and in that Case, the Governor for the Time being shall, and he is hereby required to perfect, from Time to Time, such Titles, in such Manner as if this Act had never been passed; and that all Entries made by, or Grants made to all and every Person and Persons whatsoever, agreeable to Law, and within the Limits hereby intended to be ceded to the United States, shall have the same Force and Effect as if such Cession had not been made, and that all and every Right of Occupancy and Pre-Emptions, and every other Right reserved by any Act or Acts to Persons settled on and occupying Lands within the Limits of the Lands hereby intended to be ceded as aforesaid, shall continue to be in full Force in the same Man. ner as if the Cession had not been made, and as Conditions upon which the said Lands are ceded to the United States. And further, it shall be understood, that if any Person or Persons shall have, by Virtue of the Act, entitled An Act for Opening the Land Office, for the Redemption of Specie and other Certificates, and discharging the Arrears due to the Army," passed in the Year one thousand seven hundred and eighty three, made his or their Entry in the Office usually called John Armstrong's Office, and located the same to any Spot or Piece of Ground on which any other Person or Persons shall have previously located any Entry or Entries; that then and in that Case, the Person or Persons having made such Entry or Entries, or their Assignee or Assignees, shall have leave and be at full Liberty to remove the Location of such Entry or Entries to any Lands on which no Entry has been specially located, or any vacant Lands included within the Limits of the Lands hereby intended to be ceded. Provided, That Nothing herein contained, shall extend or be construed to extend to the making good any Entry or Entries, or any Grant or Grants heretofore declared void by any Act or Acts of the General Assembly of this State.

Thirdly. That all the Lands intended to be 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 Proportion in the general Charge and Expenditure, and shall be faithfully disposed of for that Purpose, and for no other Use or Purpose whatever.

Fourthly. That the Territory so ceded, shall be laid out and formed into a State or States, containing a suitable Extent of Territory, the Inhabitants of which shall enjoy all the Privileges, Benefits and Advantages set forth in the Ordinance of the late Congress for the Government of the Western Territory of the United States; that is to say, Whenever the Congress of the United States shall cause to be officially transmitted to the Executive Authority of this State, an authenticated Copy of the Act to be passed by the Congress of the United States, accepting of the Cession of Territory made by Virtue of this Act, under the express Conditions hereby specified, the said Congress shall at the same Time assume the Government of the said ceded Territory, which they shall execute in a Manner similar to that which they support in the Territory West of the Ohio, shall protect the Inhabitants against Enemies, and shall never bar or deprive them or any of them, of privileges which the People in the Territory West of the Ohio enjoy. Provided always, That no Regulations made or to be made by Congress, shall tend to emancipate Slaves.

Fifthly. That the Inhabitants of the said ceded Territory shall be liable to pay such Sums of Money as may, from taking their Census, be their just Proportion of the Debt of the United States, and the Arrears of the Requisitions of Congress on this State.

Sixthly. That all Persons indebted to this State, residing in the Territory intended to be ceded by Virtue of this Act, shall be held and deemed liable to pay such Debt or Debts in the same Manner, and under the same Penalty or Penalties, as if this Act had never been passed.

Seventhly. That if the Congress of the United States do not accept the Cession hereby intended to be made, in due Form, and give official Notice thereof to the Executive of this State, within eighteen Months from the passing of this Act, then this Act shall be of no force or Effect whatsoever.

Eighthly. That the laws in Force and Use in the State of North-Carolina, at the Time of passing this Act, shall be and continue in full Force within the Territory hereby ceded, until the same shall be repealed, or otherwise altered by the Legislative Authority of the said Territory.

Ninthly. That the Lands of Non-resident Proprietors,

within the said ceded Territory, shall not be taxed higher than Lands of Residents.

Tenthly. That this Act shall not prevent the People now residing South of French-Broad, between the Rivers Tennessee and Pidgeon, from entering their Pre-Emptions on that Tract, should an Office be opened for that Purpose under an Act of the present General Assembly.

II. AND be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Sovereignty and Jurisdiction of this State, in and over the Territory aforesaid, and all and every the Inhabitants thereof, shall be and remain the same in all respects, until the Congress of the United States shall accept the Cession to be made by Virtue of this Act, as if this Act had never passed."-Iredell, Laws of North Carolina, (1715-1791), pp. 663-6.-American State Papers, Public Lands, I., 108-9.

Ост 7, 1790.

NEW YORK'S RECOGNITION
OF VERMONT.

