Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-08-28

cordng TO the rule and b. which APP
poronments thereof shall be made the other States and
the taxes for paying their proportion shall be lad and levied
by the authority and direction of the Legislature of the dis
ict districts, States in the original Saes within
the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress-
bed The Legislatures of those districts States shall
never interfere with the primary disposal Of the soil by the
United States Congress assembled with regulations
Congress may find necessary for securing the en such soil
to the bona de purchasers No shall be imposed on lands
the property of the United States and in shall
resident propretos be taxed higher than RESIDENT The
vgabe waters leading into the Mississippi and S. Lawrence
and the carrying places between the shall be
highways and forever Free well to the Inhabitants of the
said territory the citizens of the United sate and those
OF other States that may be admitted into the Conederac
without any tax, impost, or duty therefor
Artic the Fifth. There shall be formed in hs said terri
tory not less than three than five States; and the
boundaries of the States Virginia shall alter her
OF cesson and ahoze CONSENT the same, snail become
fixed and established follows to wit The western State in
THE said territory shall be bounded the Mississippi the Ohio
and Wabash rivers ; direct line drawn from the Wabash
and Post Vincens due north to the territorial line between
the United States and Canada and by said territorial
line to the Lake of the Woods and Mississippi The middle
State shall be bounded by the said direct line the Wabash
rom Post Vncens to the Ohio; by the Ohio by direct line
drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami
said territorial line and by said territorial line. The
eastern State shall be bounded by the last mentioned direct
ine, the Ohio, Pennsylvania and the said territorial line
Provided however, and is further understood and declared
that the boundaries of these three States shall be subject
they shall have authority TO form States that part
of the said territory which lies north of and line
drawn through the southery bend or of Lake Mich
gan and whenever any of the said States shall have sixty
thousand free inhabitants therein such State shall be admitted
by It's delegates INTO the Congress of the United States
equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever
and shall be at liberty form permanent constitution and
State Provided the constitution and government
to be formed shall be republican, and in conformity the
principles contained in these articles and far be
consistent with the general interest Of the Conederacy such
admission shall be allowed at earlier period, and when
there may be less number of free inhabitants in the State than
sixty thousand.
Article the SiCth. THERE SHALL NEITHER SLAVERY
NOR INVOLUNTARY sEsyITUDE TERRITORY,
0THERwIsH THAN PUNISHMENT CRIMES WHEREOF THE
PARTY SHALL HAVE BEEN DULY CONVICTED PROVIDED
WAYS, THAT ANY PERSON ESCAPING INTO THE SAME
WHOM LABOR OR SERVICE LAWFULLY CLAIMED
ONE OF ORIGINAL STATES, SUCH FUGITIVE MAY BE
LAWFULLY RECLAIMED AND CONVEYED
CLAIMING HIS or HER LABOR on SERVICE AFORESAID.
BE ordained By the authority aforesaid, That the
utions of the 23d of April 1884, RELATIVE
OF THIS be and the hereby repealed and
declared null and void.
Done by the United States in Congress assembled, the
18th day of July, in the year of Lord 1887 and Of
their sovereignty and independence the 18th
CHAS. THOMSON, Secy.