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 oath or affirmation of either party or other comthis question involves the constitutional power of | petent witness , shall exceed one thousand dollars , Congress to pass laws prescribing and regulating except only that ...
The decision of oath or affirmation of either party or other comthis question involves the constitutional power of | petent witness , shall exceed one thousand dollars , Congress to pass laws prescribing and regulating except only that ...
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... constitution may prescribe at the time of their been competent to the government to make if this admission : Provided , That nothing in this act con- act had never passed , tained shall be construed to inhibit the government SEC .
... constitution may prescribe at the time of their been competent to the government to make if this admission : Provided , That nothing in this act con- act had never passed , tained shall be construed to inhibit the government SEC .
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And the members of the counemoluments of superintendent of Indian affairs , || cil and of the house of représentatives shall reside and shall approve of all laws passed by the legisla- || in and be inhabitants of the district or county ...
And the members of the counemoluments of superintendent of Indian affairs , || cil and of the house of représentatives shall reside and shall approve of all laws passed by the legisla- || in and be inhabitants of the district or county ...
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All the laws claimed shall exceed one hundred dollars ; said passed by the legislative assembly and governor supreme and district courts , respectively shall be submitted to the Congress of the United shall possess chancery as well as ...
All the laws claimed shall exceed one hundred dollars ; said passed by the legislative assembly and governor supreme and district courts , respectively shall be submitted to the Congress of the United shall possess chancery as well as ...
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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.