. Cyclopedia of American government . County, with its seat at De-troit, made a sharp contrast by its enormoussize, with the thin population to the north-ward. The centers of territorial governmentremained at the south. The laws were promul-gated at Marietta, Cincinnati, and 1798, the second stage of government de-fined by the Ordinance was entered upon. Rep-resentative institutions now appear in a legis- it, and adjusted the educational land grantsof the Ordinance of 1785, with further constitution was adopted by the convention,November 29, 1802. It was never submittedto
. Cyclopedia of American government . County, with its seat at De-troit, made a sharp contrast by its enormoussize, with the thin population to the north-ward. The centers of territorial governmentremained at the south. The laws were promul-gated at Marietta, Cincinnati, and 1798, the second stage of government de-fined by the Ordinance was entered upon. Rep-resentative institutions now appear in a legis- it, and adjusted the educational land grantsof the Ordinance of 1785, with further constitution was adopted by the convention,November 29, 1802. It was never submittedto the people. For the entrance of Ohio intothe Union, eight different dates have been as-signed, in consequence of the absence of a for-mal act of admission. February 19, 1803, Con-gress passed an act to provide for the execu-tion of the laws of the United States within thestate of Ohio, and the best judgment makesthis the mark of admission. The boundaryquestion was to be fought again in the Toledowar, 1835, between Ohio and BOUNDAEIES OF THE STATE OF OHIO lative assembly, with lower house chosen by asemi-popular electorate. The first general as-sembly met at Cincinnati, September 24, —The admission of Ohio into theUnion was the occasion of the first properenabling act passed by Congress. The prece-dent of party strife as an attendant of statemaking was also set. Prospective state bound-aries had been defined in the Ordinance. Fed-eralism, overthrown in the national govern-ment, was strong in the territorial order to secure to the party the Representa-tive and two Senators that would soon super-sede the delegate to Congress, a bill was passedto have the western boundary drawn inward tothe Scioto River. A Republican embassy tcWashington secured contrary action by Congress. The Enabling Act of April 30, 1802defined boundaries, authorized a constitutionalconvention, prescribed the mode of calling Constitution of 1802.—The first constitut
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