Laws of the territory of the United States northwest of the river Ohio : adopted and published at a session of the legislature begun in the town of Cincinnati, county of Hamilton and territory aforesaid, upon the 23rd day of April in the year of Our Lord 1798 and continued by adjournments to the seventh day of May in the same year . ledgemenl of Deecismore easy adopted from theConnecticut code and p ub-lished at Cincinnati thefirst day of May one ihous^â¢and seven hundred and nine-byel^ht by WinthropSargentacting as Governor andJohn Cleves Symmes JosephGilraan and Return Jona-ihan Meigs iiuilo
Laws of the territory of the United States northwest of the river Ohio : adopted and published at a session of the legislature begun in the town of Cincinnati, county of Hamilton and territory aforesaid, upon the 23rd day of April in the year of Our Lord 1798 and continued by adjournments to the seventh day of May in the same year . ledgemenl of Deecismore easy adopted from theConnecticut code and p ub-lished at Cincinnati thefirst day of May one ihous^â¢and seven hundred and nine-byel^ht by WinthropSargentacting as Governor andJohn Cleves Symmes JosephGilraan and Return Jona-ihan Meigs iiuilot Judges iVXL j^rants and deeds made of houses and^ ^ lands may be acknowledged before one ofthe Judges of theTeriitory justice of rhe com- .ckno^.icclged %mon pleas or justice cf the peace any former before a judicelaw to the contrary notwithstanding ^ ^^« ^leace Theioregolng is hereby declared to be a lawof the Teiritory in TESTIMONY whereof weIVlnthrop Saro^ent John Cleves Synnnes JosephOilman and Beturn Jonathan Mel^s juniorliaYe caused the seal ot the Territory to be thereunto !3y be acRrflei Band C 2S1 tlicreunto affixed and signed the same wiiliournames (Signed) * lÂ¥inthrop Sargen^^ *- John Cleue^Symmes^ ** Joseph Cilman^* ^ Return Jonathan- Meigs Junior^ TEHRTORY or rue UNlT£D STATESNORTH WEST OP the RIVER OWJO \. A LAW^ for establishing nland office ado pled from thzKentucky cade and publish^ed at Cincinnati the first dayof May one thousand sevenhundred and ninety eightby Wintlirop SsirgtntaQlingasGovcrnorand John ClevesSymnies Joseph Gilraan andReturn Jonathan Mei2^Sjuniicr Judges See 1 A LAMD-OFFICE shall be and The^ slme is hareby constkiUed m eachand every of the respective counties for Lhepur-pos^s hereafter mentioned A registei of the said offices shall be {appointed bytheGo-vernor who shall give bond with sufficientsiire^ty to the Gavernor of the Territory in the pe-nalty otone thousand dollars for the failhAiidischaigeoHusduty in his office o
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