Virginia claimed the broad region lying north-west of the Ohio, and relinquished it in 1785, with a declaration that it should "be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become or shall become members... The Works of William H. Seward - Page 153by William Henry Seward - 1853Full view - About this book
| United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1823 - 756 pages
...soil; and concluded with a stipulation, that " all the lands in the ceded territory, not reserved, should be considered as a common fund, for the use...become, or shall become, members of the confederation," &c. " according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall... | |
| George Weller - 1821 - 370 pages
...them, the act of cession requires that all the lands, not included in other special conditions, "shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit...states, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide... | |
| North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1821 - 526 pages
...the act of cession requiring that all the lands, not included in other special conditions, ' shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit...states, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide... | |
| Virgil Maxcy - School lands - 1822 - 52 pages
...and ceded a great portion of those lands to the United States, on the express condition, that "they should be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of all of them, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure,"... | |
| United States. Continental Congress - United States - 1823 - 1022 pages
...before-mentioned purposes, or disposed of in bounties to the officers and soldiers of the American army, should be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United American States, as have become or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of... | |
| United States. Supreme Court, Richard Peters - Court rules - 1828 - 776 pages
...bounties. The residue of the lands are ceded to the United States, for tht benefit of the said states, "to be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit...states, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and J (Jackson vs. Clark et al.) expenditure; and shall... | |
| Indians of North America - 1832 - 344 pages
...K0mm ° n lun(!i lars to the state of Georgia, and the grants recognized by the preceding conditions, be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of the United States, Georgia included, and shall be faithfully disposed of for that purpose, and for... | |
| Clergy - 1810 - 354 pages
...Northwestern Territory to the United States, upon the express condition, that the [lands, so ceded, should be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as had become, or should become, members of the Confederation, Virginia inclusive, and should be faithfully... | |
| Timothy Pitkin - Commercial statistics - 1835 - 628 pages
...and for no other use and purpose whatsoever." Virginia, declared that the lands ceded by her, " shall be considered as a common fund, for the use and benefit...of the said states, Virginia inclusive, according io their usual respective proportions, in the general charges and exJenclitures, and shall be faithfully... | |
| Daniel Webster - United States - 1835 - 1166 pages
...northwestern territory to the United States, upon the express condition, that the lands, so ceded, should be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as had become or should become members of the confederation, Virginia inclusive, and should be faithfully... | |
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