...subsequent elections shall be such as shall be prescribed by the legislative assembly ; provided, that the right of suffrage and of holding office shall...be exercised only by citizens of the United States, above the 430 The Denials of God 431 age of twenty-one years," etc. The ground on which the Supreme...

...the Nebraska bill, he moved that the proviso should read: "Provided that the right of suffrage and holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States." This proviso CLEVELAND NEWSPAPER DIGEST JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 1854. UNITED STATES TERRITORIES & POSSESSIONS...

...nevertheless, to the following restrictions on the power of the legislative assembly, namely : First. The right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States above the age of Ì21 years, and by those above that age who have declared on oath, before a competent...

...nevertheless, to the following restrictions on the power of the legislative assembly, namely : First. The right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States above the age of 121 years, and by those above that age who have declared on oath, before a competent...

...prescribed by the legislative assembly; provided, that tbe right of suifrage and of holding ollice shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States and those who blinll have declared on natb their intention to become such, and shall have taken an oath to support...

...abridged, That the right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised only by &c-' chi/ens of the United States, and those who shall have declared on oath ciscd only by before a competent court of record their intention to become such, and citizens, &c....

...Proñbi, to be abridged, That the right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised onlj by &c-; citizens of the United States, and those who shall have declared on ota cised only by before a competent court of record their intention to become such, mi citizens, &c....

...be such as shall be prescribed by the Legislative Assembly : Provided, That the right of ^n°'ve &t> suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the „ght of suffrage United States and those who shall have declared on oath their intention and of holding...

...race, color, or previous condition of servitude of any resident of the said Territory: Provided. That the right of suffrage and of holding office shall...States, and those who shall have declared on oath before a competent court of record their intention to become such, and shall have taken an oath to...

...deprived of his functions as a local or county officer. . . In the Organic Act it is expressly stated that the right of suffrage and of holding office shall...be exercised only by citizens of the United States, including those recognized as citizens by treaty with Mexico, February 2, 1848. Congress clearly intended...