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A SUPPLEMENT to nn OR 
 O R D I N A N C E for afcertaining the 
 in the WESTERN T E R R I T O 
 
 ■W'W'T^Tr HEllEAS it appears inr :>n 
 
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 the twentieth day oi x*iay, i iifand R'\'tn 
 
 parts oi' the l\)\\ri{lnps therein- ;-. be iurve\ed to b 
 
 States refpectiveh/, according : otas in the laih pre^ 
 
 that the fame might be Sold bv the Luan-Otlicers in laid St;i 
 nance \\hic}i directs that the Secretary at Way ihall take by 
 number of Towniliips and fractional parts of l^ov. ]iii;ips^ t 
 far as the iame refpects future dranghtb lor tint purpoie, 1 
 
 And be it further ordained^ lliat tlie Board of Trc a fur 
 of 1 ownlhipsfurveyed in the W^ellern d\ rrlu)ry, in tliC , 
 under thiciaine reltrictions and limitations prcicribcd in tin 
 Aj^ril ladj (except as to the place of Sale and liaily contiia 
 thereof, \vli}v.h^ In- the Ordinance o\ the tweniictli of Ma\ 
 were directed to be drawn for the late Army. — And alfe 
 fuch parts of the iirlt fotir ranges of 'i ov. nllii]^s as tlic)- wc 
 twenty-iirit of April lalt, whicli remain nnioltl ; — '1 hat th 
 Sale oi' the Lands above-directed to be Sold^ either at ?\ev 
 Sales from time to time to an\ part or parts of the Lnitcd ' 
 the purpofe^ until the v> hole be Sold. 
 
 That all Grants or Sales wliich Ikivc been, en* mj\' be m 
 lution or order of Coniircfs ;dread\ , ov \\\i:^ \\ l;-. ^ ...iter n 
 entitle the purchaler or purchafers to all the right of the I 
 
nn ORDINANCE entitled, '* An 
 lining the mode of Dilpofing of LANDS 
 . R I T O K Y. 
 
 It to pnrfiic the mode prcfrrihed in the Land Ordinance 
 . t H'- one thoulaiid re\'en hundred and eighty-five, 
 lit . i i :■ ' inr\'eyed, by .illoiting certain proportion^ 
 
 )b« i.oaii-Oiiicers in each State. — And whereas 
 
 bt-ii appropriated lor the bounties to the late Continental 
 nauv-e, as to ren.der any luither draughts lor that purpofc 
 ][a' . , 'i'hereloj-e, 
 
 ^iclb ailen^blcd, Tliat lb nutch of the faid Onlinance pafleJ 
 aui'and ftrven hundred and eiivlKv-ti\e, as ordains certain 
 e\ed to be drawn for m tlie name of thy tb.e Thirteen 
 n the lalh precechrnj reonilition cm all tlie States, in order 
 er- in laid States ; — And alio, tiKit part of the laid (Jrdi- 
 • ihall take bv lot, from the J'uw nihins, when liirsxyed^ a 
 1\)\\ nii.ips^ ior the tile ot" tiie late Continental Arni\ , fo 
 Kit l^>'a-|iole, lliall be, a;:u the fame are hereb)' j epcalcd, 
 
 rdofTreafurv ] rix-ecdti-) the Sale of the tln-ee lad ranges 
 .or}', in liiC fame manner, ai;d !iprn tlic lame conditions, and 
 Icribed in the Reirlu'i?^''^ ' ! C()iMjreis of tlic twentv-hrlt ol 
 IdaiK- continuance the: ■ ' 'lain^t'- !!i hk h '' -iles the parts 
 niietli of M;i\-. oi;e the d Icven iumdrcdaiai eighty-h\-e, 
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 were riirt'dcd lo Dc liravvu jtjr i*ic i»ac: »ujii> . — .Vi.a aii' 
 i\u)i parts of the iirlt tour rau'ji-esof'l ov. nil 
 twcnty-Hrit of April lalt, which remain uiiloitl 1 luit tl 
 Sale of the Lainl* iihovc-dirt-tfcil toheSol.i, either 
 S;:''"' h'onv tiine 'Mf ? tr , .r < •!,, I • 
 
