The St. Clair Papers: The Life and Public Services of Arthur St. Clair : Soldier of the Revolutionary War, President of the Continental Congress; and Governor of the North-western Territory : with His Correspondence and Other Papers, Հատոր 2R. Clarke, 1881 |
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... District , with head- quarters at Pittsburgh . The raids of the Indians destroyed the mill and houses of St. Clair in Ligonier valley , and drove the inhabitants into the fortified posts for safety ; but despite this , the number of ...
... District , with head- quarters at Pittsburgh . The raids of the Indians destroyed the mill and houses of St. Clair in Ligonier valley , and drove the inhabitants into the fortified posts for safety ; but despite this , the number of ...
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... district or settlement , but must extend over the whole Territory . GOVERNOR ST . CLAIR TO THE SECRETARY of War . FORT HARMAR , July 22d , 1788 . Sir : -Since mine of the 16th , the party which was at the falls of the Muskingum , have ...
... district or settlement , but must extend over the whole Territory . GOVERNOR ST . CLAIR TO THE SECRETARY of War . FORT HARMAR , July 22d , 1788 . Sir : -Since mine of the 16th , the party which was at the falls of the Muskingum , have ...
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... district . In departing from that rule , we certainly expose ourselves to censure from Congress , and besides , there may be some doubt of the validity of such laws as we adopt and publish under any other ; and it may not be unworthy ...
... district . In departing from that rule , we certainly expose ourselves to censure from Congress , and besides , there may be some doubt of the validity of such laws as we adopt and publish under any other ; and it may not be unworthy ...
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... district . Admitting a strict and literal construction should be given to this clause , the pur- poses of the Ordinance in general would be defeated . In the settlement of a new colony , and , indeed , we may add , of a new world , a ...
... district . Admitting a strict and literal construction should be given to this clause , the pur- poses of the Ordinance in general would be defeated . In the settlement of a new colony , and , indeed , we may add , of a new world , a ...
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... district ; provided , however , that such laws be not repugnant , but as conformable as may be to those of the original States , or of some one or more of them . This construction , it is true , admits the exercise of a legal discretion ...
... district ; provided , however , that such laws be not repugnant , but as conformable as may be to those of the original States , or of some one or more of them . This construction , it is true , admits the exercise of a legal discretion ...
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The St. Clair Papers: The Life and Public Services of Arthur St ..., Հատոր 2 Arthur St. Clair,William Henry Smith Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1882 |
The St. Clair Papers: The Life and Public Services of Arthur St ..., Հատոր 2 Arthur St. Clair,William Henry Smith Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1882 |
The St. Clair Papers: The Life and Public Services of Arthur St ..., Հատոր 2 Arthur St. Clair,William Henry Smith Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1881 |
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Էջ 389 - 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.
Էջ 514 - 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.
Էջ 628 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land, and should the public exigencies make it necessary, for the common preservation, to take any person's property, or to demand his particular services, full compensation shall be made for the same.
Էջ 626 - ... after which the number and proportion of representatives shall be regulated by the legislature: provided that no person be eligible or qualified to act as a representative, 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, in...
Էջ 628 - 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.
Էջ 627 - ... in fifty acres of land in the district having been a citizen of one of the states and being resident in the district; or the like freehold and two years...
Էջ 625 - 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 deceas'ed child, in equal parts ; the descendants of a deceased child or grand-child 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 ; and among collaterals, the children of a deceased...
Էջ 622 - 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...
Էջ 625 - There shall be appointed, from time to time, by Congress, a secretary, whose commission shall continue in force for four years, 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.
Էջ 621 - Previous to the organization of the general assembly the governor shall appoint such magistrates and other civil officers in each county or township as he shall find necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order in the same. After the general assembly...