Extract from the ordinance of Congress of the 13th of July, 1787, which has been extended to and is now in force within the Territory of Orleans
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 9522
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1805
Place of publication: New Orleans
Language: eng
Subjects: Election law; Politics and government; Territories and possessions; Territory of Orleans. Legislature
Work titles: Ordinance of 1787
Notes: Extracts from the Ordinance of 1787, relating to eligibility and qualifications of candidates for election to a territorial legislature, and regulations governing such a legislature.

"Note.--By a subsequent act of Congress, passed the seventh of August, 1789, it is declared, that 'The president shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint all officers, which by the said ordinance were to have been appointed by the United States in Congress assembled.'"

The original was enclosed with a letter dated July 27, 1805, from Gov. William C.C. Claiborne to Secretary of State James Madison, and is presumed to have been printed in 1805.

Text printed in two columns.

Shaw & Shoemaker 9522

Jumonville, F.M. New Orleans, 124

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.