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... hold that the intention of the legislature was to re- vive all the provisions of the chapter and articles of the code to which we have referred , we must also hold that there was a further inten- tional violation of the constitution in ...
... hold that the intention of the legislature was to re- vive all the provisions of the chapter and articles of the code to which we have referred , we must also hold that there was a further inten- tional violation of the constitution in ...
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... hold that the act did not have the effect to repeal the act of 1868 and to revive that portion of the code of 1868 which relates to the time of holding of the election for members of Congress . Your committee are not prepared to admit ...
... hold that the act did not have the effect to repeal the act of 1868 and to revive that portion of the code of 1868 which relates to the time of holding of the election for members of Congress . Your committee are not prepared to admit ...
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... hold adopts as a part thereof ) a certified statement of the vote cast in the third district of the State of Texas for Representative in the Forty - second Congress for said district . A copy of said certificate of election , certified ...
... hold adopts as a part thereof ) a certified statement of the vote cast in the third district of the State of Texas for Representative in the Forty - second Congress for said district . A copy of said certificate of election , certified ...
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... hold that the ballots given for E. M. Braxton must be counted for the sitting member . Another objection , urged with much more zeal by contestant's coun- sel is , to the votes cast for Elliott Braxton , 235 in number . These , it is ...
... hold that the ballots given for E. M. Braxton must be counted for the sitting member . Another objection , urged with much more zeal by contestant's coun- sel is , to the votes cast for Elliott Braxton , 235 in number . These , it is ...
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... hold that ballots cast for " D. M. Carpenter , " " M. D. Carpenter , " " M. T. Carpenter , " and " Carpenter , " might be counted for Mathew H. Carpenter , upon proof , made to the satisfaction of the jury , that they were intended for ...
... hold that ballots cast for " D. M. Carpenter , " " M. D. Carpenter , " " M. T. Carpenter , " and " Carpenter , " might be counted for Mathew H. Carpenter , upon proof , made to the satisfaction of the jury , that they were intended for ...
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Page 90 - 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...
Page 238 - ... shall, for every such offense, forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars to the person aggrieved thereby, to be recovered in an action of debt...
Page 5 - No bill shall become a law, which embraces more than one subject; that subject to be expressed in the title. All acts which repeal, revive or amend former laws, shall recite in their caption or otherwise, the title or substance of the law repealed, revived or amended.
Page 188 - Minnesota ; and the laws of the United States are hereby extended over, and declared to be in force in said Territory, so far as the same, or any provision thereof, may be applicable.
Page 652 - ... shall immediately on demand of such messenger make out and deliver to him the copy required, which copy of the abstract of votes the messenger shall deliver to the secretary of state without delay.
Page 26 - Committee to inquire into the Condition of the late Insurrectionary States, so far as regards the execution of the laws and the safety of the lives and property of the citizens of the United States," convened at their room in the Capitol on the 22d of September, 1871, Messrs.
Page 414 - Lord 1848, or obtained a certificate of naturalization before any court of record in this State prior to the first day of January, in the year of our Lord 1870, or who shall be a male citizen of the United States, above the age of 21 years, shall be entitled to vote at such election.
Page 135 - Representatives shall make a roll of the Representatives-elect, and place thereon the names of those persons, and of such persons only, whose credentials show that they were regularly elected in accordance with the laws of their States respectively, or the laws of the United States.
Page 135 - By satisfactory evidence, which is sometimes called sufficient evidence, is intended that amount of proof which ordinarily satisfies an unprejudiced mind beyond reasonable doubt. The circumstances which will amount to this degree of proof can never be previously defined; the only legal test of which they are susceptible is their sufficiency to satisfy the mind and conscience of a common man; and so to convince him that he would venture to act upon that conviction, in matters...
Page 134 - He shall keep a fair register of all the official acts and proceedings of the governor, and shall, when required, lay the same, and all papers, minutes, and vouchers, relative thereto, before either branch of the legislature ; and shall perform such other duties as -shall be assigned him by law.