 | William Graydon - Law - 1803 - 730 pages
...them, relativo to the descent and conveyance of property. £¿- it ordained by the authority afurcsaid, That there shall be appointed from time to time, by...shall continue in force for the term of three years, unljss sooner revoked by Congress : He shall reside in the district, and have a freehold estait; therein,... | |
 | Constitutions - 1804 - 372 pages
...the dissent and conveyance of property. £e it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That there «hall be appointed, from time to time, by Congress, a Governor,...the district, and have a freehold estate therein, in one thousand acres of land, while in the exercise of his office. There shall be appointed from time... | |
 | Edward Ingersoll - Law - 1821 - 882 pages
...now in forci'a,r.ong them, relative to the descent and conveyance of property. (Ordinance of 1787.) Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That there...by congress: he shall reside in the district, and hare a freehold estate therein, in one thousand acres of land, while in the exercise of his office.... | |
 | United States. Continental Congress - Constitutional history - 1821 - 462 pages
...commission commence from the expiration of the present commission of the honourable Thomas Jefferson, and continue in force for the term of three years, unless sooner revoked by Congress. Congress accordingly proceeded to the election, and the ballots being taken, The honourable Thomas... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - United States - 1836 - 304 pages
...Congress; but afterwards, the legislature •hall have authority to alter them as they shall think fit. Be it ordained, by the authority aforesaid, that there...the district, and have a freehold estate therein, in one thousand acres of land, while in the exercise of his office. There shall be appointed from time... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - United States - 1836 - 320 pages
...Virginia, their laws and customs now in force among them, relative to descent and conveyance of property. Be it ordained, by the authority aforesaid, that there...the district, and have a freehold estate therein, in one thousand acres of land, while in the exercise of his office. There shall be appointed from time... | |
 | South Carolina - Law - 1836 - 476 pages
...Congress, a secretary, whose commission shall continue in force for four years unless sooner revoked ; he shall reside in the district, and have a freehold estate therein in /500 acres of land, while in the exercise of his office ; it shall be his duty to keep and preserve... | |
 | Caleb Atwater - Natural history - 1838 - 416 pages
...their laws and customs now in force among them relative to the descent and conveyance of property. Be it ordained, by the authority aforesaid, that there...the district, and have a freehold estate therein, in one thousand acres of land, while in the exercise of his office. There shall be appointed from time... | |
 | United States - Land tenure - 1838 - 654 pages
...authority aforesaid, That there Govern* shall be appointed from time to time, by Congress, a Gov- * ernor, whose commission shall continue in force for the term...the district, and have a freehold estate therein in one thousand acres of land, while in the exercise of his office. There shall be appointed from time... | |
 | United States - Law - 1839 - 586 pages
...of the district. toms now in force among them, relative to the descent and conveyance of property. Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That there...the district, and have a freehold estate therein, in one thousand acres of land, while in the exercise of his office. There shall be appointed, from time... | |
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Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid that there shall be appointed from time to time, by Congress, a governor whose commission shall continue in force for the term of three years, unless sooner revoked by Congress... 