 tin; plll'pofe, lIlUil LUC ■.'. ilUiL UL 0(.uu, 
 
 That all Grants or Saks which ha\-ehven, nr iiu(\' Ije i: 
 Union or or«ler of Conn re fb alrt > h li* 
 
 entitle the |-.urc haler or pm'chajir^ to all iln' ri;;iit oi the U 
 
 That the Secretary at War iflr.e warrant ^ tor h 
 the late Continental Arinv \n ho uurs he entliled tu iucn ihu 
 ]>refentatlves, eertifying therein tin r\e;j^iinent, Corps, or ( 
 ion<j:ecl, v.irh the time of hisfervice, anci when clikhar: • 
 rclpecti\'el\' he entitled to hv lormer acts ol" Con^^reis ; w r 
 to each Colonel and Lieutenant Colonc! • " fi t 
 
 tain, and acres to each non a u'liii.iiiiiLarwui u...,., 
 
 penees in locating tiie fame. 
 
 That the Geof^ranher, h\* warraiit nrider hib hand and f 
 Tracts or Diltricts of I.aiui rerer\'ed and let ap.j.ri toj- tlic i 
 to the late Army hv the Aci d" Conorels of th.e t w c i, 
 lide at or as near to the Diitiact for w Inch they i;ia\ h.c ii.p 
 who, upon application foi* that purpi-ie from any pc: Un\ In 
 iliall, at tilt' expence of the applicant iirit })aid or lecnred, i 
 he is apj)ointcd, tlie exact quantity of L.md mentioned ii U 
 and W elt, North and South, except at the cxtrcmii, 
 river ; the ilvii lur\'ev fo to he laid out ineacli JJillrict. .i. 
 ceedinn furvey to he laid adjoining the lait: fur\ey in lia.ii J 
 Ihall be k ti \ietw een lurveys, always c}bltr\'mg as umch rr 
 preceding fnr\eys w ill admit of. — '1 hat each Sur\'eyor \\\)i 
 the lame down on a general Map to he kept and preier\t'd 
 are furveyed^ which Ihall aUb be in the order warrants -.r 
 veyor, upon the location of each warrant, lliall make out ai 
 of the Land laid out, with adefcription of the lines and bo 
 recording the fame in a book t(j be kept for that pur|)oit ; 
 him laid out and located, imtil he can tranfnnt the fame t 
 wiihin one year after laying out ilie Land, ctrtitVuig there 
 
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 ;]xirt iur the rairi-oic oi L . .' ^ .... . . , iKamties due 
 
 )' i:ia\ \'\' ic.| ciw*\(.a\ .i|'[)o;iiUvi, <i:> tai! n\' iioiic witij laitay, 
 ,n\^ pc! loll lit aiiii;j^ a Lai.d v.i'rraiit iH'm. J ' eineiitioiied, 
 or fetured, tun out and alcertaii 'iie iJiitricl for which 
 
 lenticuicd io liich w arrant, the liia -/oi which iliall run Ealt 
 xtreniil'x' o^ he DiilricL x'vhere the lauu' 1 bind upon a 
 
 .h IJillrici, vo be laid in oi^e eorncr theia i -^ ( very liic- 
 
 r\ ey in lia.li Diltricl, m W ^\\ a n)<inner that no mteritices 
 I'v as iinKh ii'o;ularity in la\ ui't cadi iiu'vey compact, as the 
 burveyor upon laying out any I'ract, iliall ju'otract and lay 
 ;ind prej"er\ ed, and Ihall number each Lot in the order they 
 r warrants *.re preienttd lor la\ing out.-— 1 hat eaeh Sur- 
 ,11 make out and deliver to tlic proprietor tliereof, a U;r\'ey 
 le lines antl 'boundaries thereof, certihec. ndcr his hand, Hrfl 
 hat purpok ; and lliall retain in his liands all \". arrants by 
 nt the iaiiii to the P^jard of 1 realiirv, which he iliall do 
 rrilVing thereon, under iu^ hand, that the laujic is lati^tied. 
 
