2. Be it enacted, therefore, by the General Assembly, That the afore re cited article of compact, between the original States and the people and States in the Territory Northwest of the Ohio river be, and the same is hereby, ratified and confirmed, any thing to the contrary in the deed of cession of the said territory by this Commonwealth to the United States, notwithstanding.

D No. 1.

AN ACT to divide the Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio into two separate Governments.

Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the fourth day of July next, all that part of the territory of the United States northwest of the Ohio river, which lies to the westward of a line beginning at the Ohio, opposite to the mouth of the Kentucky river, and running thence to Fort Recovery, and thence north, until it shall intersect the territorial line between the United States and Canada, shall, for the purpose of temporary government, constitute a separate Territory, and be called the Indiana Territory.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be established within the said Territory, a Government, in all respects similar to that provided by the ordinance of Congress, passed on the thirteenth day of 'July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, for the government of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio; and the inhabitants thereof shall be entitled to, and enjoy, all and singular the rights, privileges, and advantages, granted and secured to the people by the said ordinance.

Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed so as in any manner to affect the government now in force in the territory of the United States northwest of the Ohio river, further than to prohibit the exercise thereof, within the Indiana Territory, from and after the aforesaid fourth day of July next: Provided, That whenever that part of the territory of the United States, which lies to the eastward of a line beginning at the mouth of the Great Miami river, and running thence, due north, to the territorial line between the United States and Canada, shall be erected into an independent State, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, thenceforth said line shall become and remain permanently the boundary line between such State and the Indiana Territory: any thing in this act contained to the contrary notwithstanding.

Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That, until it shall be otherwise ordered by the Legislatures of the said 'Territories, respectively, Chillicothe, on the Scioto river, shall be the seat of the Government of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the Ohio river: and that Saint Vincennes, on the Wabash river, shall be the seat of the Government for the Indiana Territory. [Approved, May 7, 1800.]

D No. 2.

AN ACT to enable the people of the eastern division of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and for other purposes.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the inhabitants of the eastern division of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, be, and they are hereby, authorized to form for themselves a constitution and State Government, and to assume such name as they shall deem proper; and the said State when formed, shall be admitted into the Union upon the same footing with the original States in all respects, whatever.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That the said State shall consist of all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit: bounded on the east by the Pennsylvania line, on the south by the river Ohio, to the mouth of the Great Miami river, on the west by the line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami aforesaid, and on the north by an east and west line drawn through the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan, running east, after intersecting the due north line aforesaid, from the mouth of the Great Miami, until it shall intersect Lake Erie, or the territorial line, and thence, with the same, through Lake Erie, to the Pennsylvania line aforesaid: Provided, that Congress shall be at liberty, at any time hereafter, either to attach all the territory lying east of the line to be drawn due north from the mouth of the Miami aforesaid, to the territorial line, and north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan, running east as aforesaid to Lake Erie, to the aforesaid State, or dispose of it otherwise, in conformity to the fifth article of compact between the original States and the people and States to be formed in the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio.

SECTION 3. And be it further enacted, That all that part of the territory of the United States northwest of the river Ohio, heretofore included in the eastern division of said territory, and not included within the boundary herein prescribed for the said State, is hereby attached to, and made a part of, the Indiana Territory, from and after the formation of the said State, subject, nevertheless, to be hereafter disposed of by Congress according to the rights reserved in the fifth article of the ordinance aforesaid; and the inhabitants therein shall be entitled to the same privileges and immunities, and subject to the same rules and regulations, in all respects whatever, with all other citizens residing within the Indiana Territory.

SECTION 4. And be it further enacted, That the members of the convention, thus duly elected, be, and they are hereby authorized, to meet at Chillicothe on the first Monday in November next, which convention, when met, shall first determine, by a majority of the whole number elected, whether it be or be not expedient, at that time, to form a constitution and State Government for the people within the said Territory; and if it be determined to be expedient, the convention shall be, and hereby are authorized to form a constitution and State Government; or if it be deemed more expedient, the said convention shall provide by ordinance for electing representatives to form a constitution or frame of government; which said representatives shall be chosen in such manner, and in such proportion and shall meet at such time and place, as shall be prescribed by the said ordinance, and shall form for the people of said State a constitution and State Government,

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Provided, The same shall be republican and not repugnant to the ordinance of the 13th of July, 1787, between the original States and 'the people and States of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio. Approved 30th April, 1802.

D No. 3.

Extract from the 7th article of the Constitution of the State of Ohio.

SEC. 6. That the limits and boundaries of this State be ascertained, it is declared, that they are as hereafter mentioned, that is to say: bounded on the east by the Pennsylvania line, on the south by the Ohio river to, the mouth of the Great Miami river, on the west by the line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami river aforesaid, and on the north by an east and west line drawn through the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan, running east after intersecting the due north line aforesaid, from the mouth of the Great Miami until it shall intersect, Lake Erie or the territorial line, and thence with the same through Lake Erie to the Pennsylvania line aforesaid: Provided always, and it is hereby fully understood and de clared by this Convention, That if the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan should extend so far south that a line drawn due east from it should not intersect Lake Erie, or if it should intersect the said Lake Erie east of the mouth of the Miami river of the Lake, then and in that case, with the assent of the Congress of the United States, the northern boundary of this State shall be established by, and extended to, a direct line running from the southern extremity of Lake Michigan to the most northerly cape of the Miami bay, after intersecting the due north line from the mouth of the Great Miaini river as aforesaid, thence northeast to the territorial line, and by the said territorial line, to the Pennsylvania line.

