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... regard to the establishment of a mint at Chickasaw Nation , letter from the Secretary of the Interior in re- lation to arrears due ..... China , the famine in , petitions of citizens of New York and Bos- ton in regard to Chinese treaty ...
... regard to the establishment of a mint at Chickasaw Nation , letter from the Secretary of the Interior in re- lation to arrears due ..... China , the famine in , petitions of citizens of New York and Bos- ton in regard to Chinese treaty ...
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... regard to the charges against John W. Polk , Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives taken before the Naval Committee ... taken before the Committee on Expenditures in the State Department ..... taken before the Military Committee in ...
... regard to the charges against John W. Polk , Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives taken before the Naval Committee ... taken before the Committee on Expenditures in the State Department ..... taken before the Military Committee in ...
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... regard the election as a nullity ; yet the act of Congress of May 31 , 1870 , section 22 , seems to require that I ... regards the 163 voters . Hill 455 Leon ....... 598 649 1,027 1 Limestone .. 28 1 , 153 1 Madison .. 161 429 Matagorda ...
... regard the election as a nullity ; yet the act of Congress of May 31 , 1870 , section 22 , seems to require that I ... regards the 163 voters . Hill 455 Leon ....... 598 649 1,027 1 Limestone .. 28 1 , 153 1 Madison .. 161 429 Matagorda ...
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... regard thereto , and to this end they shall have power to send for persons and papers . If , after such ex amination , the returning officers shall be convinced that said riot , tumult , acts of violence , intimidation , armed ...
... regard thereto , and to this end they shall have power to send for persons and papers . If , after such ex amination , the returning officers shall be convinced that said riot , tumult , acts of violence , intimidation , armed ...
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... section , it is believed , comprises the whole law of the State of Texas relating to the duties and powers of the governor and secretary of state in regard to election returns for Representatives in 14 DIGEST OF ELECTION CASES .
... section , it is believed , comprises the whole law of the State of Texas relating to the duties and powers of the governor and secretary of state in regard to election returns for Representatives in 14 DIGEST OF ELECTION CASES .
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Page 92 - 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 240 - ... 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 7 - 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 190 - 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 654 - ... 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 28 - 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 416 - 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 137 - 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 137 - 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 136 - 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.