Studies in CivicsAmerican book Company, 1895 - 369 էջ |
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... election is how to ascertain the real will of those entitled to express an opinion or have a choice . And all the arrangements for conducting elections have in view one of two things : either to facilitate voting or to prevent fraud ...
... election is how to ascertain the real will of those entitled to express an opinion or have a choice . And all the arrangements for conducting elections have in view one of two things : either to facilitate voting or to prevent fraud ...
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... election , and the certificate showing the result of the vote . The village thus becomes incorporated , and has the usual corporate powers . It organizes by elect- ing officers . Elective Officers . - The usual elective officers of a ...
... election , and the certificate showing the result of the vote . The village thus becomes incorporated , and has the usual corporate powers . It organizes by elect- ing officers . Elective Officers . - The usual elective officers of a ...
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... Elections . - A village usually constitutes one election district and one road district . Village elections are conducted as are those in a town . Enlargements . - Lands adjoining the village may be annexed to it , at the wish and with ...
... Elections . - A village usually constitutes one election district and one road district . Village elections are conducted as are those in a town . Enlargements . - Lands adjoining the village may be annexed to it , at the wish and with ...
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... election district has only one polling place . The community may increase so in numbers as to make it necessary to have several voting places . For the accommodation of the people , these would naturally be located in different parts of ...
... election district has only one polling place . The community may increase so in numbers as to make it necessary to have several voting places . For the accommodation of the people , these would naturally be located in different parts of ...
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... election , giving due notice thereof . He also appoints three per- sons in each ward , of which there shall be not less than two nor more than five , to act as judges of election . The corporation is established upon the presentation of ...
... election , giving due notice thereof . He also appoints three per- sons in each ward , of which there shall be not less than two nor more than five , to act as judges of election . The corporation is established upon the presentation of ...
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Էջ 354 - ... order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit : Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the parishes of St.
Էջ 351 - Having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Էջ 354 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Էջ 291 - The above instrument, consisting of two pages, was, at the date thereof, signed sealed published and declared, by the said Oliver Murray, as and for ^ his last will and testament, in presence of us, who, at his request and in his presence, and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto Henry V.
Էջ 354 - Puget's .Sound Agricultural Company, on the north side of the Columbia River, shall be confirmed to the said company. In case however the situation of those farms and lands should be considered by the United States to be of public and political importance, and the United States...
Էջ 348 - That all salt springs within said State, not exceeding twelve in number, with six sections of land adjoining or as contiguous as may be to each...
Էջ 353 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said fortyninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said chanJO nel, and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean...
Էջ 348 - That five per centum of the proceeds of the sales of public lands lying within said state which shall be sold by the United States subsequent to the admission of said state into the Union, after deducting all the expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to the said state, to be used as a permanent fund, the interest of which only shall be expended for the support of the common schools within said state.
Էջ 353 - River, the navigation of the said branch shall be free and open to the Hudson's Bay Company, and to all British subjects trading with the same, to the point where the said branch meets the main stream of the Columbia, and thence down the said main stream to the ocean, with free access into and through the said river or rivers, it being understood that all the usual portages along the line thus described shall, in like manner, be free and open.
Էջ 185 - The person having the greatest number of votes shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such a majority, and have an equal number of votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately choose by ballot one of them President ; and if no person have a majority, then from the five highest on the list the said House shall in like manner choose the President.