D No. 4.

AN ACT for dividing the Indiana Territory into two separate Governments.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That from and after the first day of March next, all that part of the Indiana Territory which lies west of the Wabash river, and a direct line drawn from the said Wabash river and Post Vincennes, due north, to the territorial line between the United States and Canada, shall, for the purpose of temporary government, constitute a separate Territory, and be called Illi

nois.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be established within the said Territory, a Government, in all respects similar to that provided by the ordinance of Congress, passed on the 13th day of July, 1787, for the government of the Territory of the United States, Northwest of the River Ohio, and by an act passed on the 7th day of August, 1789, entitled "An act to provide for the government of the Territory Northwest of the

River Ohio; and the inhabitants thereof shall be entitled to and enjoy all and singular the rights, privileges and advantages, granted and secured to the people of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio, by the said ordinance.

Approved February 3, 1809.

D No. 5.

AN ACT to enable the people of the Indiana Territory to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the admission of such State into the Union, on an equal footing with the original States.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the inhabitants of the Territory of Indiana be, and they are hereby authorized to form for themselves a constitution and State Government, and to assume such name as they shall deem proper; and the said State, when formed, shall be admitted into the Union, upon the same footing with the original States, in all respects whatever.

SECTION 2. And be it further enacted, That the said State shall consist of all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit: bounded on the east by the meridian line which forms the western boundary of the State of Ohio; on the south by the river Ohio, from the mouth of the Great Miami river to the mouth of the river Wabash; on the west by a line drawn along the middle of the Wabash, from its mouth to a point where a due north line drawn from the town of Vincennes would last touch the northwestern shore of the said river; and from thence, by a due north line, until the same shall intersect an east and west line, drawn through a point ten miles north of the southern extreme of Lake Michigan; on the north by the said east and west line, until the same shall intersect the first mentioned meridian line which forms the western boundary of the State of Ohio: Provided, that the convention hereinafter provided for, when formed, shall ratify the boundaries aforesaid; otherwise they shall be and remain as now prescribed by the ordinance for the government of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio: Provided also, that the said State shall have concurrent jurisdiction on the river Wabash, with the State to be formed west thereof, so far as the said river shall form a common boundary to both.

SECTION 4. And be it further enacted, That the members of the convention thus duly elected be, and they are hereby, authorized to meet at the seat of the Government of the said Territory, on the second Monday of June next; which convention, when met, shall first determine, by a majority of the whole number elected, whether it be or be not expedient at that time to form a constitution and State Government for the people within the said Territory; and if it be determined to be expedient, the convention shall be, and hereby are, authorized to form a constitution and State Government: òr if it be deemed more expedient, the said convention shall provide by ordinance for electing representatives to form a constitution or frame of government, which said representatives shall be chosen in such manner, and in such proportion, and shall meet at such time and place as shall be prescribed by the said ordinance, and shall then form, for

the people of said Territory, a constitution and State Government: Provided, that the same, whenever formed, shall be republican, and not repugnant to those articles of the ordinance of the 13th of July, 1787, which are declared to be irrevocable between the original States and the people and States of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, excepting so much of said articles as relate to the boundaries of the States therein to be formed.

Approved, April 19, 1816.

D No. 6.

AN ACT to enable the people of the Illinois Territory, to form a constitution and State Government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of he United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the inhabitants of the Territory of Illinois be, and they are hereby, authorized to form for themselves a constitution and State Government, and to assume such name as they shall deem proper; and the said State, when formed, shall be admitted into the Union upon the same footing with the original States, in all respects whatever.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said State shall consist of all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at the mouth of the Wabash river; thence up the same, and with the line of Indiana, to the northwest corner of the said State; thence east with the line of the same State, to the middle of Lake Michigan; thence north along the middle of said lake, to north latitude 42° 30'; thence west to the middle of the Mississippi river; and thence down along the middle of that river, to the confluence with the Ohio river; and thence up the latter river, along its northwestern shore, to the beginning: Provided, That the convention herein after provided for, when formed, shall ratify the boundaries aforesaid; otherwise they shall be and remain as now prescribed by the ordinance for the government of the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio: Provided also, That the said State shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the State of Indiana, on the Wabash river, so far as said river shall form a common boundary to both, and also concurrent jurisdiction on the Mississippi river with any State or States to be formed west thereof, so far as said river shall form a common boundary to both.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That all that part of the territory of the United States, lying north of the State of Indiana, and which was included in the former Indiana Territory, together with that part of the Illinois Territory, which is situated north of, and not included within, the boundaries prescribed by this act, to the State thereby authorized to be formed, shall be, and hereby is attached to, and made a part of the Michigan Territory, from and after the formation of the said State; subject, nevertheless, to be hereafter disposed of by Congress, according to the right reserved in the fifth article of the ordinance aforesaid; and the inhabitants therein shall be entitled to the same privileges and immunities, and subject to the same rules and regulations, in all respects, with the, other citizens of the Michigan Territory.

Approved, April 18, 1818.