 | Columbia University. Teachers College - 1918 - 266 էջ
...(June 17), and the second "A law for the relief of the Poor" (June 19). The first of these laws was "An Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western territory," adopted by Congress, May 20, 1785. It provided for the system of land survey used in the... | |
 | Charles Ernest Decker - 1919 - 94 էջ
...comprised within the State of Illinois was taken in the enactment by Congress on May £0, 1755, "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... | |
 | United States. National Advisory Committee on Education - 1931 - 638 էջ
...funds produced pernicious results.* The three acts of significance at this point read as follows : AN ORDINANCE for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western territory, Adopted by the Congress of the Confederation, May 20, 1785. Be it ordained by the United... | |
 | United States. Continental Congress - 1933 - 512 էջ
...Congress, No. 146, Register of Accounts. March 16. Ordinance for disposing of Western Lands. 459. An Ordinance for ascertaining the Mode of disposing of Lands / in the Western Territory. / F°. 2 pp. A copy is in the Library of Congress. It is in double column and measures 44.2... | |
 | University of Michigan - 1942 - 458 էջ
...necessary functions of government (Hinsdale, Chap. XVI). On May 20, 1785, the Congress adopted "an ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the western country," establishing a system of rectangular land surveys for the new country. The ordinance contained... | |
 | University of Michigan - 1942 - 452 էջ
...separately in certain years. (Op. Atty. Gen.) -. Public Acts [of the Session of ....], 1874-1940. (PA) "An Ordinance for Ascertaining the Mode of Disposing of Lands in the Western Country" (May 20, 1785). In: Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. Washington, DC: US ^... | |
 | University of Michigan - 1942 - 454 էջ
...separately in certain years. (Op. Atty. Gen.) -. Public Acts [of the Session of ....], 1874-1940. (PA) "An Ordinance for Ascertaining the Mode of Disposing of Lands in the Western Country" (May 20, 1785). In: Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. Washington, DC: US Govt.,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Education and Labor - 1945 - 1024 էջ
...ordered for Public Use", so mentioned, probably refer to no more than the reservations set forth in the Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory which was passed on May 20, 1785 (see supra). It is thought that the "exact location must... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare - 1961 - 880 էջ
...way to find a taker where there is no buyer is the grant or giveaway. On May 20, 1785, it adopted "An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the western territory." The act provided among other things: "There shall be reserved the lot No. 16 of each township,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Labor and Public Welfare - 1963
...way to find a taker where there is no buyer is the grant or giveaway. On May 20, 1785, it adopted "An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of lands in the Western territory." The act provided among other things : "There shall be reserved the lot No. 16 of every... | |
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An Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory. 