^ That tlie Surveyors to be appointed as herein before direaed, 
 vices enjoir)«d them by this Ordinance, fo much only as Ihall be al 
 Judges of th« Weltern Territory, and fliall be Hable to be difplact 
 duty or other miibehavior ; in whidicafe he ftall fuppiy any vacanc 
 
 _ That each Surveyor who may be appointed under this Ordinanci 
 his office, jhall take an oath or aiiirmation, that he will juilly and 
 asfurveyor of a Diltricl: of Land in the Wellern Territory, accor 
 Itanding, without favor or partiality— Which oath oraiiirmation : 
 cither of the Judges of the Wellern l^rritory, or one of the }uj 
 the United States, and being duly atteiled, Hiall be tranfmitted t( 
 him filed of record. 
 
 That the Maps and Records before-mentioned, iliall at all time 
 to be removed or depoiited wlierever they Ihall direcl. 
 
 That if any Officer or Soldier, or Aihgnee or Grantee of either 
 Land allotted in the Townlhips orfradional parts tliereof, lately cl 
 at War, out of the firltfour ranges of Townfhips furvcyed Well 
 defire in writing, together with his Land warrant, to be depolitec 
 the faid Secretary, whenever warrants fnfficient to cover the Land 
 for that purpofe, ihall caufe the faid Land to be divided among fuc 
 relpective rights, for which furveys Ihall be made out :ind dehvere 
 the Geographer of the United States, wliich furveys ilia') be reco 
 lodged in the Treafury Office. 
 
 And whereas feveral of the Soldiers of the late Continental Arn 
 Land without any formal conveyance, or any kind of transfer, oth 
 the purchafers, Therefore, 
 
 Be it further ordained, That all legal difcharges to the non-con 
 produced to the Secretary at War, and alfo any conveyance dulv r 
 bounties of Land, which' Ihall be firit produced to tlic faid Secret, 
 pollellor of fuch difcharge, or Grantee in fuch couvevnnce, to rcce 
 Land due to the Officer or Soldier felling or transferring the fai 
 their juit rights to Land which mav be located upon Nsarranls gram 
 fraud in obtaining fuch difcharge fhall be proved. 
 
ore dire(5led, jfhall be entitled to receive for the fer- 
 as ihall be allowed and fixed by the Governor and 
 to be displaced by the Geographer for negleft of 
 
 )ly any vacancy fo happening by a new appointment. 
 
 this Ordinance, before he enters upon the duties of 
 ill jufi:ly and truly execute the truit repofed in him 
 rritory, according to the heil of his (kill and under- 
 )raiiir Illation jhali be taken before the Governor or 
 )ne of the Juitices of the Supreme Court in either of 
 tranfniitted to tlie Secretary of Congrefs, to be by 
 
 lall at all times be fubjecl to the orders of Congrefs, 
 
 ntee of either, Ihall defire to have their bounty of 
 reoi, lately drawn for the Army by the Secretary 
 rveyed Wcfl: of the Oliio, and ihafl caufe fuch his 
 o be depolited in ihe ofiice oi the Secretary at War, 
 ver the Land lb drawn Ihali be depolited in his office 
 ied among fuch applicants by lot, according to their 
 t 'nd dehvered to the feveral proprietors, iigned by 
 ihal^ be recorded ui a book by the Geographer, and 
 
 ntinental Army have difpofed of their bounties in 
 ['transfer, other tlian dehvering their difcharges to 
 
 the non-commiflloncd Officers and Soldiers, when 
 'eyanceduly pro\'ed, from an Officer or Soldier for 
 ,c laid Secretary, ihall, in either cafe, entitle the 
 -mice, to receive a \n arrant in his own name for the 
 rring the fame j—faving however, to all Soldiers 
 /arranls granted upoi: dilcharges produced^ where a 
 
And whereas feveral of the Soldiers of the late Continental Arir 
 Land without any formal conveyance, or any kind of transfer . oth 
 the purchafers, Therefore, 
 
 Be it further ordained, That all legal difcharges to the non-con 
 produced to the Secretary at War, and alio any conveyance dulv r 
 bounties of Land, which Ihall be hrlt produced to the faid Secrctii 
 poilellor of fuch difcharge, or Grantee in Rich convevn nee, to rcce 
 Land due to the Officer or Soldier felling or transferring ihe far 
 their juit rights to Land which mav be located upon Nvarrants gram 
 fraud in obtaining fuch difcharge fhall be proved. 
 
