Chapter CXVII. *to settle and establish the northern boundary lite of the State of Ohio.*(*a*)(*a*) See notes of acts relating to the Territory of Michigan; act of February 16, 1819, chap. 22
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Chap. CXVII.— An Act *to settle and establish the northern boundary lite of the State of Ohio.*(*a*)(*a*) See notes of acts relating to the Territory of Michigan; act of February 16, 1819, chap. 22. June 23, 1836. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, *Act of June 23, 1836, ch. 121. That the northern boundary TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 118, 119. 1836.57of the State of Ohio shall be established by, and extend to, a direct lineNorthern boundary. running from the southern extremity of Lake Michigan to the most northerly cape of the Miami bay; thence, northeast, to the northern boundary line of the United States; thence, with said line, to the Pennsylvania line.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That the boundary line surveyed,Which line shall be deemed the east and west line.Act of March 2, 1827, ch. 57. marked, and designated, agreeably to “An act to authorize the President of the United States to ascertain and designate the northern boundary of the State of Indiana,” approved March the second, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven, shall be deemed and taken as the east and west line mentioned in the constitution of the State of Indiana, drawn through a point ten miles north of the southern extreme of Lake Michigan, and shall be and for ever remain the northern boundary of said State.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That the northern boundary line,Which line shall be taken as the line west from the middle of Lake Michigan.Act of March 2, 1831, ch. 86. ascertained, surveyed, and marked, agreeably to a law of Congress entitled “An act to ascertain and mark the line between the State of Alabama and the Territory of Florida, and the northern boundary of the State of Illinois, and for other purposes,” approved March second, eighteen hundred and thirty-one, shall be deemed and taken as the line west from the middle of Lake Michigan, in north latitude forty-two degrees thirty minutes, to the middle of the Mississippi river, as defined in the act of Congress entitled “An act to enable the people of theAct of April 18, 1818, ch. 67.
Illinois Territory to form a constitution and State Government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States,” approved eighteenth of April, eighteen hundred and eighteen, and shall be and for ever remain the northern boundary line of said state. Approved, June 23, 1836. Chapter CXVIII: to remove the Land Office from Clinton to Jackson, in the State of Mississippi. 5 Stat. 57 1836-06-23 Chapter CXVIII Charles C. Little and James Brown text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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- Chapter CXVII*to settle and establish the northern boundary lite of the State of Ohio.*(*a*)(*a*) See notes of acts relating to the Territory of Michigan; act of February 16, 1819, chap. 22
- Chapter CXVIII*to remove the Land Office from Clinton to Jackson, in the State of Mississippi.* June 23, 1836. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Land Office at present established at Clinton in the State of Mississippi be he
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*to settle and establish the northern boundary lite of the State of Ohio.*(*a*)(*a*) See notes of acts relating to the Territory of Michigan; act of February 16, 1819, chap. 22
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