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... passed in 1804 , commissioners were appointed to examine and allow the claims of such as held under French or English grants , or by virtue of any act or resolution of Congress . An act of 1805 extended the benefits of the law to claims ...
... passed in 1804 , commissioners were appointed to examine and allow the claims of such as held under French or English grants , or by virtue of any act or resolution of Congress . An act of 1805 extended the benefits of the law to claims ...
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... passed more than forty years ago . The towns of Fort Madison , Bur- lington , Bellevue , Dubuque , Peru , and Mineral Point , in Wisconsin , were the subjects of similar liberal legislation in 1836 and 1837 . Extract from the annual ...
... passed more than forty years ago . The towns of Fort Madison , Bur- lington , Bellevue , Dubuque , Peru , and Mineral Point , in Wisconsin , were the subjects of similar liberal legislation in 1836 and 1837 . Extract from the annual ...
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... passed , that exigencies would probably arise , in which extra services would be required . In view of all such contingencies , the salaries of the memorialists must be deemed to have been established at their present rates ; and the ...
... passed , that exigencies would probably arise , in which extra services would be required . In view of all such contingencies , the salaries of the memorialists must be deemed to have been established at their present rates ; and the ...
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... passed May 15 , 1828. Under the second section of this law his invalid pension was not only discontinued , but the amount withheld or deducted from March 3 , 1826 , to the time the act of May 15 , 1828 , took effect . That by the act of ...
... passed May 15 , 1828. Under the second section of this law his invalid pension was not only discontinued , but the amount withheld or deducted from March 3 , 1826 , to the time the act of May 15 , 1828 , took effect . That by the act of ...
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... passed . Her husband received his pension , under the previous act referred to , until his death , which occurred on the 1st day of March , 1841 . On the 3d day of March , 1843 , the widow made her declaration , under the act of 7th ...
... passed . Her husband received his pension , under the previous act referred to , until his death , which occurred on the 1st day of March , 1841 . On the 3d day of March , 1843 , the widow made her declaration , under the act of 7th ...
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Page 12 - That the legislative power of the Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation, consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act ; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States ; nor shall the lands or other property of non-residents be taxed higher than the lands or other property of residents. All the laws passed by the legislative assembly and governor...
Page 11 - 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; provided, that the right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised...
Page 7 - That the judicial power of said Territory shall be vested in a supreme court, district courts, probate courts, and in justices of the peace. The supreme court shall consist of a chief justice and two associate justices, any two of whom shall constitute a quorum, and...
Page 3 - ... a copy of an indictment found or an affidavit made before a magistrate of any state or territory charging the person demanded with having committed treason, felony, or other crime, certified as authentic by the governor or chief magistrate of the state or territory from whence the person so charged has fled...
Page 13 - States, to support the constitution of the United States, and faithfully to discharge the duties of their respective offices; which said oaths, when so taken, shall be certified by the person by whom the same shall have been taken, and such certificates shall be received and recorded by the said secretary among the executive proceedings: and the chief justice and associate justices, and all other civil officers in said Territory...
Page 5 - Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to inhibit the government of the United States from dividing said territory into two or more territories, in such manner and at such times as congress shall deem convenient and proper, or from attaching any portion of said territory to any other state or territory of the United States...
Page 7 - The governor shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the legislative council, appoint all officers not herein otherwise provided for ; and in the first instance the governor alone may appoint all said officers, who shall hold their offices until the end of the first session of the legislative assembly...
Page 92 - In contemplating the causes which may disturb our Union, it occurs as a matter of serious concern, that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing parties by geographical discriminations Northern and Southern, Atlantic and Western; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views.
Page 7 - 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.