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    control of the Western Territories from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River. Parliament passed two laws in order to deal with the Western Territories: The Land Ordinance of 1785 and The Northwest Ordinance of 1787. These laws set up how these Western Territories were going to be governed. The Land Ordinance of 1785 gave the Federal Government complete control of the western land; it divided the land into territories.

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    purchased the land from the Indians. The government was able to have the states with territorial claims surrender them to the government‚ with a promise that the lands would be settled and formed into distinct republican states. By 1785 the Land Ordinance of 1785 was passed and it established a

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    First American Settlers

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    When settlers first came to the New World forests covered ____ per cent of the land. The forests all had a wide range of trees and bushes in them. The "primeval forest" or the first forest Europeans came into contact with had been changed by many acts of nature such as floods‚ hurricanes‚ and flood. Actions of Native Americans also had a hand in changing forests. Such forests included redwood forests‚ which were home to huge redwood trees‚ mossy forests‚ and swamp forests. To many European

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    goes back to talking about the landscape‚ describing it as “dreary” “uninhabitable”‚ “unfit [to live in]”‚ “indignity”‚ and as a “monotonous” place. She uses references from history and politics like Edwin James‚ Major Stephen Long‚ and the Land Ordinance of 1785 to characterize the Midwest as a place where people can’t live or don’t want to in. She uses a personal connection – a story of her grandparents immigrating to the

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    Land Ordinance of 1785

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    Land Ordinance of 1785 I) The Land Ordinance A. Adoption 1. The United States Congress adopted the Land Ordinance of 1785 in May 1785. 2. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Ordinance of 1784‚ which called for the land west of the Appalachian Mountains‚ north of the Ohio River‚ and east of the Mississippi River to be divided. a. This ordinance did not exactly describe how the land would be settled‚ governed‚ or how the land would become a state. 3. The Land Ordinance of 1785 put the 1784 resolution

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    I. The City of Aston’s Panhandling Ordinance Is A Valid‚ Content-Neutral Regulation Of Speech Under The First Amendment And Therefore‚ Does Not Violate Petitioner’s Right To Freedom Of Speech. II. Petitioner Had No Reasonable Expectation of Privacy In His Belongings When He Deliberately Abandoned Them In A Public Park Where The Public and Police Could Openly Enter. ARGUMENT………………………………………………………………………..…………….# I. THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES SHOULD AFFIRM THE LOWER COURT’S DECISION

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    On 5/30/17 at 1152 hrs‚ I was dispatched to 4677 118th Ave N‚ Pinellas Park FL‚33781‚ in reference to an Ordinance Violation. Upon my arrival‚ I made contact one of the managers of Midway Services‚ Roger Vest‚ regarding the issued. Vest advised the neighboring business has two dogs that continuously walk onto their property and defecate on their grass. Vest began to explain how this issued has gone on for almost five months and before day‚ animal control gave the owner a warning regarding his dogs

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    Pharmacy Ordinance 1976

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    | |    THE PHARMACY ORDINANCE1976 | |An Ordinance to establish a Pharmacy Council to regulate the practice of pharmacy. | |

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    The Companies Ordinance, 1984

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    The Companies Ordinance‚ 1984 THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE‚ 1984 (XLVII OF 1984) ********* CONTENTS ………… PART I - PRELIMINARY Sections Pages Preamble 1 1. Short title‚ extent and commencement 1 2. Definitions 2 3. Meaning of "subsidiary" and "holding company" 9 4. Ordinance not to apply to certain corporations 9 5. Application of Ordinance to non-trading companies with purely provincial 10 objects 6. Ordinance to override memorandum‚ articles‚ etc. 10 PART II-JURISDICTION OF

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    An accountability court also cleared Mr. Asif Ali Zardari on March 05‚ 2008‚ of five corruption charges and illegal use of property under the NRO. The Supreme Court of Pakistan on December 16‚ 2009‚ declared the (NRO) National reconciliation ordinance null and void and declared that all the cases which were active at the time of promulgation of the NRO may be reopened at the point at which they were closed. A 17-members bench of the Apex court headed by the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudry

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