 | 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,...acres of land, while in the exercise of his office. There shall be appointed from time to time, by Congress, a Secretary, whose commission shall continue... | |
 | Edward Ingersoll - Law - 1821 - 882 pages
...relative to the descent and conveyance of property. (Ordinance of 1787.) Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be appointed, from time...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... | |
 | James Hall - Mississippi River Valley - 1834 - 276 pages
...the appointment, by congress, of a governor, who should hold his office for three years, who should reside in the district, and have a freehold estate therein in one thousand acres of land ; a secretary, to continue in office four years, to reside in the district, and have a freehold therein... | |
 | South Carolina - Law - 1836 - 476 pages
...among them, relative to the descent and conveyance of property. Be it, ordained, by tfte authority aforesaid, That there shall be appointed, From time...the district, and have a freehold estate therein in 1000 acres of land while in the exercise of his office. There shall be appointed, from time to time,... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - United States - 1836 - 304 pages
...Congress, a sec-retary, whose commission shall continue in force for four years, unless sooner revoked; he shall reside in the district, and have a freehold es-tate therein, in five hundred acres of land, while in the exercise of bis office; it shall be his duty to keep and preserve... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - United States - 1836 - 320 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 five hundred acres of land, while in the exercise of his office ; it shall be his duty to keep and... | |
 | Caleb Atwater - Natural history - 1838 - 420 pages
...force among them relative to the descent and conveyance of property. /{c it ordained, by the authority aforesaid, that there shall be appointed from time...acres of land, while in the exercise of his office. There shall be appointed from time to time, by Congress, a secretary, whose commission shall continue,... | |
 | United States - Land tenure - 1838 - 654 pages
...secretary; 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 five hundred acres of land, while in the exercise of his office ; it shall be his duty to keep and... | |
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There shall be appointed from time to time, by 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 es.tate therein, in five hundred acres of land,... 
