...the fees established by law, an annual salary of one hundred and fifty dollars. 125. SF.CT. IV. In the territory of the united states north west of the river Ohio, there shall, from and after the passing of this act, be established a district, to be called the district...

...seven hundred and ninety-nine, for the purpose of making drafts of the several ^surveys of lands in the territory of the United States north west of the river Ohio, and for keeping the books of the treasury in relation to the sales of lands at the several land- offices,...

...and enjoy all and singular the rights, privileges and advantages, granted and secured to the people of the territory of the United States, north -west of the river Ohio, by the said ordinance. SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That the officers for the said territory,...

...aforesaid and the laws of the United States, have been provided and established for similar officers in the territory of the United States north*, west of the river Ohio : And the duties and emolur merits of superintendent of Indian affairs shall be united with those of...

...Territorial Governments ?" permit me to state : That the ordinance of the old Congress, of the 13th July, 1787,'" for the government of the Territory of the United States north west of the river Ohio," declares " the Governor for the rime being shall be commander-in-chief of the militia, appoint and...

...States admitted into the Union subsequent to its adoption. Yet, in the ordinance of the 13th of July, 1787, for the government of the territory of the United States north west of the river Ohio," by art. 4th, for the government of the said territory, and the States which may be formed therein,...

...and tribes of Indians, have hereunto set their hands ami affixed their seals. Done at Greenville, in the territory of the United States north' west of the river Ohio, on the third day of August, uu( thousand seven hundred and ninety -five. Anthony Wuyne, *8ee note at...

...Illinois, it is well known, derive this important characteristic from the "ordinance for the government of the territory of the United States, north west of the river Ohio," which was ratified by Congress July 13th, 1787. The ordinance recites and adopts certain articles,...

...articles of compact between the original states, and the people and states in the said territory (being the territory of the United States north west of the river Ohio), and for ever to remain unalterable. The provision is as follows, to wit, " the utmost good faith shall...

...not sustainable; yet for its novelty, it merits consideration. By the 2d article of the ordinance of 1787, "for the government of the Territory of the United States, North West of the Ohio," which was afterwards made the fundamental law of the Mississippi Territory, it is provided that...