 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations - 1956 - 750 σελίδες
...imposition of a user charge of any nature. The initial declaration of policy is to be found in article 4 of the Ordinance of 1787 for the Government of the Northwest Territory, it being stated that "The navigable waterways leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the... | |
 | 1927 - 750 σελίδες
...address, which was suggested in large part by the speeches of others who had preceded him, he spoke of the Ordinance of 1787 for the government of the Northwest Territory, dwelling especially upon the beneficent influence of the sixth article of compact, which excluded slavery... | |
 | Abraham L. Davis, Barbara Luck Graham - 1995 - 512 σελίδες
...or by both." The language of the Thirteenth Amendment was not new. It reproduced the historic words of the ordinance of 1787 for the government of the Northwest Territory and gave them unrestricted application within the United States and all placrs subject to their jurisdiction.... | |
 | 1917 - 326 σελίδες
...slavery but peonage." But the language of the amendment was not new. It reproduced the historic words of the Ordinance of 1787 for the government of the Northwest Territory, and its terms construed in the light of its history and plain purpose, afford no basis whatever for... | |
 | 1889 - 562 σελίδες
...say that we could not agree with the views expressed elsewhere in the volumes, that in the formation of the Ordinance of 1787 for the government of the Northwest territory Dr. Cutler rendered an all-important influence. It was our intention to have returned to the subject... | |
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The language of the Thirteenth Amendment was not new. It reproduced the historic words of the ordinance of 1787... 
