...expressed by Virginia, in her formal act of cession : " These lands shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States...proportions in the general charge and expenditure, Dad shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose...

...stipulation that " all the lands in the ceded territory, not reserved, should be considered as a common fund, for the use and benefit of such of the United States...become, or shall become, members of the confederation," &c., " according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall...

...American army shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the united American states as have become, or shall become members of...proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and 'bona fate' disposed of for thai purpose, and for no other u«e or purpose...

...American army shall be considered as a common I'mx! lor the use and benefit of such of the united American states as have become, or shall become members of...(Virginia inclusive) according to their usual respective proportion's in tlr; general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and ' bona fide' disposed...

...meet this view of the case. Virginia, in the first place, stipulates that it " shall be a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States...members of the Confederation or federal alliance of said States." Then, to prevent all cavil, she further stipulates, that it shall be a common fund, to...

...existing demands ; in order to prevent any new requisitions, not a sum equivalent to these demands, come or shall become members of the confederation or federal...said states, Virginia inclusive, according to their several respective propertions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bone...

...individually, rather than a preservation of it for common expenditure. The fund itself a to be a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States...members of the confederation or federal alliance, Virginia inclusive. The grant is not for the benefit of the confederation, but for that of the several...

...inviolable fund for the use and benefit of such states as were admitted or might be admitted into the Union, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective...proportions in the general charge and expenditure. It was to be faithfully and bona fide administered for that sole purpose, and for no other purpose...

...reported, it will come into the common treasury, and then the question how it shall be subsequently applied for the use and benefit of such of the United States as compose the confederacy, is one of modus only. Whether the money is disbursed by the general government...

...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 States...proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever."...