Statutes of the Territory of Wisconsin: Passed by the Legislative Assembly Thereof, a Session Commencing in November 1838, and at an Adjourned Session Commencing in January, 1839 |
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... unless they be equally divided . 5. The senate shall choose their other officers and also a president pro tempore , in the absence of the vice - president , or when he shall exercise the office of president of the United States . 6. The ...
... unless they be equally divided . 5. The senate shall choose their other officers and also a president pro tempore , in the absence of the vice - president , or when he shall exercise the office of president of the United States . 6. The ...
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... unless when , in cases of rebellion or invasion , the public safety may require it . Bills of at- tainder , & c . 3. No bill of attainder , or ex post facto law shall be passed . 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid , unless ...
... unless when , in cases of rebellion or invasion , the public safety may require it . Bills of at- tainder , & c . 3. No bill of attainder , or ex post facto law shall be passed . 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid , unless ...
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... unless sooner revoked ; he shall reside in the district and have a freehold estate therein in five hundred acres of land , while in the exercise of his office ; it shall be his duty to keep and preserve the acts and laws passed by the ...
... unless sooner revoked ; he shall reside in the district and have a freehold estate therein in five hundred acres of land , while in the exercise of his office ; it shall be his duty to keep and preserve the acts and laws passed by the ...
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... unless he shall have been a citizen of one of the United States three years , and be a resident in the district , or unless he shall have resided in the district three years , and in either case shall likewise hold , in his own right ...
... unless he shall have been a citizen of one of the United States three years , and be a resident in the district , or unless he shall have resided in the district three years , and in either case shall likewise hold , in his own right ...
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... unless by common consent , to wit : ARTICLE 1 . worship . No person , demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner , Religious shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments , in the said ...
... unless by common consent , to wit : ARTICLE 1 . worship . No person , demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner , Religious shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments , in the said ...
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Page 17 - The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians ; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent ; and in their property, rights, and liberty, they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by congress ; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Page 18 - 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 19 - ... so far as it can be consistent with the general interest of the Confederacy, such admission shall be allowed at an earlier period, and when there may be a less number of free inhabitants in the State than sixty thousand.
Page 84 - Deceased, do make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory...
Page 19 - 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 18 - ... the United States in Congress assembled shall from time to time direct and appoint. 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 25 - 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.
Page 15 - For the prevention of crimes and injuries the laws to be adopted or made shall have force in all parts of the district and for the execution of process criminal and civil, the governor shall make proper divisions thereof, and he shall proceed from time to time as circumstances may require to lay out the parts of the District in which the indian titles shall have been extinguished into counties and townships subject however to such alterations as may thereafter be made by the legislature...
Page 14 - ... may be 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 18 - Federal debts, contracted or to be contracted, and a proportional part of the expenses of government, to be apportioned on them by Congress, according to the same common rule and measure by which apportionments thereof shall be made on the other states...