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... direct to the desert lands . If granted free of acreage in sufficient quantity , these lands may be developed by private interests . Historical and statistical table of the United States and Territories THE PUBLIC DOMAIN . 27.
... direct to the desert lands . If granted free of acreage in sufficient quantity , these lands may be developed by private interests . Historical and statistical table of the United States and Territories THE PUBLIC DOMAIN . 27.
Page 51
... direct line as far as the south seas ; and south and westward as far as the degrees of twenty - nine inclusive , of northern latitude ; and so west in a direct line as far as the south seas , together with all and singular the ports ...
... direct line as far as the south seas ; and south and westward as far as the degrees of twenty - nine inclusive , of northern latitude ; and so west in a direct line as far as the south seas , together with all and singular the ports ...
Page 54
... direct lines to the south seas ; and all that space , circuit , and precinct of land , lying within the said boundaries , with the islands in the sea lying opposite to the eastern coast of the said islands , within twenty leagues of the ...
... direct lines to the south seas ; and all that space , circuit , and precinct of land , lying within the said boundaries , with the islands in the sea lying opposite to the eastern coast of the said islands , within twenty leagues of the ...
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... lands held by it under cessions from New York , Virginia , Massachusetts , Connecticut ( partial ) , and South Carolina , and receiving cessions direct from North Carolina and THE GOVERNMENT UNDER THE CONSTITUTION . 59.
... lands held by it under cessions from New York , Virginia , Massachusetts , Connecticut ( partial ) , and South Carolina , and receiving cessions direct from North Carolina and THE GOVERNMENT UNDER THE CONSTITUTION . 59.
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... direct from North Carolina and Georgia ; the lands subsequently acquired by treaty and purchase coming under like control . The Con- gress of the United States , for the Nation , became the sole custodian with entire right of ...
... direct from North Carolina and Georgia ; the lands subsequently acquired by treaty and purchase coming under like control . The Con- gress of the United States , for the Nation , became the sole custodian with entire right of ...
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Page 60 - May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union.
Page 438 - New States of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State; be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission, under the provisions of the Federal Constitution.
Page 72 - That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states, and the people and states, in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Page 338 - That any person who is the head of a family, or who has arrived at the age of twenty-one years, and is a citizen of the United States, or who shall have filed his declaration of intention to become such...
Page 60 - That the said report, with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same, be transmitted to the several legislatures, in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, in conformity to the resolves of the convention made and provided in that case.
Page 157 - 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 124 - That Congress doth consent that the territory, properly included within, and rightfully belonging to the Republic of Texas, may be erected into a new State, to be called the " State of Texas," with a republican form of government, to be adopted by the people of said Republic, by deputies in convention assembled, with the consent of the existing government, in order that the same may be admitted as one of the States of this Union.
Page 371 - It may not be unworthy of remark that it is very unusual, even in cases of conquest, for the conqueror to do more than to displace the sovereign and assume dominion over the country. The modern usage of nations, which has become law, would be violated ; that sense of justice and of right which is acknowledged and felt by the whole civilized world would be outraged, if private property should be generally confiscated and private rights annulled.
Page 160 - Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the estates both of resident and non-resident proprietors in the said territory, dying intestate, shall descend to and be distributed among their children and the descendants of a deceased child in equal parts; the descendants of a deceased child or grandchild to take the share of their deceased parent in equal parts among them; and where there shall be no children or descendants, then in equal parts to the next of kin, in equal degree...
Page 358 - All patents granted, or pre-emption or homesteads allowed, shall be subject to any vested and accrued water rights, or rights to ditches and reservoirs used in connection with such water rights, as may have been acquired under or recognized by the preceding section.