The Government of Michigan, Its History and Jurisprudence: Also, a Brief Outline of the Government of the United States

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Moore & Quale, 1874 - Michigan - 195 pages

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Page 193 - Ohio to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and for other purposes...
Page 157 - If such prisoner was in custody upon a conviction of any other felony: by imprisonment in the state prison not less than six months nor more than five years; 3. If such prisoner was in custody upon a charge of felony: by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding two years; 4.
Page 193 - Pennsylvania line aforesaid ; provided always, and it is hereby fully understood and declared by this convention, that if the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan should extend so far south that a line drawn due east from it should not intersect Lake Erie, or if it should intersect the...
Page 122 - A widow shall be endowed of the third part of all the lands whereof her husband was seized of an estate of inheritance at any time during the marriage, unless she shall have lawfully released her right thereto.
Page 44 - In case the alien applying to be admitted to citizenship has borne any hereditary title, or been of any of the orders of nobility in the Kingdom or State from which he came...
Page 105 - ... under age, and not having been married, all the estate that came to the deceased child by inheritance from such deceased parent, shall descend in equal shares to the other children of the same parent, and to the issue of any such other children •who shall have died, by right of representation.
Page 159 - ... by imprisonment in the state prison for life or any term of years, and if committed in any other case, by imprisonment in the state prison, not more than twenty years.
Page 105 - If the decedent leaves several children, or one child and the issue of one or more children, and any such surviving child dies under age and not having been married, all the estate that came to the deceased child by inheritance from such decedent descends in equal shares to the other children of the same parent and to the issue of any such other children who are dead, by right of representation.
Page 166 - ... shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or to imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court before which such conviction shall be had.
Page 43 - States, and not a member of any tribe, shall be an elector and entitled to vote ; but no citizen or inhabitant shall be an elector, or entitled to vote at any election, unless he shall be above the age of twentyone years, and has resided in this State three months, and in the township or ward in which he offers to vote, ten days next preceding such election...

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