A Bill to Organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas: And the Report of the Committee on Territories. In the Senate of the United States, January 4, 1854, Mr. Douglas Made the Following Report to Accompany Bill S. 22 |
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The decision of this question involves the constitutional power of Congress to pass laws prescribing and ... As Congress deemed it wise and prudent to refrain from deciding the matters in controversy then , either by affirming or ...
The decision of this question involves the constitutional power of Congress to pass laws prescribing and ... As Congress deemed it wise and prudent to refrain from deciding the matters in controversy then , either by affirming or ...
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That all questions pertaining to slavery in the territories , and in the new States to be formed therefrom , are to be left to the decision of the people residing therein , by their appropriate representatives , to be chosen by them for ...
That all questions pertaining to slavery in the territories , and in the new States to be formed therefrom , are to be left to the decision of the people residing therein , by their appropriate representatives , to be chosen by them for ...
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fences against the laws of the United States until the decision of the President can be made known thereon ; he shall commission all officers who shall be appointed to office under the laws of the the said Territory , and shall take ...
fences against the laws of the United States until the decision of the President can be made known thereon ; he shall commission all officers who shall be appointed to office under the laws of the the said Territory , and shall take ...
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Writs of error , bills of exception , and appeals , shall be allowed in all cases from the final decisions of said disof voters and of holding office , at all subsequent elections , shall be such as shall be prescribed by the ...
Writs of error , bills of exception , and appeals , shall be allowed in all cases from the final decisions of said disof voters and of holding office , at all subsequent elections , shall be such as shall be prescribed by the ...
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33 decision of the said supreme court created by this act , or of any judge thereof , or of the district courts created by this act , or of any judge thereof , upon any writ of habeas corpus , involving the question of personal freedom ...
33 decision of the said supreme court created by this act , or of any judge thereof , or of the district courts created by this act , or of any judge thereof , upon any writ of habeas corpus , involving the question of personal freedom ...
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Էջ 2 - That the legislative power of the Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation, consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act ; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States ; nor shall the lands or other property of non-residents be taxed higher than the lands or other property of residents.
Էջ 2 - ... and each of the said district courts shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction in all cases arising under the constitution and laws of the United States...
Էջ 3 - Indians in said territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty' between the United States and such Indians, or to include any territory which, by treaty with any Indian tribe, is not, without the consent of said tribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any state or territory...
Էջ 5 - The governor shall nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the legislative council, appoint all officers not herein otherwise provided for; and in the first instance the governor alone may appoint all said officers, who shall hold their offices until the end of the first session of the legislative assembly...
Էջ 2 - Missouri Territory to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the Admission of such State into the Union on an equal Footing with the original States, and to prohibit Slavery in certain Territories...
Էջ 5 - The jurisdiction of the several courts herein provided for, both appellate and original, and that of the probate courts and of justices of the peace, shaU be as limited by law...
Էջ 2 - Writs of error and appeals from the final decisions of said supreme court shall be allowed, and may be taken to the Supreme Court of the United States, in the same manner and under the same regulations as from the circuit courts of the United States, where the value...
Էջ 6 - ... appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed by the President, and who shall execute all processes issuing from the said courts, when exercising their jurisdiction as circuit and district courts of the United States...
Էջ 2 - Kansas, and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Էջ 5 - States and the provisions of this act; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil ; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States ; nor shall the lands or other property of non-residents be taxed higher than the lands or other property of residents. All the laws passed by the legislative assembly and governor shall be submitted to the Congress of the United States, and if disapproved shall be null and of no effect.