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  2. Constitution of Ohio - Wikipedia

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    The Ohio territory's population grew steadily in the 1790s and early 19th century. Congress passed an enabling bill to establish a new state, which President Thomas Jefferson signed into law on April 30, 1802.

  3. Enabling Act of 1802 - Wikipedia

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    On February 19, 1803 Congress passed an act "providing for the execution of the laws of the United States in the State of Ohio" (Sess. 2, ch. 7, 2 Stat. 201). This act did not purport to admit the state, but declared that Ohio, by the formation of its constitution in pursuance of the act of April 30, 1802, "has become one of the United States ...

  4. Ohio Constitutional Convention (1802) - Wikipedia

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    Ohio counties in 1802. The Enabling Act of 1802 was passed on April 30, 1802, by the Seventh Congress of the United States.This act authorized the residents of the eastern portion of the Northwest Territory to form the state of Ohio and join the U.S. on an equal footing with the other states.

  5. Law of Ohio - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of Ohio is the foremost source of state law. Laws may be enacted through the initiative process. Legislation is enacted by the Ohio General Assembly, published in the Laws of Ohio, and codified in the Ohio Revised Code.

  6. Ohio General Assembly - Wikipedia

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    The Ohio General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio. It consists of the 99-member Ohio House of Representatives and the 33-member Ohio Senate. Both houses of the General Assembly meet at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. [1] [2] [3]

  7. Northwest Ordinance - Wikipedia

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    The Northwest Ordinance (formally An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio and also known as the Ordinance of 1787), enacted July 13, 1787, was an organic act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States.

  8. Ohio passed a law to stop vigilantes in 1889. Now it could be ...

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    More than 135 years after Ohio passed a law to ... "The state intends to use all its power to suppress these so-called White Caps," Ohio Attorney General David R. Watson said in a Democratic ...

  9. List of Ohio state legislatures - Wikipedia

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    Name [1] Start date [1] End date [1] Last election 1802 Ohio Constitution: 1st Ohio General Assembly: March 1, 1803 [2]: December 4, 1803 January 1803 [3]: 2nd Ohio General Assembly