Historical Collections of Ohio: An Encyclopedia of the State: History Both General and Local, Geography with Descriptions of Its Counties, Cities and Villages, Its Agricultural, Manufacturing, Mining and Business Development, Sketches of Eminent and Interesting Characters, Etc., with Notes of a Tour Over it in 1886, Volume 1state of Ohio, Laning printing Company, 1898 - Ohio |
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... close of this session , Connecticut ceded to the United States her claim of jurisdiction over the northeastern part of the ter- ritory ; upon which the president conveyed , by patent , the fee of the soil to the governor of the State ...
... close of this session , Connecticut ceded to the United States her claim of jurisdiction over the northeastern part of the ter- ritory ; upon which the president conveyed , by patent , the fee of the soil to the governor of the State ...
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... close , when the speeches had all been made , and the issues fairly laid before the people , a few hours remained ere the depositing of the ballots , when a feeling of deep solemnity pervaded the entire commonwealth . The eyes of the ...
... close , when the speeches had all been made , and the issues fairly laid before the people , a few hours remained ere the depositing of the ballots , when a feeling of deep solemnity pervaded the entire commonwealth . The eyes of the ...
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... close of Lower Silurian time , and that had been slowly extending itself northwards through the succeeding ages . Southwestern Ohio was already above water , a low island in the ancient gulf . But the shales on their western outcrop ...
... close of Lower Silurian time , and that had been slowly extending itself northwards through the succeeding ages . Southwestern Ohio was already above water , a low island in the ancient gulf . But the shales on their western outcrop ...
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... close and accurate measurements for their detection . By untrained observers , the water - sheds of our drainage channels are often mistaken for anticlinals . If anticlinals traverse the series where these identifications are made ...
... close and accurate measurements for their detection . By untrained observers , the water - sheds of our drainage channels are often mistaken for anticlinals . If anticlinals traverse the series where these identifications are made ...
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... close . As there are spring freshets now on the breaking up of winter , when the accumulated snow melts away and the ice forms gorges in the swollen streams , so there must have been gigantic floods and ice gorges when the glacial ...
... close . As there are spring freshets now on the breaking up of winter , when the accumulated snow melts away and the ice forms gorges in the swollen streams , so there must have been gigantic floods and ice gorges when the glacial ...
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Page 216 - Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Page 215 - And, for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory...
Page 215 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared, that no law ought ever to be made, or have force in the said territory, that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with, or affect private contracts or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Page 216 - The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the Legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Page 216 - 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 214 - ... fifty acres of land in the district having been a citizen of one of the states and being resident in the district; or the like freehold and two years...
Page 215 - ... the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law. All persons shall be bailable, unless for capital offences, where the proof shall be evident, or the presumption great.
Page 365 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Page 214 - Previous to the organization of the General Assembly, the Governor shall appoint such magistrates and other civil officers, in each county or township, as he shall find necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order in the same. After the General Assembly...
Page 213 - Congress, a governor, whose commission shall continue in force for the term of three years, unless sooner revoked by Congress; he shall reside in the district, and have a freehold estate therein, in one thousand acres of land, while in the exercise of his office.