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... offered the following resolution , which was adopted : Resolved , That D. B. Purinton be appointed Sergeant - at- Arms of this Convention . Mr. Willard offered the following resolution : Resolved , That the Secretary be and he is hereby ...
... offered the following resolution , which was adopted : Resolved , That D. B. Purinton be appointed Sergeant - at- Arms of this Convention . Mr. Willard offered the following resolution : Resolved , That the Secretary be and he is hereby ...
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... offered the following resolution , which was adopted : Resolved , That the rules of the House of Representatives be adopted for the government of the Convention , so far as the same are applicable , until otherwise ordered . Mr. Birney ...
... offered the following resolution , which was adopted : Resolved , That the rules of the House of Representatives be adopted for the government of the Convention , so far as the same are applicable , until otherwise ordered . Mr. Birney ...
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... offered the following resolution , which was adopted : Resolved , That the Secretary of State be instructed to cause - to be published in one pamphlet , two hundred copies of the Constitutions of 1835 and 1850 , with the amendments ...
... offered the following resolution , which was adopted : Resolved , That the Secretary of State be instructed to cause - to be published in one pamphlet , two hundred copies of the Constitutions of 1835 and 1850 , with the amendments ...
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... offered the following resolution , which was adopted : Resolved , That the Commissioner of the State Land Office be requested to report , at an early day , to the Convention , the quantity of unappropriated State lands of the several ...
... offered the following resolution , which was adopted : Resolved , That the Commissioner of the State Land Office be requested to report , at an early day , to the Convention , the quantity of unappropriated State lands of the several ...
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... offered the following : Whereas , It hath pleased Almighty God , and the good peo- ple of the State of Michigan , that this Convention should as- semble for the purpose of erecting anew the temple of liberty , that justice should be the ...
... offered the following : Whereas , It hath pleased Almighty God , and the good peo- ple of the State of Michigan , that this Convention should as- semble for the purpose of erecting anew the temple of liberty , that justice should be the ...
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adopted Aldrich Alexander amend the section Andrus article entitled asked and obtained Barber Birney Blackman Bradley Burtch Chairman Chapin citizens committee on intoxicating concurred Conger Convention was called Coolidge Corbin Crocker Daniells demand was supported demanded the yeas Desnoyers Duncan Duncombe elected Elliott Estee Ferris following resolution Germain Giddings Henderson Hixson Holmes Holt Huston inserting in lieu intoxicating liquors Ionia county Kenney Lansing Leach leave of absence leave to sit legal voters Legislature Longyear Lovell Luce M. C. Watkins McClelland McConnell McKernan Morton motion prevailed moved to amend Musgrave Mussey Ninde Norris o'clock A. M. obtained leave offered the following Ontonagon P. D. Warner petition President Pringle question recurring quorum present Rafter Referred Resolved Shearer Sheldon Stockwell Stoughton T. G. Smith thereof township Turner Tyler Upper Peninsula Utley Valkenburg Van Buren county Van Valkenburg vote thereon Willard Winans Winsor Withey Woodhouse yeas and nays Yeomans
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Page 490 - ... house shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by twothirds of all the members elected to that house, it shall be a law; but in such cases, the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays...
Page 713 - ... the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, and the names of the members voting for and against the bill shall be entered on the journals of each house respectively.
Page 549 - Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.
Page 870 - In case of the insolvency of any bank or banking association, the billholders thereof shall be entitled to preference in payment, over all other creditors of such bank or association.
Page 735 - Legislature shall prescribe ; and if the people shall approve and ratify such amendment or amendments, by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the Legislature voting thereon, such amendment or amendments shall become part of the Constitution.
Page 746 - ... shall be individually responsible to the amount of their respective share or shares of stock in any such corporation or association, for all its debts and liabilities of every kind, contracted after the said first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
Page 846 - For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence, by reason of his presence or absence, while employed in the service of the United States; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State, or of the United States, or of the high seas; nor while a student of any seminary of learning; nor while kept at any alms-house, or other asylum, at public expense; nor while confined in any public prison.
Page 85 - Resolved, That the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of...
Page 875 - IState," to any such officer or public body, before the complete organization of the departments of government under this Constitution, shall remain binding and valid, and rights and liabilities upon the same shall continue, and may be prosecuted as provided by law.
Page 381 - In addition to the above limited power to contract debts, the state may contract debts to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, or defend the state in war ; but the money arising from the contracting of such debts shall be applied to the purpose for which it was raised, or to repay such debts, and to no other purpose whatever.