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	JAMES MONROE AND THE THREE-TO-FIVE CLAUSE OF THE NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
		They were the land ordinance of 1785; the 1786,reports of a plan of temporary government to replace the ordinance of 1784; and, the Washington's and Eastern Nationalists' influence in favor of progressive seating and compact settlements (77).
		The 1784 land disposal report was consistent with the division of the NWT under the 1784 territorial ordinance, but the changes introduced in 1785 were based on a different conception which conditioned the design of new states introduced by the ordinance of 1784 (79).
		This policy, laid down in the ordinance of 1784, and further developed in the land ordinance intended to accompany it, was ignored in the Land Ordinance of 1785," which "was directed toward the survey and disposal of lands in one specific area, extending from the Ohio River to Lake Erie, immediately west of Pennsylvania." (81).
	www.earlyamerica.com /review/2001_summer_fall/monroe_2.html (5326 words)

	PUERTO RICO HERALD: On The Nature Of Commonwealth
		Land speculators of Pennsylvania and Maryland, claiming land both north and south of the Ohio River, evolved constitutional theories to beseech Congress to exercise its sovereign powers and take the land from Virginia.
		The Land Ordinance of 1785, which was an outgrowth of the Ordinance of April 23, 1784, provided for temporary government of the Northwest Territory.
		Thomas Jefferson was chairman of the committee entrusted by the Continental Congress with the drafting of the instrument.
	www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/2004/vol8n34/CBNatureCommonwe.html (1320 words)

	Original Land Titles in Utah Territory
		Federal laws governed the establishment of land offices, methods of surveying, and procedures for acquiring land by purchase or preemption, and later by homestead.
		The law prescribed that land be sold in quarter sections (three- miles square) as defined by an act passed in 1805, and that it be sold to the highest bidder.
		The Desert Lands Act, passed 3 March 1877, is of particular significance in Utah because it applied to all arid land in the public domain.
	historyresearch.utah.gov /guides/land2.htm (3495 words)

	Public Lands Museum
		Amount of land varied according to rank (100 to 1,000 acres) and the practice continued until the Civil War.
		Land could be purchased for as little as $1.25 per acre, in tracts as small as 80 acres.
		Land given to states, 30,000 acres per each senator and representative the state had, to finance agricultural and mechanical arts colleges.
	www.publiclands.org /museum/story/story09.htm (266 words)

	Northwest Ordinance
		The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and the Land Ordinance of 1785 were designed to establish some order among western settlers.
		The Land Ordinance prescribed the division of the land into six-mile-square townships.
		From their headquarters in Lockport, the commissioners then sold this land, so that between 1836 and 1848 they were able to construct the Illinois and Michigan Canal, the basis for Chicago's emergence.
	www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/908.html (460 words)

	Detailed History
		In 1812, Congress established the General Land Office in the Department of the Treasury to oversee the disposition of these Federal lands.
		As the 19th century progressed and the Nation's land base expanded further west, Congress encouraged the settlement of the land by enacting a wide variety of laws, including the Homesteading Laws and the Mining Law of 1872.
		By withdrawing these lands from settlement, Congress signaled a shift in the policy goals served by the public lands.
	www.blm.gov /wo/st/en/info/About_BLM/History.html (462 words)

	Land Ordinance of 1785
		The Land Ordinance of 1785 laid the foundation for future American land policy.
		Of the thirty-six sections of 640 acres in each township, the sixteenth was reserved “for the maintenance of public schools.’‘ The passage below is an excerpt from the Land Ordinance of 1785.
		An Ordinance for ascertaining the mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory.
	west.stanford.edu /cgi-bin/pager.php?id=49 (481 words)

	Land Ordinance of 1785 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Land Ordinance of 1785 was adopted by the United States Congress on May 20, 1785.
		The earlier Ordinance of 1784 called for the land west of the Appalachian Mountains, north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River to be divided into ten separate states.
		The 1785 ordinance laid the foundations of land policy in the United States of America until passage of the Homestead Act in 1862.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Land_Ordinance_of_1785 (425 words)

	Tax Forfeited Lands
		Lands lying south of a line made by extending the boundary line between present day Coahoma and Tunica Counties in s southeasterly direction across the state to a point on the old Natchez Trace in Webster County and then across Clay County in a generally southeasterly direction to a point on the Tombigbee River.
		Land classification is determined according to the highest and best land use that will produce the maximum income from leasing.
		A taxforfeited lands patent issued to a qualifying former owner or heir who can produce satisfactory, sworn evidence that his nonpayment of taxes for the year in question was due to a mistake, oversight, or unintentional default.
	lands.sos.state.ms.us /tfl/glossary.asp (1939 words)

