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In this year, the act incorporating the Regents of the University was passed. In
1789 an act was passed, requiring the surveyor-general, to set apart two lots in
each township, of the public land thereafter to be surveyed, for gospel and school
...
In this year, the act incorporating the Regents of the University was passed. In
1789 an act was passed, requiring the surveyor-general, to set apart two lots in
each township, of the public land thereafter to be surveyed, for gospel and school
...
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Mr. HAVENS, from this committee, reported on the 19th of February “An Act for
the encouragement of schools,” which passed the House on the 4th, and the
Senate on the 22d of March, and became a law on the 9th of April 1795. By this
act the ...
Mr. HAVENS, from this committee, reported on the 19th of February “An Act for
the encouragement of schools,” which passed the House on the 4th, and the
Senate on the 22d of March, and became a law on the 9th of April 1795. By this
act the ...
Page 7
In the year 1799 an act was passed directing the raising, by means of four
successive lotteries, of the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, $12,500 of
which, were to be paid to the Regents of the University, to be by them distributed
among ...
In the year 1799 an act was passed directing the raising, by means of four
successive lotteries, of the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, $12,500 of
which, were to be paid to the Regents of the University, to be by them distributed
among ...
Page 8
In order to promote so laudable an object, the Legislature of 1808, by an act
passed on the 6th of April, directed the Comptroller to invest in good real estate,
all such sums of money as had been, or should there: after be received from the ...
In order to promote so laudable an object, the Legislature of 1808, by an act
passed on the 6th of April, directed the Comptroller to invest in good real estate,
all such sums of money as had been, or should there: after be received from the ...
Page 9
On the 2d of April, the legislature passed an act providing that the nett proceeds
of 500,000 acres of the vacant and unappropriated lands of the people of this
state, which should be first thereafter ..of by the surveyor-general, should be ...
On the 2d of April, the legislature passed an act providing that the nett proceeds
of 500,000 acres of the vacant and unappropriated lands of the people of this
state, which should be first thereafter ..of by the surveyor-general, should be ...
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Page 364 - At any meeting of the board of trustees a majority of the trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn from time to time...
Page 346 - ... shall be received in all courts as prima facie evidence of the facts therein set forth ; and such records, and all...
Page 63 - The capital of the common school fund, the capital of the literature fund, and the capital of the United States deposit fund, shall be respectively preserved inviolate. The revenue of the said common school fund shall be applied to the support of common schools; the revenue of the said literature fund shall be applied to * As amended November 3.
Page 24 - I consider the system of our Common Schools as the palladium of our freedom, for no reasonable apprehension can be entertained of its subversion, as long as the great body of the people are enlightened by education.
Page 331 - ... at a rate of interest not exceeding seven per cent. per annum...
Page 101 - November succeeding such election, execute to the supervisor of his town and file with the town clerk, a bond with one or more sufficient sureties to be approved by the said...
Page 282 - To keep and preserve all records, books and papers belonging to his office and to deliver the same to his successor. For a refusal or neglect so to do, he shall forfeit fifty dollars for the benefit of the schools of the district, to be recovered by the trustees.
Page 118 - ... a statement and description of every such lot, piece or parcel of land so owned by non-residents therein, in the same manner as required by law from town assessors in making out the assessment-roll of their towns...
Page 129 - ... neglect or misconduct of the claimant. The account with the oath of the party claiming the same shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness thereof.
Page 211 - All real and personal estate liable to taxation shall be estimated and assessed by the assessors at its full and true value, as they would appraise the same in payment of a just debt due from a solvent debtor.