Act providing for the sale of the lands of the United States in the territory northwest of the River Ohio (Land Act of 1796)

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United States federal statute land law public land act

The Land Act of 1796 was a U.S. federal law that organized the survey and sale of public lands in the Northwest Territory, shaping early American land policy and westward expansion.

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Label	Occurrences
Act providing for the sale of the lands of the United States in the territory northwest of the River Ohio (Land Act of 1796) canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ land law ⓘ public land act ⓘ
appliesTo	public domain lands of the United States in the Northwest Territory ⓘ
appliesToRegion	territory northwest of the River Ohio ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Northwest Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
codifies	procedures for disposing of federal lands in the Northwest Territory ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateEnacted	1796-05-10 ⓘ
definesUnit	section ⓘ township ⓘ
establishes	rules for offering public lands at auction ⓘ system for surveying public lands northwest of the Ohio River ⓘ
geographicFocus	lands north and west of the Ohio River ⓘ
hasLongTitle	Act providing for the sale of the lands of the United States in the territory northwest of the River Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasShortName	Land Act of 1796 NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Early national period of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
impact	contributed to settlement of the Old Northwest ⓘ facilitated organized westward expansion ⓘ shaped early American land policy ⓘ
influencedBy	Land Ordinance of 1785 NERFINISHED ⓘ
influences	later United States public land laws ⓘ patterns of land ownership in the Old Northwest ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	repealed ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
officeOfSigner	President of the United States ⓘ
partOf	United States public land system NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Land Ordinance of 1785 NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwest Ordinance NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	to generate federal revenue from land sales ⓘ to implement a standardized land survey system ⓘ to organize settlement in the Northwest Territory ⓘ
regulates	sale procedures for federal lands in the Northwest Territory ⓘ survey of federal lands in the Northwest Territory ⓘ
relatedTo	federal land revenue system ⓘ westward migration of American settlers ⓘ
replacedBy	Land Act of 1800 NERFINISHED ⓘ
signedBy	George Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	public land policy ⓘ sale of public lands ⓘ survey of public lands ⓘ westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
typeOfLaw	statute on land disposition ⓘ
usesSurveySystem	rectangular survey system ⓘ

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4th United States Congress → enactedLaw → Act providing for the sale of the lands of the United States in the territory northwest of the River Ohio (Land Act of 1796) ⓘ