The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year ..., Volume 26Gray and Bowen, 1855 - Almanacs, American |
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... Supreme Court , District Courts , Registers , Rec's , & c . , in Land Office , 95 Surveyors - General of Public Lands ,. 96 Indian Superintendents , & c . , Army Pension Agents , ........ ............... Navy Pension Agents ...
... Supreme Court , District Courts , Registers , Rec's , & c . , in Land Office , 95 Surveyors - General of Public Lands ,. 96 Indian Superintendents , & c . , Army Pension Agents , ........ ............... Navy Pension Agents ...
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... Supreme Court , U. S ..... North Carolina .. 267 Surveyors of Land - Office .. Obituary , American , in 1853 ... ........................ . 323 Surveyors General in New Mexico , Kanzas , 66 66 1854 .. ........... .... Obituary , Foreign ...
... Supreme Court , U. S ..... North Carolina .. 267 Surveyors of Land - Office .. Obituary , American , in 1853 ... ........................ . 323 Surveyors General in New Mexico , Kanzas , 66 66 1854 .. ........... .... Obituary , Foreign ...
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... SUPREME COURT . Residence . 10 1855. ] 109 THE MARINE CORPS . CAREER 888 90 The Marine Corps,
... SUPREME COURT . Residence . 10 1855. ] 109 THE MARINE CORPS . CAREER 888 90 The Marine Corps,
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... Supreme Court is held in the city of Washington , and has one ses- sion annually , commencing on the 1st Monday of December . • CIRCUIT COURTS . The United States are divided into the following nine Judicial Circuits , in each of which ...
... Supreme Court is held in the city of Washington , and has one ses- sion annually , commencing on the 1st Monday of December . • CIRCUIT COURTS . The United States are divided into the following nine Judicial Circuits , in each of which ...
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... Supreme Court , District Courts , Probate Courts , and Justices of the Peace . The Supreme Court shall consist of a chief justice and two as- sociates , at an annual salary each of $ 2,000 , appointed by the President and Senate for ...
... Supreme Court , District Courts , Probate Courts , and Justices of the Peace . The Supreme Court shall consist of a chief justice and two as- sociates , at an annual salary each of $ 2,000 , appointed by the President and Senate for ...
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Page 128 - That the Constitution, and all Laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Page 126 - That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians...
Page 128 - It being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States.
Page 126 - Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to inhibit the government of the United States from dividing said territory into two or more territories, in such manner and at such times as congress shall deem convenient and proper, or from attaching any portion of said territory to any other state or territory of the United States...
Page 285 - ... shall be appointed for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years, and one for five years.
Page 124 - This section shall not extend to offenses committed by one Indian against the person or property of another Indian, nor to any Indian committing any offense in the Indian country who has been punished by the local law of the tribe, or to any case where, by treaty stipulations, the exclusive jurisdiction over such offenses is or may be secured to the Indian tribes respectively.
Page 81 - States (1) George Washington. (2) John Adams. (3) Thomas Jefferson. (4) James Madison. (5) James Monroe. (6) John Quincy Adams. (7) Andrew Jackson. (8) Martin Van Buren. (9) William Henry Harrison. (10) John Tyler. (11) James K. Polk. (12) Zachary Taylor. (13) Millard Fillmore. (14) Franklin Pierce. (15) James Buchanan. (16) Abraham Lincoln. (17) Andrew Johnson. (18) Ulysses S. Grant.
Page 131 - And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the surveyor general, under such instructions as may be given by the Secretary of the Interior, to ascertain the origin, nature, character, and extent of all claims to lands under the laws, usages, and customs of Spain and Mexico...
Page 126 - Nebraska, or to affect the authority of the government of the United States to make any regulation respecting such Indians, their lands, property, or other rights, by treaty, law, or otherwise, which it would have been competent to the government to make, if this act had never passed.
Page 285 - It shall have original jurisdiction in quo warranto, mandamus, habeas corpus and procedendo, and such appellate jurisdiction as may be provided by law. It shall hold at least one term in each year at the seat of government, and such other terms, there or elsewhere, as may be provided by law.