...February, 1780, even consented to a release of the unsettled lands in the western part of the state, for the use and benefit of such of the United States as should become mem• bers of the federal alliance ; and to resign the jurisdiction, as well as the...

...the same idea in a still more explicit form. It is as follows: " All the lands within the territory shall be considered as a common fund, for the use...members of the confederation or federal alliance of said States, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge...

...in a still more explicit form. It is as follows : " All the lands within the territory — • — "—shall be considered as a common fund, for the...members of the confederation or federal alliance of said States, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge...

...and concluded with a stipulation, that ' all the lands in the ceded territory, not reserved, should be considered as a common fund, for the use and benefit...become, or shall become, members of the confederation,' &,c. ' according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall...

...to the United States, ami not reserved for, or appropriated to, any of the beforementioned purposes, or disposed of in bounties to the officers and soldiers of the American army, shall beconsidered as a common fund for the use and benefit ot" such of the United States as have become,...

...to the United States, and not reserved for, or appropriated to, any of the beforementioned purposes, or disposed of in bounties to the officers and soldiers of the Americai.! army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United...

...to the United States, and not reserved for or approprinted to any of the before-mentioned purposes, or disposed of in bounties to the officers and soldiers...American army, shall be considered as a- common fund fur the use and benefit of such of the United Stales ал have becotne or shall become members of the...

...ceded by virtue of this act to the United States of America, and not appropriated as before mentioned, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of the United States of America, North Carolina inclusive, according to their respective and usual proportions...

...State of New-York made the cession referred to, was, that the lands so ceded " should be and inure for the use and benefit of such of the United States as should become members of the federal alliance of the said States, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever,"...

...language, in substance, and declare " that they shall be considered as a common fund, for the use ami benefit of such of the United States as have become,...members of the confederation, or federal alliance, (including all the States making the cession.) according! their usual respective proportions in the...