...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...

...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...

...•which was the first made by any of the states, declared, that the territory'ceded, "shall be and enure for the use and benefit of such of the United States, as shall become members of the federal alliance of the said states, and for no other use and purpose whatsoever."...

...cession of Virginia provides "that all the lands within the territory so ceded to the I.1 m ;td States shall be considered as a common fund for the use and...said States, Virginia inclusive, according to their respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide...

...States, and not reserved for special purposes, shall be considered as a common fund, for the special use and benefit of such of the United States as have...members of the confederation or federal alliance of said states, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge...

...any of the beforementioned purposes, or disposed of in bounties to the officers and soldiers of the American army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United Slates as have become, or shall become, members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said...

...whatsoever." The State of North Carolina, 25 Feb. 1790, declares that the land ceded by that State " 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...

...fifty thousand dollars to the State of Georgia, and the grants recognised by the previous conditions, be considered as a common fund for the use. and benefit of the United States, Georgia included, and shall be faithfully disposed of for that purpose, and for...

...limitations on the trust power. • The act ceding these lands is in these words: " That the said lands 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 portions of the general charge...