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... governor of the state , requesting to be known in all future transactions as " the second Christian party of the Oneida nation of Indians . " Their con- version was produced by the religious instructions of a war chief of the Iroquois ...
... governor of the state , requesting to be known in all future transactions as " the second Christian party of the Oneida nation of Indians . " Their con- version was produced by the religious instructions of a war chief of the Iroquois ...
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... governor , lieutenant - governor , and council . The last , composed of four senators , is chosen annually by the legislature , one for each of the four great dis- tricts , into which the state is divided . The governor , who must be a ...
... governor , lieutenant - governor , and council . The last , composed of four senators , is chosen annually by the legislature , one for each of the four great dis- tricts , into which the state is divided . The governor , who must be a ...
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... governor , until another governor is elected . The lieutenant - governor is chosen in the same manner , and for the same term ; and is pre- sident of the senate , and has a casting voice when the votes are equally divided . In case of ...
... governor , until another governor is elected . The lieutenant - governor is chosen in the same manner , and for the same term ; and is pre- sident of the senate , and has a casting voice when the votes are equally divided . In case of ...
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... governor and council , hold their offices during good behaviour , to the age of sixty years . This limitation , which is peculiar to the state of New York , has been censured , as no provision whatever is made for the dismissed judge ...
... governor and council , hold their offices during good behaviour , to the age of sixty years . This limitation , which is peculiar to the state of New York , has been censured , as no provision whatever is made for the dismissed judge ...
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... governor and lieutenant - governor are mem- bers ex officio . The officers of this body are a chancellor and vice - chancellor , a treasurer and secretary , who meet annually in the chamber of the assembly , after the meeting of the ...
... governor and lieutenant - governor are mem- bers ex officio . The officers of this body are a chancellor and vice - chancellor , a treasurer and secretary , who meet annually in the chamber of the assembly , after the meeting of the ...
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Page 115 - That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Page 248 - 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 102 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience...
Page 248 - And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein such State shall be admitted by its delegates into the Congress of the United States on an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government.
Page 47 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul : neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Page 116 - That all persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, unless for capital offences, when the proof is evident or the presumption great...
Page 241 - That no goods, wares, or merchandise, unless in cases provided for by treaty, shall be imported into the United States from any foreign port or place, except in vessels of the United States, or in such foreign vessels as truly and wholly belong to the citizens or subjects of that country of which the goods are the growth, production, or manufacture, or from which such goods, wares, or merchandise can only be, or most usually are, first shipped for transportation.
Page 39 - That the people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers and possessions, from unreasonable searches and seizures...
Page 40 - ... court, register's court, and a court of quarter sessions of the peace, for each county; in justices of the peace, and in such other courts as the legislature may, from time to time establish.
Page 39 - No person who acknowledges the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this Commonwealth.