The Red Book of Michigan: A Civil, Military and Biographical HistoryScholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 1871 - 564 էջ |
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... four or five yoke of oxen are generally used to break it up for seeding . Corn to the amount of forty , and sometimes eighty , bushels to the acre is produced from these openings , and from forty to fifty bushels of oats . Thirty ...
... four or five yoke of oxen are generally used to break it up for seeding . Corn to the amount of forty , and sometimes eighty , bushels to the acre is produced from these openings , and from forty to fifty bushels of oats . Thirty ...
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... With prayers they made known their presence by a loud cry , and were soon received by an embassy of four old men , who presented them the pipe of peace , and informed them at the same time that 18 CIVIL HISTORY OF MICHIGAN .
... With prayers they made known their presence by a loud cry , and were soon received by an embassy of four old men , who presented them the pipe of peace , and informed them at the same time that 18 CIVIL HISTORY OF MICHIGAN .
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... four vessels , four of which were destined for Louisiana , carrying two hundred and eighty persons , soldiers , artificers , and " women . " Starting on his voyage across the ocean , on the 24th of July , 1684 , he reached his destined ...
... four vessels , four of which were destined for Louisiana , carrying two hundred and eighty persons , soldiers , artificers , and " women . " Starting on his voyage across the ocean , on the 24th of July , 1684 , he reached his destined ...
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... four o'clock in the morning the British troops began to land , not having been discovered in their progress down the river . Soon after they commenced ascending the precipitous declivity which leads to the Heights of Abraham . They were ...
... four o'clock in the morning the British troops began to land , not having been discovered in their progress down the river . Soon after they commenced ascending the precipitous declivity which leads to the Heights of Abraham . They were ...
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... four o'clock , by which time I expect your answer . Your inhabitants will not surprise me : as yet I have seen no other in that position but savages waiting for my orders . I can assure you , sir , the inhab- itants of Detroit shall not ...
... four o'clock , by which time I expect your answer . Your inhabitants will not surprise me : as yet I have seen no other in that position but savages waiting for my orders . I can assure you , sir , the inhab- itants of Detroit shall not ...
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Էջ 544 - ... they enter on the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation : I do solemnly swear, (or affirm...
Էջ 15 - For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death : for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
Էջ 533 - The supreme court shall have a general superintending control over all inferior courts; and shall have power to issue writs of error, habeas corpus, mandamus, quo warranto, procedendo and other original and remedial writs, and to hear and determine the same.
Էջ 535 - In all criminal prosecutions for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Էջ 530 - No public act shall take effect or be in force until the expiration of ninety days from the end of the session at which the same is passed, unless the Legislature shall otherwise direct, by a two-thirds vote of the members elected to each house, such vote to be taken by yeas and nays if demanded by any member.
Էջ 531 - The legislature may declare the cases in which any office shall be deemed vacant, and also the manner of filling the vacancy where no provision is made for that purpose, in this constitution.
Էջ 528 - Members of the legislature shall, in all cases, except treason, felony, and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest, and shall not be subject to any civil process during the session of the legislature, nor for fifteen days next before the commencement and after the termination of each session.
Էջ 533 - All grants and commissions shall be in the name and by the authority of the people of the State of California, sealed with the great seal of the State, signed by the Governor, and counter-signed by the Secretary of State.
Էջ 227 - Now, therefore, I, JEFFERSON DAVIS, President of the Confederate States of America, do...
Էջ 528 - A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each house may prescribe. Sec. 9. Each house shall choose its own officers, determine the rules of its proceedings, and judge of the qualifications, elections, and returns of its members ; and may, with the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members elected, expel a member.