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... elect its own pre- siding officer , a secretary and treasurer , and shall have power to appoint from time to time such ... elected at the annual meetings and the mode of election shall be by ballot , unless by a vote of a majority of ...
... elect its own pre- siding officer , a secretary and treasurer , and shall have power to appoint from time to time such ... elected at the annual meetings and the mode of election shall be by ballot , unless by a vote of a majority of ...
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... elected to continue in office until the next annual meeting . Sec . 6. The president shall preside at all meetings of the society , and in case of his absence or inability to act , one of the vice presidents shall pre- side in his stead ...
... elected to continue in office until the next annual meeting . Sec . 6. The president shall preside at all meetings of the society , and in case of his absence or inability to act , one of the vice presidents shall pre- side in his stead ...
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... elected at the annual meeting and shall serve for one year , except the trustees , who shall be elected as follows : - One for three years , one for two years , and one for one year , after which each shall be elected for three years ...
... elected at the annual meeting and shall serve for one year , except the trustees , who shall be elected as follows : - One for three years , one for two years , and one for one year , after which each shall be elected for three years ...
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... elected president of the board of directors . Hon . Alfred Orendorff was elected temporary secretary . On motion of Alfred Orendorff , Mrs. Jessie Palmer Weber was elected permanent secre- tary and treasurer . The standing committees as ...
... elected president of the board of directors . Hon . Alfred Orendorff was elected temporary secretary . On motion of Alfred Orendorff , Mrs. Jessie Palmer Weber was elected permanent secre- tary and treasurer . The standing committees as ...
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... elected to the State Senate , and during his term his legal abilities were of valued service to the public , and to Governor Palmer , in the enactment of new statutes to con- form with the limitations of the present State constitution ...
... elected to the State Senate , and during his term his legal abilities were of valued service to the public , and to Governor Palmer , in the enactment of new statutes to con- form with the limitations of the present State constitution ...
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Page 206 - State, which may take and claim the benefit of this act to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 523 - ... no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent...
Page 523 - ... the heathen for an inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for a possession.
Page 494 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 448 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States, and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union...
Page 450 - The first line running north and south as aforesaid, shall begin on the river Ohio, at a point that shall be found to be due north from the western termination of a line which has been run as the southern boundary of the State of Pennsylvania...
Page 404 - Nor shall any indenture of any negro or mulatto, hereafter made and executed out of this state, or if made in this state, where the term of service exceeds one year, be of the least validity, except those given in cases of apprenticeship.
Page 472 - No county, city, township, school district or other municipal corporation shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Page 472 - ... corporation incurring any indebtedness as aforesaid, shall before, or at the time of doing so, provide for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof within twenty years from the time of contracting the same. This section shall not be construed to prevent any county, city, township, school district, or other municipal corporation, from issuing, their bonds in compliance with any vote of...
Page 412 - Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery having passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session, the undersigned hereby protest against the passage of the same. "They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy, but that the promulgation of abolition doctrines tends rather to increase than abate its evils.