 And whereas the State of Virginia, in their Deed of CefTion t 
 quantity of Land on the North- Weil lide of the Ohio, betv> ecu t; 
 would make up the deficiency of certain Lands on the South-Ealt { 
 to their ()ificers and Soldiers, which deficiency hath not been afcert 
 ceived from that State of the amount of the Land located as bounti 
 fide of the Ohio, or of the quantity of Land appropriated in the Si. 
 fore, that liich deficiency, when afcertained, may be made good u 
 ably to the terms of the Ceifion ;— Be it further ordained. That th 
 to make good fuch deficiency, when the fame iliall be afcertained— I 
 Scioto, and running up the lame the dillance of twenty-five miles, n 
 to the River Little Miami ; thence dow^n the faid Miami to the O. 
 ring. — 'That until the amount of the deficiency^ if any, mentioned 
 be afcertained, no locations whatever for that purpofe, or on accoi 
 the Officers or Soldiers of the Virginia I'roops, on the North-We 
 which have been or may be made under the Virginia Grants to the; 
 before fuch afcertainment, and until it ihail appear there Vvill be a dc 
 Troops on the South-Ealt fide of the Oliio, ihall be and are hereby 
 
 That the Board of Treafury be authorifed to fell and convey the 
 tween the Rivers Little Miami and Scioto, Ivin^r North of the abo' 
 no part thereof in parcels lefs than ' ^ acre 
 
 given quantities of unlocated Lands within the above limits, and ilial 
 of the purchafers, by a Surveyor to be appointed by the Geograph< 
 authorifed and directed to make fuch appointment in the manner b^ 
 Surveyors to locate warrants to be granted to the Army • which 
 the fame oath or afErmation— be fubjeft to the like rules, orders and 
 the buiinef s for which he ihall be appointed in the manner dh*efted 1 
 to the Army ; excepting only, that he (hall not retain the conveya 
 tiie manner Land warraiiu are to be retained. 
 
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ritinental Army hiive difpofed of their bounties in 
 'transfer, other than dchverhig theu' difcharges to 
 
 D the non-comniiflloned Officers and Soldiers, when 
 eyanceduly pro\ed, from an Officer or Soldier for 
 c faid Secretary, ihall, in either cafe, entitle the 
 nnce, to receive a warrant in his own name for the 
 rring vhe fame ; — faving however, to all Soldiers 
 'arrants granted upon diicharges produced^ where a 
 
 ' of CelTion to the United State^, referved fuch a 
 ^.between the Kivers Little Miami and Scioto, as 
 : Sonth-Eali: fide of the Ohio, to fatisfy their grants 
 lot been alcertained to Congrefs, or any returns re- 
 ued as bonntiesto their Troops, on the South»Kaft 
 Ltedin the State for that purpoi'e ;— In orde. there, 
 made good to the perfons entitled thereto, agree- 
 ned, That the following tracl of Land be referved 
 aicertaincd — beginning at the mouth of the River 
 -hve miles, meafured on a itrait hne ; thence Weft 
 iami to the OJiio ; thence up the Ohio to the begin- 
 y, mentioned in the aforeiaid Deed of Ceflion Ihall 
 ^, or on account thereof, iliall be made by any of 
 le North- Welt iide of the Ohio ;— And all locations 
 Grants to their Troops, North- WXt of the Ohio, 
 re will be a deficiency in the Land alhgned for their 
 id are hereby declared null and void. 
 
 id convey the whole or any part of the Lands be. 
 th of the above referved trac^ :— Provided they fell 
 acres each.— That fuch Sales ihall be for 
 imits, and ihall be laid out and located at the expence 
 he Geographer of the United States, who h hereby 
 he manner before direfted for the appointment of 
 rmy ; which Surveyor, when appomted, ihall take 
 ?s, orders and reftridions, and in all refpefts tranfaft 
 mer directed for locating the warrants to be granted 
 n the conveyance given by the Board of Trealury in