The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year ..., Volume 22Gray and Bowen, 1850 - Almanacs, American |
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... elected by a majority of thirty - six of the electoral votes , was , on the 4th of March , 1849 , inaugu- rated President of the United States , and died on the 9th of July , 1850. In consequence of this event , the duties of the office ...
... elected by a majority of thirty - six of the electoral votes , was , on the 4th of March , 1849 , inaugu- rated President of the United States , and died on the 9th of July , 1850. In consequence of this event , the duties of the office ...
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... elected biennially . The Vice - President of the United States is the President of the Senate , in which body he has only a casting vote , which is given in case of an equal division of the votes of the Senators . In his absence , a ...
... elected biennially . The Vice - President of the United States is the President of the Senate , in which body he has only a casting vote , which is given in case of an equal division of the votes of the Senators . In his absence , a ...
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... elected annually on the 1st Wednesday of April , for the year commencing the 1st Tuesday of May . The Commissioner of Schools is appointed by the Governor . The Senate consists of the Gov- ernor , who presides , the Lieutenant ...
... elected annually on the 1st Wednesday of April , for the year commencing the 1st Tuesday of May . The Commissioner of Schools is appointed by the Governor . The Senate consists of the Gov- ernor , who presides , the Lieutenant ...
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Legislature . The Senate consists of thirty - two members , who are elected for two years , one from each senatorial district . The Assembly consists of one hundred and twenty - eight members , elected annually . The pay of Sena- tors ...
Legislature . The Senate consists of thirty - two members , who are elected for two years , one from each senatorial district . The Assembly consists of one hundred and twenty - eight members , elected annually . The pay of Sena- tors ...
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... Elected . Salary . William H. Cabell , of Richmond , President , 1830 , $ 5,750 Francis T. Brooks , of Spotsylvania Co. , Judge , 1830 , 2,500 John J. Allen , of Botetourt Co. , 66 1840 , 2,500 Briscoe G. Baldwin , of Staunton , " 6 ...
... Elected . Salary . William H. Cabell , of Richmond , President , 1830 , $ 5,750 Francis T. Brooks , of Spotsylvania Co. , Judge , 1830 , 2,500 John J. Allen , of Botetourt Co. , 66 1840 , 2,500 Briscoe G. Baldwin , of Staunton , " 6 ...
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Page 328 - ... shall be entitled to vote at the first election, and shall be eligible to any office within the said Territory ; but the qualifications of voters and of holding office, at all subsequent elections, shall be such as shall be prescribed by the legislative assembly : Provided, That the right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States...
Page 328 - That every free white male inhabitant above the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of said Territory at the time of the passage of this act, shall be entitled to vote at the first election, and shall be eligible to any office within the said Territory; but the qualifications of voters and of holding office at all subsequent elections shall be such as shall be prescribed by the legislative assembly...
Page 329 - Writs of error, bills of exception, and appeals, shall be allowed in all cases from the final decisions of said district courts to the supreme court, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law; but in no case removed to the supreme court shall trial by jury be allowed in said court.
Page 328 - An Act proposing to the State of Texas the Establishment of her Northern and Western Boundaries, the Relinquishment by the said State of all Territory claimed by her exterior to said Boundaries, and of all her claims upon the United States, and to establish a territorial Government for New Mexico.
Page 329 - Columbia; and the first six days of every term of said courts, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, shall be appropriated to the trial of causes arising under the said constitution and laws...
Page 329 - That no member of the Legislative Assembly shall hold or be appointed to any office which shall have been created, or the salary or emoluments of which shall have been increased, while he was a member, during the term for which he was elected, and for one year after the expiration of such term...
Page 332 - ... legally authorized as aforesaid ; or shall harbor or conceal such fugitive so as to prevent the discovery and arrest of such person, after notice or knowledge of the fact that such person was a fugitive from service or labor as aforesaid...
Page 281 - AD 1841 ; and all estates of deceased persons who may have died without leaving a will, or heir, and also such per cent, as may be granted by Congress on the sale of lands in this State, shall be and remain a perpetual fund, the interest of which, together with all the rents of the unsold lands, and such other means as the Legislature may provide, shall be inviolably appropriated to the support of Common Schools throughout the State.
Page 32 - In the year 1914, there will be four eclipses, two of the Sun, and two of the Moon.