Oddities of Colonial Legislation in America: As Applied to the Public Lands, Primitive Education, Religion, Morals, Indians, Etc., with Authentic Records of the Origin and Growth of Pioneer Settlements, Embracing Also a Condensed History of the States and Territories |
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... received his undivided attention and discriminating thought . With him , what was worth doing was worth the best employment of his powers in that direction . This scrupulous regard for facts was nowhere exhibited more forcibly than in ...
... received his undivided attention and discriminating thought . With him , what was worth doing was worth the best employment of his powers in that direction . This scrupulous regard for facts was nowhere exhibited more forcibly than in ...
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... however , that the act re- quired and readily received the sanction of the Roman Catholic Lord Baltimore . " [ First Discourse before the Maryland Histor- ical Society , June 20 , 1844 , pp . 40 RELIGION AND MORALS .
... however , that the act re- quired and readily received the sanction of the Roman Catholic Lord Baltimore . " [ First Discourse before the Maryland Histor- ical Society , June 20 , 1844 , pp . 40 RELIGION AND MORALS .
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... counterfeited several foreign coins commonly received amongst her majesty's subjects of this province for current in payment , to the great damage of her majesty's said subjects , being RELIGION AND MORALS . 67 SECTION 71. ...
... counterfeited several foreign coins commonly received amongst her majesty's subjects of this province for current in payment , to the great damage of her majesty's said subjects , being RELIGION AND MORALS . 67 SECTION 71. ...
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... received by us as a clergyman of the Church of England , soon discovered that his aim was to enslave our minds as a necessary preparative for enslaving our bodies . The attendance upon prayers , meetings and sermons , inculcated by him ...
... received by us as a clergyman of the Church of England , soon discovered that his aim was to enslave our minds as a necessary preparative for enslaving our bodies . The attendance upon prayers , meetings and sermons , inculcated by him ...
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... received reve- nues from " the rent which every individual annually paid him . ” Herodotus ii . 109 ; Young's Labor in Europe and America , p . 14. ] In Greece , Lycurgus and other ancient legislators were in favor of an equitable ...
... received reve- nues from " the rent which every individual annually paid him . ” Herodotus ii . 109 ; Young's Labor in Europe and America , p . 14. ] In Greece , Lycurgus and other ancient legislators were in favor of an equitable ...
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Page 427 - Provided, however, and it is further understood and declared that the boundaries of these three States shall be subject so far to be altered, that, if Congress shall hereafter find it - expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan.
Page 428 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed In any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 427 - 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 427 - ... hereafter shall be formed in the said territory; to provide also for the establishment of states, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original states, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest...
Page 427 - And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever ; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government...
Page 518 - President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute ; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States...
Page 427 - ... conveyed by lease and release, or bargain and sale, signed, sealed, and delivered, by the person, being of full age, in whom the estate may be, and attested by two witnesses, provided such wills be duly proved, and such conveyances be acknowledged, or the execution thereof duly proved, and be recorded within one year after proper magistrates, courts, and registers, shall be appointed for that purpose...
Page 427 - Woods and Mississippi. The middle State shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from Post Vincents to the Ohio, by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.
Page 411 - Army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said States, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever...
Page 427 - 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...