Illinois as it is: Its History, Geography, Statistics, Constitution, Laws, Government ...Keen and Lee, 1857 - 451 էջ |
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... sold land at two dollars per acre , eighty dollars on the quarter section , to be paid cash down on the purchase , and the residue payable in five years . Everybody was eager to buy at that price , confidently expecting to be able to ...
... sold land at two dollars per acre , eighty dollars on the quarter section , to be paid cash down on the purchase , and the residue payable in five years . Everybody was eager to buy at that price , confidently expecting to be able to ...
Էջ 64
... sold the school lands , and applied the money arising from the sales to the payment of the school expenses . Still , the means provided by gov- ernment for education and instruction , would have been very insuffi- cient , had not ...
... sold the school lands , and applied the money arising from the sales to the payment of the school expenses . Still , the means provided by gov- ernment for education and instruction , would have been very insuffi- cient , had not ...
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... sold at low prices , in consequence of which the State incurred another debt , amounting to nearly half a million of dollars ; and the schools lost part of their revenues , all which might have been easily avoided , if the State had ...
... sold at low prices , in consequence of which the State incurred another debt , amounting to nearly half a million of dollars ; and the schools lost part of their revenues , all which might have been easily avoided , if the State had ...
Էջ 67
... sold only for cash , or notes payable on sight in cash , which they remitted to their Eastern creditors , so that they would have soon been drained of their last specie , had not the money of the newly - arrived immigrants supplied them ...
... sold only for cash , or notes payable on sight in cash , which they remitted to their Eastern creditors , so that they would have soon been drained of their last specie , had not the money of the newly - arrived immigrants supplied them ...
Էջ 68
... sold it at the highest mar- ket price , and would incur still another loss by being obliged to bor- row money at high rates of interest , in order to pay for many neces- sities of life , or to carry on their enterprises , since , having ...
... sold it at the highest mar- ket price , and would incur still another loss by being obliged to bor- row money at high rates of interest , in order to pay for many neces- sities of life , or to carry on their enterprises , since , having ...
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Էջ 161 - 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.
Էջ 189 - ... or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof, unless the agreement upon which such action shall be brought, or some memorandum or note thereof, shall be in writing and signed by the party to be charged therewith or some other person thereunto...
Էջ 168 - That where any person or persons stand or be seised, or at any time hereafter shall happen to be seised, of and in any honors, castles, manors, lands, tenements, rents, services, reversions, remainders or other hereditaments, to the use, confidence or trust of any other person or persons...
Էջ 161 - That all men are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent and indefeasible rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property and reputation, and of pursuing their own happiness.
Էջ 197 - ... any person who shall wilfully violate any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction...
Էջ 139 - No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen.
Էջ 152 - Inferior local courts of civil and criminal jurisdiction may be established by the Legislature, but no inferior local court hereafter created shall be a court of record.
Էջ 129 - The qualified electors of each county in this state shall elect a clerk of the circuit court, who shall hold his office for the term of four years, and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified...
Էջ 159 - Corporations may be formed under general laws ; but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where, in the judgment of the Legislature, the objects of the corporation cannot be attained under general laws. All general laws and special acts passed pursuant to this section, may be altered from time to time, or repealed.
Էջ 163 - In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And, in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court as in other cases.