Reports Made to the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Illinois, Volume 21879 |
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Page 12 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 14 - When a court exercising jurisdiction in equity appoints a receiver of all the property of a corporation, the court assumes the administration of the estate; the possession of the receiver is the possession of the court; and the court itself holds and administers the estate, through the receiver as its officer, for the benefit of those whom the court shall ultimately adjudge to be entitled to it,
Page 26 - Each General Assembly shall provide for all the appropriations necessary for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Government until the expiration of the first fiscal quarter after the adjournment of the next regular session...
Page 20 - A. 3. In accord with the provisions of said agreement plaintiff tendered to defendant the purchase price and requested a conveyance of the land, but defendant refused to accept the tender and refused to make the conveyance. 4. Plaintiff now offers to pay the purchase price. Wherefore plaintiff demands...
Page 8 - 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 21 - ... to have and to hold the said office, with all the rights and emoluments thereunto legally appertaining, unto him, the said Caleb Swan, during the pleasure of the President of the United States, for the time being.
Page 70 - The several county and local sealers shall try and prove all weights, measures, balances and measuring devices when requested so to do, and when the same are found or made to conform to the authorized standards...
Page 14 - The General Assembly may pass laws permitting the owners of lands to construct drains, ditches and levees for agricultural, sanitary or mining purposes, across the lands of others, and provide for the organization of drainage districts...
Page 6 - America, for the payment of which well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Page 7 - Now, therefore, the condition of this obligation is such that, if contractor shall promptly and faithfully perform said contract, then this obligation shall be null and void ; otherwise it shall remain in full force and effect.