From Charter to Constitution: Being a Collection of Public Documents Pertaining to the Territory of the Northwest and the State of Ohio, from the Charters of James I, to and Including the First Constitution of Ohio, and the State Papers Relating to Its Admission to the Union, Showing Thereby the Historical Chain of Title of Said State from 1606 to 1803 |
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... Chillicothe, Ross county, on November 1, 1802. The convention adjourned November 29, 1802. The constitution there framed was never submitted to the people of Ohio, but was adopted by the convention and went into effect at once. On ...
... Chillicothe, Ross county, on November 1, 1802. The convention adjourned November 29, 1802. The constitution there framed was never submitted to the people of Ohio, but was adopted by the convention and went into effect at once. On ...
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... Chillicothe, on Scioto River, shall be the seat of the government of the territory ot the United States northwest of the Ohio River; and that Saint Vincennes, on the Wabash River, shall be the seat of the government for the Indiana ...
... Chillicothe, on Scioto River, shall be the seat of the government of the territory ot the United States northwest of the Ohio River; and that Saint Vincennes, on the Wabash River, shall be the seat of the government for the Indiana ...
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... Chillicothe on the first Monday in November next; which convention, when met, shall first determine, by a majority of the whole number elected, whether it be or be not expedient at that time to form a constitution and State government ...
... Chillicothe on the first Monday in November next; which convention, when met, shall first determine, by a majority of the whole number elected, whether it be or be not expedient at that time to form a constitution and State government ...
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... Chillicothe, the 29th day of November, 1802. Edward Tiffin, Thomas Scott, President of the Convention. Secretary. FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, CCNVENED NOVEMBER 1, 1802. Journal of the Convention. Begun and held at the town of ...
... Chillicothe, the 29th day of November, 1802. Edward Tiffin, Thomas Scott, President of the Convention. Secretary. FIRST CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, CCNVENED NOVEMBER 1, 1802. Journal of the Convention. Begun and held at the town of ...
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... Chillicothe, for the printing of seven hundred copies of the Journal of the convention, and one thousand copies of the constitution, now framing, in octavo, on the terms proposed by the said Willis; and also for such printing as may be ...
... Chillicothe, for the printing of seven hundred copies of the Journal of the convention, and one thousand copies of the constitution, now framing, in octavo, on the terms proposed by the said Willis; and also for such printing as may be ...
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Popular passages
Page 73 - The legislatures of those districts or new States, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona 284 fide purchasers. No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States; and, in no case, shall nonresident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
Page 148 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to -the dictates of their own consciences ; that no man can, of right, be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience ; and that no preference shall ever be given, by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship.
Page 56 - The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the Legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Page 135 - Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member, but not a second time for the same cause; and shall have all other powers necessary for a branch of the legislature of a free state.
Page 68 - There shall be formed in the said territory not less than three nor more than five States; and the boundaries of the States, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession and...
Page 57 - 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 ; Provided, The constitution and government, so to be formed, shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles...
Page 56 - The said Territory and the States which may be formed therein shall forever remain a part of this Confederacy of the United States of America, subject to the Articles of Confederation and to such alterations therein as shall be constitutionally made, and to all the acts and ordinances of the United States in Congress assembled, conformable thereto.
Page 328 - Pennsylvania, and the said territorial line; 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 73 - There shall be reserved the lot No. 16, of every township, for the maintenance of public schools, within the said township...
Page 55 - Art. 2. The inhabitants of the said territory shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of Habeas Corpus, and of the trial by jury ; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law. All persons shall be bailable, unless for capital offences where the proof shall be evident, or the presumption great.