That the United States in Congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power to ascertain and fix the western boundary of such States as claim to. the Mississippi or... Annual Report of the Secretaryby Michigan Club, Detroit - 1880Snippet view - About this book
| United States. Continental Congress - 1821 - 474 pages
...passed in the negative. It was then moved, jf That the United States in Congress assembled shafl have the sole and exclusive right and power to ascertain and fix the western boundary of such states aa claim to the South Sea; and to dispose of all land beyond the boundary BO ascertained for the benefit... | |
| United States. Continental Congress - 1823 - 696 pages
...proofs upon which they are claimed or established: So it passed in the negative. It was then moved " that the United States in Congress assembled, shall...the western boundary of such states as claim to the South-Sea, and to dispose of all land beyond the boundary so ascertained, for the benefit of the United... | |
| United States. Continental Congress - 1823 - 874 pages
...article of the confederation and perpetual union of the Thirteen United States of America, it is agreed, that the United States in Congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive right and power (inter alia) of appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the... | |
| Timothy Pitkin - 1828 - 552 pages
...United States. An amendment was, therefore, proposed, that congress should have the sole and exclusive power, to ascertain and fix the western boundary of such states, as claimed to the south sea, and to dispose of all lands beyond such boundary, for the benefit of the... | |
| United States. Congress - 1830 - 326 pages
...I mink, so intended, and must of necessity be so. By the articles of confederation, it is provided, that " the United States, in Congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive right of regulating the trade, and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the states,... | |
| Cherokee Nation, Richard Peters - 1831 - 332 pages
...analogous provision in the articles of confederation. The provision in the articles of confederation was, that "the United States in congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indian tribes not members of any... | |
| United States. Congress - 1834 - 852 pages
...Confederation, a proposition was made to amend them to the following effect, viz: " That the United Stales in Congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive...to ascertain and fix the western boundary of such Slates as claim to the Mississippi or South sea, and lay out the land beyond I he boundary so ascertained,... | |
| 1839 - 556 pages
...for the benefit of the United States. And that the United States in Congress assembled, should have the sole and exclusive right and power to ascertain and fix the western boundary of such states, as claimed to the Mississippi or South sea, and to lay out the land beyond the boundary so ascertained,... | |
| John Quincy Adams - 1839 - 138 pages
...were claimed or established. It was moved that the United States, in Congress assembled, should have the sole and exclusive right and power to ascertain and fix the western boundary of such states as claimed to the South sea ; and to dispose of all land beyond the boundary so ascertained, for the benefit... | |
| American Antiquarian Society - 1883 - 408 pages
...delivered to them for their final •determination." The ninth article of the Confederation provided that: — "The United States in Congress assembled, shall have the sole and •exclusive right and power * * * * of establishing rules for deciding, in all cases, what captures on land or water... | |
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