...called for, which were orders of the day, and the title of the first called for, being read, viz. " An ordinance for ascertaining the mode of locating and disposing of lands in the western territory," which is as follows : An ordinance for ascertaining the ntode of locating and disposing of lands in...

...ballots being taken, Mr. John Brown was elected, having been previously nominated by Mr. Beatty. The and agreed, that, "the confines between the dominions of Great-Britain and France, on the conti being taken up for a second reading ; after debate, Ordered, That it be referred to a committee of...

...history of this ordinance is not altogether disconnected from the subject of Astronomy. March 4, 1785, " An Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of locating and disposing of lands in the Western Territory," was read the first time in Congress. March 16, it was referred to a committee of one member from each...

...consisting of Messrs. Jefferson, Williamson, Howell, Gerry, and Reas, who on the 7th May, 1784, reported an "ordinance for ascertaining the mode of locating and disposing of lands in the Western Territory, and for other purposes therein mentioned." The chairman of the committee was Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia,...

...1784, Mr. Jefferson, as chairman of a committee for that purpose, introduced into the old Congress an ordinance for ascertaining the mode of locating and disposing of lands in the Western territory, which did not, however, pass ; but it contained no provision for reservations for school purposes....

...1784. Mr. Jefferson, ae chairman of a committee for that purpose, introduced into the old Congress an ordinance for ascertaining the mode of locating and disposing of lands in the Western territory, which did not, however, pass ; but it contained no provision for reservations for school purposes....

...1784, Mr. Jefferson, as chairman of a committee for that purpose, introduced into the old Congress an ordinance for ascertaining the mode of locating, and disposing of lands in the Western territory, which did not, however, pass ; but it contained no provision for reservations for school purposes....

...numbers, north or south, east or west ; all this is explained by the document annexed, No. 7, viz. The Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of locating and disposing of lands in the Western Territory. This is their plan ami »nans for paying off their national linbi, and they seetn very intent upan...

...its settlement, and for a gradual and progressive transfer to individual ownership under well-defined principles, took measures to these ends, as shown...theory or practice of any preexisting government. It was the result not only of the highest order of statesmanship but exhibited a profound knowledge of...

...1784 (see Journals of Continental Congress, vol. ix, pages 205, 242). The ordinance was entitled " an ordinance for ascertaining the mode of locating and disposing of lands in the western territory," and was not finally passed until May 20th, 1785 (Journals, vol. x, p. 167). In its original form, however,...