...government but ours. The policy originated at a very early period of our history. In the first * ' Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western territory/' Congress directed that every sixteenth section of every township, should be reserved for schools; and...

...government but ours. The policy originated at a very early period of our history. In the first ' ' Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western territory," Congress directed that every sixteenth section of every township, should be reserved for schools; and...

...distinct recognition of the claims of schools, was passed May \!i), ITS."), aud was entitled "An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the western territory." The provision was as follows : "There shall he reserved the lot No. 16 of every township for the maintenance...

...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...

...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...

...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 my letter...

...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*...

...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 both...