 | John George Rauch, Nellie Catherine Armstrong - 1928 - 128 pages
...authority was contained in the Ordinance of 1787: "So soon as there shall be 5000 free male inhabitants of full age, in the district, upon giving proof thereof to the governor, they shall receive authority, ... to elect representatives from their counties or townships, to represent them in the general assembly;... | |
 | United States. Continental Congress - 1934 - 568 pages
...their Counties or Townships as aforesaid to represent them in general assembly; provided that for every free male Inhabitants there shall be one representative,...representation increase until the number of representatives amount to after which the number and proportion of representatives shall be regulated by the Legislature;... | |
 | United States - 1959 - 1026 pages
...be made by the legislature. SEC. 9. So soon as there shall be five thousand free male inhabitants, an @Ҕ3 Ҕ3@<]* rePage xxxvn celve authority, with time and place, to elect representatives from their counties or... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1965 - 864 pages
...by the legislature. 1757.9] SEC. 9. So soon as there shall be five thousand free male inhabitants, of full age, in the district, upon giving proof thereof...to the governor, they shall receive authority, with tune and place, to elect representatives from their counties or townships, to represent them in the... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1965 - 1366 pages
...thereafi made by the legislature. SEC. 9. So soon as there shall be five thousand free male inhabitants < age in the district, upon giving proof thereof to the governor, they shall r authority, with time and place, to elect representatives from their count townships to represent... | |
 | 1970 - 906 pages
...government of the Northwest Territory: 9. So soon as there shall be five thousand free male inhabitants, of full age, in the district, upon giving proof thereof...to the Governor, they shall receive authority, with the time and place, to elect Representatives from their counties or townships, to represent them in... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Indian Affairs - 1983 - 1430 pages
...be made by the legislature. Sec. 9. So soon as there shall be five thousand free male inhabitants, of full age, in the district, upon giving proof thereof...progressively, with the number of free male inhabitants, jshall the right of representation increase, until the number of representatives shall amount to twenty-five;... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1999 - 374 pages
...thereafter be made by the Legislature. So soon as there shall be five thousand free male inhabitants, of full age, in the District, upon giving proof thereof...time and place, to elect Representatives from their coun ties or townships, to represent them in the General Assembly ; provided that, for every five hundred... | |
 | Thomas G. West - 1997 - 244 pages
...free persons," not male persons, whereas the Northwest Ordinance, passed by Congress in 1787, says that "for every five hundred free male inhabitants there shall be one representative" to the assembly of a western territory. And in the 1780 Massachusetts Constitution "every male person"... | |
 | Chris J. Magoc - 2002 - 324 pages
...as may thereafter be made by the legislature. So soon as there shall be 5,000 free male inhabitants, of full age, in the district, upon giving proof thereof...them in the general assembly; provided that for every 500 free male inhabitants there shall be one representative, and so on progressively with the number... | |
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So soon as there shall be five thousand free male inhabitants, of full age, in the district, upon giving proof thereof to the governor, they shall receive authority, with time and place, to elect representatives from their counties or townships, to represent... 
