The American Almanac and Repository of Useful KnowledgeGray and Bowen, 1856 - Almanacs, American |
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Page 193 - That in every case where a State is entitled to more than one Representative, the number to which each State shall be entitled under this apportionment shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory equal in number to the number of Representatives to which said State may be entitled, no one district electing more than one Representative.
Page 143 - States, within six miles on each side of said roads, shall not be sold for less than double the minimum price of the public lands when sold...
Page 142 - ... every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of each of said roads.
Page 259 - ... major part of them, and the judges of the court of appeals, or the major part of them.
Page 313 - ... shall be appointed for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years, and one for five years.
Page 315 - No tax shall be levied except in pursuance of law; and every law imposing a tax shall state distinctly the object of the same, to which only it shall be applied. Sec. 6. The State shall never contract any debt for purposes of internal improvement.
Page 141 - An Act to repeal part of an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the Safe-keeping of the Acts, Records, and Seal of the United States, and for other Purposes.
Page 316 - The principal of all funds arising from the sale or other disposition of lands or other property, granted or intrusted to this State for educational and religious purposes, shall forever be preserved inviolate and undiminished ; and the income arising therefrom shall be faithfully applied to the specific objects of the original grants or appropriations.
Page 313 - 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.