                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CESSION OF TERRITORY NORTHWEST OF OHIO RIVER (§ 1-303)

A. The territory northwest of the Ohio River ceded by the Commonwealth shall be
and remain the same as provided by:

   1. An act of the General Assembly passed on January 2, 1781, that resolved
   that this Commonwealth would on certain conditions yield for the benefit of
   the United States all her right to the territory northwest of the Ohio River.

   2. An act of the General Assembly passed on December 20, 1783, that authorized
   the transfer to the United States, subject to the terms and conditions
   contained in the act of the United States Congress passed on September 13,
   1783 and the deed of cession that was made accordingly.

   3. An act of the General Assembly passed on December 30, 1788, whereby, after
   referring to an ordinance for the government of the territory, passed by the
   United States Congress on July 13, 1787, and reciting a particular article
   declared in the ordinance to be part of the compact between the original
   states and the people and states in the territory, the article of compact was
   ratified and confirmed.

B. Such cession shall be deemed and taken according to the true intent and
meaning of the acts and deed, and subject to all the terms and conditions
therein expressed.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 7-2; 1966, c. 102, § 7.1-3; 2005, c. 839.