...and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three States shall be subiect so far to be altered, that, if Congress shall hereafter...extreme of lake Michigan. And whenever any of the «aid States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted, by its...

...and declared, that the boundaries of these three States shall be subject so far to be altered, and, if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they...Michigan; and whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such States shall be admitted, by their delegates, into the...

...authority to form one or two States in that part of the said Territory which lies north of an enst and west line drawn through the southerly bend or...Michigan ; and whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such States shall be admitted, by their delegates, into the...

...Illinois, by the line dividing the United States from the British Possessions ; but contained a proviso " that the boundaries of these three States shall be...through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan." On the 30th of April, 1802, Congress passed an act authorizing the people of the Territory of Ohio...

...Possessions; but contained a proviso "that the boundaries of these three States shall be subject so fa_r to be altered, that, if Congress shall hereafter find...through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan." On the 30th of April, 1802, Congress passed an act authorizing the people of the Territory of Ohio...

...river. The ordinance further directs, that in case of a division into five States, one boundary shall be an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan, which we knew to have been entirely disregarded by Congress in the acts admitting new States. 11 Woodman...

...Mississippi. The middle State shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from Post Vincents to the Ohio, by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due...Michigan. And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress...

...boundary of the state occupying the present geographical position of the state of Illinois should be an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend, or extreme, of Lake Michigan. While the bill for an enabling act was before the Committee of the Whole, in Congress, upon the motion...

...territorial line, and by the said territorial line. The eastern State shall be bounded by the last-mentioned direct line, the Ohio, Pennsylvania, and the said...Michigan. And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress...

...Pennsylvania, and the said territorial line ; provided however, and it is further understood and dec-tared that the boundaries of these three states, shall be...through the southerly bend or extreme of lake Michigan : — ".* The Ordinance so passed on July 13, 1787, was passed by the affirmative vote of all the eight...