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The grand Committee referred a Motion of Mr. Mo "-oc, upon tl TERRITORY, c. led by individi Part, — THAT the T Srrtes in Congrtfs aflemblcd, 1780, rcu .u Liin It be recommended to thi and iinappropriatv^d Ian .s, t' mu' • liberal iurrer their common benefit ; anc un t : loth of Oftt ceded fliall be formed into diftind republican ftate^ union, having the fame rights of fovereignty, frei flates i and that each ftate w^-^ich fhall be lo formec ritory, not lefs than one hundred, nor more tiian c as near thereto as circumftanccs will admit. And t having made cefiions accordingly^ the latter found compact, among others, as to the faid condition ; the faid condition into effeft, entered into, on the ons refpeding it. And whereas, upon further cor cd that a ftrift adherence to faid condition in the d produce many inconveniences to the fettlers upon racyj to prevent which, and put it in the pov^er< States to make fuch divifion thereof as fhall be ^ recommended to the faid ftates faid ; and as the refolutions aforefaid of the 23d of the United States, in cafe the faid recommendation fuch meafurts as might be for the general intcreft. Resolved, That the refolutions oftheajdof viz. '' That fo much of the territory ceded, on United States, as is already purchafed, or fliall be cc, to whom were 1 the Subjea of the WESTER N dual States, beg Leave to report in i led, havingon the Gth day of September, the leveral (hues having claims to wafte, rrenders therrof to the United States, for 36tober following, that the territory thus :ates, and admitted members of the federal freedom and independence as the other med, Ihall contain a fuitable extent of ter- an one luindrcd and fifty miles fquare, or id the flares of Virginia and Maffachufetts Linded on, and the former with an exprefs m ; and the United States, fully to carry the 23d of April, 1784, feveral refoluti- confideration of ihe fame, it hath appear- ic divifion of the country as aforefaid, will 3on the fame, and likewile to the confede- serof the faid ftates to enable the United be ex[)edient, it was, by the refolution of ates to revife their a6ls of cefhon as af ue- d of April, 1784, might therefore reftrain :ion fliould be complied with, from taking dl, it is hereby d of April, 1784, in the words following, or to be ceded, by individual ftates to the 1 be purchafcd of the Indian inhabitants, Ph( S 1.25 1.4 1.8 .6 // hotogrdphic Sciences orporation ^ ^ 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y 1458C ( 716) 872-4503 Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / ^ ns / Institut canadien de microreproductions historiques ' ' riail\.«iica cv/ \J\J iiiu^tiaviv^ii^ c^ii v^v^viixsv^i " Bound with other material/ ^ Relie avec d'autres documents Tight binding may cause shadows or distortior along interior margin/ Lareliure serree peut causer de I'ombre ou de distorsion le long de la marge interieure Blank leaves added during restoration may appear withm the text Whenever possible, th« have been omitted from filming/ II se peut que certaines pages blanches ajoute lors dune restauration apparaissent dans le te mais, lorsque cela etait possible, ces pages n ( pas ete filmees. 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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m^thode. rccoiiiniencled to rhe laid Iratcs faid; uiidas the rciuluuuiis aforefaid of rlu- c ^^1 of ihc United States, in cafe the laid recomniendauun Inch nieafnrcb ab iniijhc be for tlie general intcrcil, Resolved, That the refolutions ofthcajdof viz. *' That lo much of the ten if^rv ceded, or t United States, as is already pinchaieo, or Hiali be and offered for fale by Congrefs, Hiail be divided in rer as nearly as fuch ccflions will admit; that h> each Hate fliali comprehend, from north to fouth, count from the completion of forty-five degrees n(;r longitude ; one of which fhall pais through the lowc other through the wcftern cai)e of the mouth of tl: call ward of this lafl meridian, between the OI :o, one ftate, whatfocver may be its comprehenfion of tiic con^pletion of the 43th degree between tiie f Ihte adjoining it on the fouth -, and that parr of the dians, coincidmg nearly v/irh the parallel of ,;;9 uegi that parallel as a boundary line/' And " Tliat the \ charter of compaft, fiiall be duly executed by the pr aiTemblcd, under his hand and the fral of the Uni fnall (land as fundamental conflitutions between 1 the feveral ftates now newly defcribed, unalterable of the territory of fuch ftate, purfuant to this refc United States in Congrcfs aflembled, and of the p tion is propoled to be nude''— Be and they are h lies to revile tlicir acts or ccinon as aiorc- I nf April, 1784, might therefore reftraiii luii ihuukl be LUtnplicd with, fruni taking :lt, it is liercby J of April, 1784, in the words following, or to be ceded, by individual Hates to the 1 be piirchafed of the Indian inhabitants, :] into diilincl Hates, in the following man- is to fav, by parallels of latitude, lb that ih, two degrees of latitude, beginning to nc;rth of the equator, and by meridians ot owed point of the Rapids of Ohio, and the )ftlie (ireat Kan'nawayj but the territory ^io, lakf Erie and Pennfylvania, fiiall be i of latitude. That which n^iy lie beyond le fiid meridians, fhail make part of the 'the Ohio which is between the fameme::- jegrees, fliall he fubftitutcd fo far in lieu of he preceding articles fhall be formed into a ^ prefident of the United States in Congreis Jnited States, fliall be promulgated, and :n the thirteen original Itates and each of ible from, ar.d after the fale of any part refolve, but by the joint confent ot tha le particular (late within which fucli altera • •e hereby repealed.