...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.,...

...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 have been...

...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, for...

...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 township, for...

...sevenrange tract be surveyed before it could be settled. Field work began in September 1785, but 1 "An Ordinance for Ascertaining the Mode of Disposing of Lands in the Western Territory, May 20, 1785," in Lowell O. Stewart, Public Land Surveys: History, Instructions, Methods (Ames, Iowa,...

...National Land Grants for Education in the Northwest Territory," Am. Hist. Assoc. Papers, Vol. I. An Ordinance 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 States...

...National Land Grants for Education in the Northwest Territory," Am. Hist. Assoc. Papers, Vol. I. An Ordinance 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 States...

...grant of land at or near Detroit, see Diary, January 23, and notes. Although the preliminary version of the ordinance for "ascertaining the mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory" that Congress considered in 1784 contained no provision for reserving lands for Canadian refugees,...

...for marking out and disposing of this land were set forth in the Land Ordinance of May 20, 1785. This "Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory" provided for the rectangular survey of land in the area west of Pennsylvania and north of the Ohio...

...territory who had the power to implement the slavery prohibition were the men least likely to do so. 29 "An Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory," Act of May 20, 1785, Journals of the Continental Congress, XXVIII, 375-381, quotation, 378. 30 Onuf,...