Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important EventsD. Appleton., 1880 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... Court for Mobile . The commissioners are authorized to compro- mise , compound , and adjust all debts , claims , and demands , including past - due taxes , of every kind which at the date of the passage of the act existed in favor of ...
... Court for Mobile . The commissioners are authorized to compro- mise , compound , and adjust all debts , claims , and demands , including past - due taxes , of every kind which at the date of the passage of the act existed in favor of ...
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... Court of the United States in the case of Barkeley vs. Levee Commissioners et . al . , III Otto , p . 258 , that there is now no room for doubt upon the subject . We will set out the head notes of this deci- sion : " 1. A public ...
... Court of the United States in the case of Barkeley vs. Levee Commissioners et . al . , III Otto , p . 258 , that there is now no room for doubt upon the subject . We will set out the head notes of this deci- sion : " 1. A public ...
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... court the collector ad- vertises the lands for sale , giving thirty days ' notice . The Probate Judge attends the sale and makes a record of the result . An appeal lies from the decree of the Probate Judge to the Circuit Court upon ...
... court the collector ad- vertises the lands for sale , giving thirty days ' notice . The Probate Judge attends the sale and makes a record of the result . An appeal lies from the decree of the Probate Judge to the Circuit Court upon ...
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... Court , held precisely the oppo- suffer from its lighter forms , or who have recovered from its more serious attacks . site of the opinion of Judge Bruce , and quashed several indictments in Louisiana because upon the grand jury which ...
... Court , held precisely the oppo- suffer from its lighter forms , or who have recovered from its more serious attacks . site of the opinion of Judge Bruce , and quashed several indictments in Louisiana because upon the grand jury which ...
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... Court of Appeal in March . The proceedings against Mr. Mac- konochie in the Court of Arches had lasted for four years , when in June , 1878 , he was sentenced by Lord Penzance to three years ' suspension from his benefice . A rule was ...
... Court of Appeal in March . The proceedings against Mr. Mac- konochie in the Court of Arches had lasted for four years , when in June , 1878 , he was sentenced by Lord Penzance to three years ' suspension from his benefice . A rule was ...
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Page 102 - No law shall be revised or amended by reference to its title, but in such case the Act revised or section amended shall be reenacted and published at length as revised or amended...
Page 222 - The United States of America and the Emperor of China cordially recognize the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his home and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens and subjects, respectively, from the one country to the other, for purposes of curiosity, of trade, or as permanent residents.
Page 103 - No county, city, town, township, Board of Education, or school district, shall incur any indebtedness or liability in any manner, or for any purpose, exceeding in any year the income and revenue provided for it for such year, without the assent of two-thirds of the qualified electors thereof voting at an election to be held for that purpose...
Page 102 - Neither the general assembly nor any county, city, town, township, school district or other municipal corporation shall ever make an appropriation, or pay from any public fund whatever, anything in aid of any religious creed, church or sectarian purpose...
Page 103 - Any person who seeks to influence the vote of a member of the Legislature by bribery, promise of reward, intimidation, or any other dishonest means, shall be guilty of lobbying, which is hereby declared a felony; and it shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide, by law, for the punishment of this crime.
Page 104 - ... and all other necessary process ; to hear and determine complaints against railroad and other transportation companies, to send for persons and papers, to administer oaths, take testimony, and punish for contempt of their orders and processes, in the same manner and to the same extent as courts of record, and enforce their decisions and correct abuses through the medium of the courts.
Page 102 - The Legislature shall have no power to authorize lotteries or gift enterprises for any purpose, and shall pass laws to prohibit the sale in this State of lottery or gift enterprise tickets, or tickets in any scheme in the nature of a lottery. The Legislature shall pass laws to...
Page 152 - ... shall be open to relocation in the same manner as if no location of the same had ever been made, provided that the original locators, their heirs, assigns, or legal representatives, have not resumed work upon the claim after failure and before such location.
Page 263 - ... shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than two years; and shall, moreover, be disqualified from holding any office of honor, profit, or trust under the Government of the United States. Any such contract or agreement may, at the option of the President, be declared void.
Page 103 - ... .to make any gift, or authorize the making of any gift, of any public money or thing of value, to any individual, municipal or other corporation whatever...