 | Franklin K. Van Zandt - 1976 - 210 pàgines
...direct line, the Ohio, Pennsylvania, and the said territorial line: Provided, however, And it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these...through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan. Apparently this ordinance was not put in force until a provisional government for the territory was... | |
 | Illinois State Historical Society - 1912 - 604 pàgines
...limits of the states to be carved from the Northwest Territory. It also provided that Congress had authority to form one or two states in that part of the territory "which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of... | |
 | Gyeorgos C. Hatonn - 1995 - 244 pàgines
...the said territorial line: PROVIDED HOWEVER, and it is further understood and DECLARED (Common Law), that the boundaries of these three States shall be...extreme of Lake Michigan. And, whenever any of the States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted, by its delegates,... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1999 - 374 pàgines
...direct line, the Ohio, Pennsylvania, and the said Territorial line: provided however, and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three States shall be sub- ' ject so far to be altered, that, if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have... | |
 | James E. Davis - 2000 - 546 pàgines
...line rn nn ing straight north from Vincennes. lt stipnlated that Congress "shall have the anthority to form one or two States in that part of the said...territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn throngh the Sontherly bend or extreme of Lake Miehigan." The line "drawn throngh the Sontherly bend... | |
 | David P. Currie - 2007 - 341 pàgines
...the Northwest Territory was divided into more than three states, the northern tier should be formed "in that part of the said territory which lies north...through the southerly bend or extreme of lake Michigan" 62 —and the understandable insistence of the lower states (Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois) on meaningful... | |
 | Chris Rodda - 2006 - 534 pàgines
...formed by law, and the Southern line of the Territory is identical with these words of the provision: "an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan." And what do these twenty-nine members ask Congress to do? They call upon you to repeal this provision;... | |
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Provided, however, and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three States shall be subject so far to be altered, that, if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two States in... 