	Saint Croix NSR: Historic Resource Study (Chapter 3)
		The Northwest Ordinance provided the principles and guidelines for the establishment of democracy and government in the territories that were north of the Ohio River and extended west of Pennsylvania to the Mississippi River.
		This land then could be divided into half-sections of 320 acres catering to the interest of speculators and quarter sections beginning at 160 acres and sub-divided down to 40 acre plots for the average homesteader.
		Since the land in the St. Croix Valley was not yet surveyed, county commissioners had to have the consent of the occupant of any land it wished to claim and that the occupant had to pay at least eight hundred dollars to the county treasury.
	www.nps.gov /archive/sacn/hrs/hrs3a.htm (6767 words)

	Public Lands
		The Congress of the Confederation opted for a policy of orderly land settlement with the adoption of the Land Ordinance of 1785.
		The public lands (or public domain) are that part of the United States acquired by the Federal Government from the States or another government, by treaty and by purchase.
		The land was disposed of by the authority of many acts of Congress - sale, homesteads, military warrants for military service, timber culture, mining, etc. One of the primary purposes of these public land laws was to encourage people from the East to move West.
	members.cox.net /pittard/publand.htm (2035 words)

	Short General History of The Federal Government and Education
		The Land Ordinance required a system of public education to be established in each township formed under a specified formula.
		In addition, other land was to be donated by the government to raise money to aid in supporting this school system, and local taxes were to be raised as another way to support this school system.
		Even before the federal constitution was ratified, the story of the federal government's involvement with schools began with the Ordinance of 1785, which was passed by the congress established under the Articles of Confederation.
	candst.tripod.com /educ.htm (6112 words)

	Intro to OH Land History
		Ohio's land history is an unusual patchwork, deriving from its location to the immediate west of the safely settled (and newly free) states.
		The Land Ordinance of 1785 was Congress's attempt to coordinate the surveying and sale of land north of the Ohio River with the aim of raising sorely needed cash.
		The land was to be surveyed into 6 mile square townships, and those townships were to be divided into 1 mile square 'lots'.
	users.rcn.com /deeds/ohio.htm (1016 words)

	Surveying Land Claims
		Before 1785, there were two systems of surveying land and assigning right of ownership in common use in the United States.
		He was on the committee that authored the Land Ordinance of 1785.
		Land claims prior to the first surveys were laid out by metes and bounds -- that is, literally walking off boundaries and counting paces.
	www.endoftheoregontrail.org /road2oregon/sa29surveys.html (803 words)

	USGS C 1050 -- Introduction
		The original public lands were the lands west of the Allegheny Mountains claimed by some of the colonies, which became a source of contention in writing the Articles of Confederation until 1781 when the States agreed to cede their western lands to Congress.
		The extent of the public lands was enormously increased by the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and later territorial acquisitions.
		Of the mineral lands listed in the 1785 Ordinance, lead lands had been leased for a time and later sold, and copper lands had been sold, but no regulations were made about the lands bearing precious metals until 1866 when they were declared free and open to exploration and purchase.
	pubs.usgs.gov /circ/c1050/intro.htm (799 words)

	Ohio History Central - Documents
		The Ordinance of 1784 was an early effort by the government of the newly formed United States to deal with the territory north and west of the Ohio River.
		In 1785, the Confederation Congress dispatched Richard Butler and Samuel Holden Parsons to negotiate a treaty with the Shawnee Indians.
		In 1785, the Confederation Congress sent George Rogers Clark, Arthur Lee, and Richard Butler to the Ohio Country to negotiate a treaty with the Delaware Indians, the Wyandot Indians, the Ottawa Indians, and the Chippewa Indians.
	www.ohiohistorycentral.org /subcategory.php?c=H&s=DOC (3018 words)

	Indiana Commission on Public Records - Indiana State Archives - Collections - Land Records - Introduction
		After debate, the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 were passed, establishing the conditions under which westward expansion took place.
		Land was first claimed, then, at the behest and expense of the claimant, surveyed in reference to metes and bounds - irregular topographical features such as creeks, hills, rocks or notable trees, all liable to change and and the vagaries of interpretation.
		Responsibility for the lands, then, became the province of the Treasury, and the catalyst for their sale was the need for income.
	www.in.gov /icpr/archives/databases/land/indiana_.html (1592 words)

