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... person administering the government , immediately when said returns shall have been so made , to proceed to open and canvas said election returns , and to ascertain and declare the person having the highest number of legal votes , in ...
... person administering the government , immediately when said returns shall have been so made , to proceed to open and canvas said election returns , and to ascertain and declare the person having the highest number of legal votes , in ...
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... person administering the government , im- mediately after the election returns of the last elec- tion of electors of president and vice president of the United States shall have been made , to open and canvas the same , in all things ...
... person administering the government , im- mediately after the election returns of the last elec- tion of electors of president and vice president of the United States shall have been made , to open and canvas the same , in all things ...
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... person or persons , upon whose land the county seat , as aforesaid , shall be located , shall be required to make a donation of land to said county , of a Donation required . quantity not less than thirty - five acres , to be laid off ...
... person or persons , upon whose land the county seat , as aforesaid , shall be located , shall be required to make a donation of land to said county , of a Donation required . quantity not less than thirty - five acres , to be laid off ...
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... persons passing over the same , the rates of toll hereinafter provided . Sec . 2. Be it further enacted , That the said James shall commence the building of such bridge within twelve months , and shall have it so far completed , within ...
... persons passing over the same , the rates of toll hereinafter provided . Sec . 2. Be it further enacted , That the said James shall commence the building of such bridge within twelve months , and shall have it so far completed , within ...
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... person or persons upon whose lands the said seat of jus- tice shall be so located as aforesaid , shall make a donation of land to said county , of a quantity not less than twenty acres , and shall make and execute a general warranty ...
... person or persons upon whose lands the said seat of jus- tice shall be so located as aforesaid , shall make a donation of land to said county , of a quantity not less than twenty acres , and shall make and execute a general warranty ...
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Page 41 - I, AB, do solemnly swear or affirm, that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.
Page 121 - Legislature passed an act providing that " there shall be established a common school, or schools in each of the counties in this Territory, which shall be open and free for every class of white citizens between the ages of five and twenty-one years.
Page 135 - September be made and executed shall be adjudged fraudulent and void («) against any subsequent purchaser or mortgagee for valuable consideration, unless such memorial thereof be registered as by this Act is directed before the registering of the memorial of the deed or conveyance under which such subsequent purchaser or mortgagee shall claim...
Page 161 - States; and also to make, have, and use, a common seal, and the same to break, alter, and renew, at their pleasure...
Page 121 - To enjoy our rights and liberties we must understand them ; their security and protection ought to be the first object of a free people; and it is a well established fact that no nation has ever continued long in the enjoyment of civil and political freedom, which was not both virtuous and enlightened; and believing that the advancement of literature always has been, and ever will be, the means of developing more fully the rights of man. ; that the mind of every citizen...
Page 36 - Director, supervisor, or enumerator, to render a true account, to the best of his or her knowledge, of every person belonging to such family in the various particulars required...
Page 167 - ... court of the county, shall fail or neglect to deliver such poll book to the said clerk within the time prescribed by law, safe, with the seal unbroken, he shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars for the use of the county, to be recovered in the name of the commissioners of the county, by an action of debt in the circuit court. SEC. 25. On the seventh day after the close of the election, or sooner, if all the returns be received, the clerk of the county commissioners...
Page 19 - ... shall fail to make and exhibit a list or return required by law, but shall consent to disclose the particulars of any and all the property, goods, wares, and merchandise, articles, and objects liable to pay any duty or tax or any business or occupation liable to pay any...
Page 93 - Beginning on southeast corner, at the most easterly northeast corner of Solano, in Sutter slough, at its intersection with the first standard north; thence west on said standard line...
Page 23 - That for carrying this act into effect there shall be, and hereby is appropriated, a sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, to be paid out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.