ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the western territory," established the system of rectangular survey, with townships six miles square, formed by intersecting... | |
 | Herbert Baxter Adams - Education - 1902 - 284 pages
...1860, when several new features were added. GRANT OF SCHOOL LANDS BY CONGRESS. The ordinance of 1785, "for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the western territory," and also the well-known ordinance of 1787 for the government of the Northwest Territory, set apart... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - Education - 1902 - 538 pages
...1860, when several new features were added. GRANT OF SCHOOL LANDS BY CONGRESS. The ordinance of 1785, "for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the western territory," and also the well-known ordinance of 1787 for the government of the Northwest Territory, set apart... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson Summers - Marietta (Ohio) - 1903 - 360 pages
...system of surveys such as was then unknown to any of the colonies. This need was met by Congress in "An Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western territory," enacted May 20, 1785, and applying only to such lands as had already been ceded by the several states... | |
 | Newton Bateman, Paul Selby - Illinois - 1903 - 880 pages
...comprised within the State of Illinois was taken in the enactment by Congress, on May 20, 1785, of "An Ordinance for Ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory." This applied specifically to the region northwest of the Ohio River, which had been acquired through... | |
 | William A. Rawles - Decentralization in government - 1903 - 350 pages
...Western Territory," though it was never put into actual operation. The Ordinance of 17854 providing " for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory " was of much greater significance. The following provisions only are of interest in this connection... | |
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An Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory. 