	Mapping Montana: The Federal Land Surveys of 1867-1868 Montana: The Magazine of Western History - Find Articles
		Under the system established by the Land Ordinance of 1785, federal surveys divided the public domain outside the states into six-mile by six-mile squares, subdivided these townships into thirty-six square-mile sections, then split the square miles into 160-acre quarter sections.
		This plan-the Land Ordinance of 1785-created the township system that divided the public domain into hundreds and hundreds of six-mile by six-mile squares.
		The purpose was to facilitate the orderly transfer of land from government to individual ownership without the endless litigation that had occurred as a result of earlier surveying systems, particularly the old "metes and bounds" surveys that frequently described boundaries according to natural features.
	findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3951/is_200507/ai_n14686199 (786 words)

	Digital History
		Maryland, which had no western land claims, refused to approve the Articles of Confederation unless it received assurance that the other states agreed to yield their claims to the federal government.
		No one yet knew whether the western lands would remain part of the United States or form a separate confederation or whether any states created out of the West would be equal to the original states.
		Even though the prohibition of slavery in the Northwest Ordinance seems clear, it must be emphasized that this provision did not affect slaves already living in the territory and did not prevent some slaveholders from bringing slaves into Indiana and Illinois territories.
	www.digitalhistory.uh.edu /documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=301 (648 words)

	Indiana History Documents - Land Ordinance of 1785
		An ordinance was adopted on May 20, 1785, which laid the foundations of American land policy until the passage of the Homestead Act in 1862.
		If any township, or fractional part of a township or lot, remains unsold for eighteen months after the plat shall have been received, by the commissioners of the loan office, the same shall be returned to the board of treasury, and shall be sold in such manner as Congress may hereafter direct.
		Where any military claimants of bounty in land shall not have belonged to the line of any particular state, similar certificates shall be sent to the board of treasury, who shall execute deeds to the parties for the same.
	www.statelib.lib.in.us /www/ihb/resources/docldord.html (982 words)

	Northwest Ordinance in Indiana - Timeline
		Congress passed the Land Ordinance of 1785, which was a plan for dividing and selling land in the western territories.
		Dane made important contributions to the Ordinance of 1787 and was the compiler of the final draft of the ordinance.
		While the Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia, the Congress of the Confederation enacted the Northwest Ordinance, which was a plan for governing the territory north and west of the Ohio River.
	www.statelib.lib.in.us /www/ihb/resources/tlnword.html (1094 words)

	AmericanFrontiers.net: Exhibits: The Lands: State Lands
		The concept of state trust lands originated with the General Land Ordinance of 1785, even before the U.S. constitution was adopted.
		The designation of section 16 lands in each township supports schools and institutions through the combination of revenues generated off the lands, and the permanent funds these revenues produced.
		The management of state trust land is approached and viewed as a trust with the goal of preserving the product while producing revenues.
	americanfrontiers.net /statelands/StateLands1.php (370 words)

	Kokomo-Howard County Public Library :: Genealogy & Local History Services
		Public lands in the State of Indiana were surveyed under the provisions of the Land Ordinance of 1785, a law accepted before the U.S. Constitution was written.
		The Ordinance of 1785 outlined procedures for the first public survey and Deputy Surveyors were named to carry out the work.
		The 1785 law prescribed procedures for the land survey and sale of the area while the Ordinance of 1787 outlined the transition from wilderness to equal states within the region.
	www.kokomo.lib.in.us /glhs/history/landSurvey.html (1128 words)

	SparkNotes: The Constitution (1781–1815): The Articles of Confederation: 1777–1787
		The ordinance stipulated that new western towns were to be thirty-six miles square, with one square mile set aside for schools.
		All public lands were to be auctioned off to the highest bidders, providing all Americans the chance to migrate and settle in the West.
		A growing number of Americans during these years began to question the moral implications of slavery in a land where “all men were created equal.” The ban on slavery in the Northwest Territories would prove to be the first of many restraints on the slaveholding South in the years leading up to the Civil War.
	www.sparknotes.com /history/american/constitution/section1.html (1338 words)

	Order on the Land: The Rectangular System of Surveys « Iowa Pathways
		Most of the land lay west of the Appalachian Mountains and was largely unsettled except for native Indian tribes.
		Sometimes the land was laid out in long narrow rectangles with one narrow end fronting on a road or river.
		Land was divided into six-mile square areas called townships.
	www.iptv.org /iowapathways/mypath.cfm?ounid=ob_000116 (553 words)

	Ordinance of 1785
		The Ordinance provided that sections be offered to the public at the minimum bidding price of one dollar per acre or a total of $640.
		A revision of the statehood provisions for the Northwest came in the Ordinance of 1787.
		in question the authority of this ordinance or the validity of such act or acts of the legislature as may be passed for the purpose of giving effect thereto, or the validity of the aforesaid acts of Congress, imposing duties, shall any appeal...
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1150.html (622 words)

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