 | Daniel Joseph Ryan - 1897
...representatives in the House of Representatives of the United States. The committee observed, in the ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the western territory of the 20th of May, 1785, the following section, which, so far as respects the subject of schools,... | |
 | Burke Aaron Hinsdale - 1899 - 470 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Miami University (Oxford, Ohio) - 1899 - 406 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Newton Bateman, Paul Selby - 1900 - 690 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Herbert Baxter Adams - 1902 - 284 Seiten
...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 section... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - 1902 - 538 Seiten
...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 section... | |
 | Rowland H. Rerick - 1902 - 436 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Wilson Isaac Snyder - 1902 - 820 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson Summers - 1903 - 358 Seiten
...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 lauds as. had already been ceded by the several states... | |
 | Newton Bateman, Paul Selby - 1903 - 880 Seiten
...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... | |
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An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western Territory... 