To all to whom these presents shall come :

Be it known, that Robert Yates, John Lansing, junior, Gulian Verplank, Simeon DeWitt, Egbert Benson and Melancton Smith, commissioners, appointed by an act of the legislature of the State of New York, entitled "An act appointing commissioners with powers to declare the consent of the legislature of this State, that a certain territory within the jurisdiction thereof should be formed into a new State," passed the 6th day of March last:-Do hereby, by virtue of the powers to them granted for the purpose, declare the consent of the legislature of the State of New York, that the community now actually exercising independent jurisdiction, as the STATE OF VERMONT, be admitted into the United States of America, and that immediately from such admission all claim of jurisdiction from the State of New York, within the State of Vermont, shall cease, and thenceforth the perpetual boundary line between the State of New York and the State of Vermont shall be as follows, viz :-Beginning at the northwest corner of the State of Massachusetts, thence westward along the south boundary of the township of Pownal, to the southwest corner thereof, thence northerly, along the western boundaries of the townships of Pownal, Bennington, Shafts

bury, Arlington, Sandgate, Rupert, Pawlet, Wells, and Poultney, as the said townships are now held or possessed, to the river, commonly called Poultney river, thence down the same, through the middle of the deepest channel thereof, to East Bay, thence through the middle of the deepest channel of East Bay and the waters thereof, to where the same communicates with Lake Champlain, thence through the middle of the deepest channel of Lake Champlain, to the eastward of the islands called the Four Brothers, and the westward of the islands called Grand Isle and Long Isle, or the Two Heroes, and to the westward of the Isle La Motte, to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude. And the said commissioners do hereby declare the will of the legisla ture of the State of New York, that if the legislature of the State of Vermont shall, on or before the first day of January, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, declare, that the State of Vermont shall, on or before the first day of June, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, pay to the State of New York the sum of thirty thousand dollars, that immediately from such declaration by the legislature of the State of Vermont, all rights and titles to lands within the State of Vermont, under grants from the government of the late colony of New York, or from the State of New York, except as hereinafter excepted, shall cease; or, if the legislature of the State of Vermont shall not elect to make such declaration, then that, except in cases where the grants from New York were intended as confirmations of grants from New Hampshire, all rights and titles under grants from the government of the late colony of New York, or from the State of New York, to lands within the State of Vermont which may have been granted by the governor of the late colony of New Hampshire, shall cease; and the boundaries, according to which such grants from the government of the late colony of New Hampshire have been held or possessed, shall be deemed to be the true boundaries. And the said commissioners do hereby further declare the will of the legislature of the State of New York, that all rights and titles to lands within the State of Vermont under grants from the government of the late colony of New York, or from the State of New York, and not granted by the government of the late colony of

New Hampshire, shall be suspended until the expiration of three years after the governor of the State of Vermont, for the time being, shall have been notified that a commissioner, to be appointed by the State of New York, after the first day of January, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, and to reside and hold a public office at the city of Albany, shall have entered upon the execution of his office; and if, within one year after such notification, there shall be delivered to such commissioner, either the original or a certified abstract, containing the date, the names of the grantees, and the boundaries of a grant from New York; and if, thereupon, at any time before the expiration of the said term of three years above mentioned, there shall be paid to such commissioner at the rate of ten cents per acre for the whole or any parcel of the lands contained in such grant from New York, all right and title under such grant shall, in respect to the lands for which payment shall be made, cease, and a receipt under the hand and seal of such commissioner, specifying the lands for which payment shall be made, shall be evidence of the payment. And in default of delivering the original, or such certified abstract of the grant, to the commissioner, within the said term of one year, for that purpose above limited, all right and title under the grant, in respect of which there shall be such default of delivery, shall cease; but where the original or certified abstract of the grant shall be duly delivered to the commissioners, and if thereupon payment shall not be duly made to the commissioners, the right and the title under the grant, in respect to the lands for which payment shall not be made, shall remain, and suits for the recovery of such lands may be prosecuted in the ordinary course of law, provided the suit be commenced within ten years after the State of Vermont shall have been admitted into the Union of the United States, otherwise the right and title under the grant from New York shall in such case also cease.-Records of the Governor and Council of Vermont, III., 459-460. MAY 30, 1800. CONNECTICUT CESSION OF THE WESTERN RESERVE.

To all who shall see these presents, I, Jonathan Trumbull, governor of the State of Connecticut, send greeting: