The History of Georgia: Containing Brief Sketches of the Most Remarkable Events, Up to the Present Day, Volume 1Seymour & Williams, 1811 - Georgia |
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... council , de- monstrated to the Spanish deputies , that the fort against which complaint had been made , was built within the bounds of the charter granted to the proprietors ; that the pretensions of Spain to t the lands in question ...
... council , de- monstrated to the Spanish deputies , that the fort against which complaint had been made , was built within the bounds of the charter granted to the proprietors ; that the pretensions of Spain to t the lands in question ...
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... council for the time be- ing of the said corporation , or the major part of them , to dispose of , expend and apply , all the monies and effects belonging to the said corpo ration , and to make contracts for carrying and effecting ...
... council for the time be- ing of the said corporation , or the major part of them , to dispose of , expend and apply , all the monies and effects belonging to the said corpo ration , and to make contracts for carrying and effecting ...
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... council , in the name of the corporation , and under their com mon seal , to distribute , convey and assign , and set over such particular portions of the said lands , tenements and hereditaments , unto such of his majesty's subjects ...
... council , in the name of the corporation , and under their com mon seal , to distribute , convey and assign , and set over such particular portions of the said lands , tenements and hereditaments , unto such of his majesty's subjects ...
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... council , or the major part of them , should seem fit and proper ; provided that no grant should be made of any part of the said lands , unto , or in trust for , or for the benefit of any member of the said corpo- ration : and that no ...
... council , or the major part of them , should seem fit and proper ; provided that no grant should be made of any part of the said lands , unto , or in trust for , or for the benefit of any member of the said corpo- ration : and that no ...
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... council should from time to time , for the said term of twenty - one years from the date of the said letters patent , have power to appoint all such governors , judges , magistrates , ministers and of- ficers , civil and military , both ...
... council should from time to time , for the said term of twenty - one years from the date of the said letters patent , have power to appoint all such governors , judges , magistrates , ministers and of- ficers , civil and military , both ...
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Page 332 - ... to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended...
Page 355 - ... of our especial grace, certain knowledge,- and mere motion, have given and granted, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, do...
Page 311 - That by such emigration they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights, but that they were, and their descendants now are, entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them, as their local and other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy.
Page 312 - Resolved, 6. That they are entitled to the benefit of such of the English statutes, as existed at the time of their colonization ; and which they have, by experience, respectively found to be applicable to their several local and other circumstances.
Page 346 - And we do further, of our special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, for us, our heirs and successors, grant, by these presents, to the...
Page 311 - That the inhabitants of the English colonies in North America, by the immutable laws of nature, the principles of the English Constitution, and the several charters or compacts, have the following rights : Resolved, NCD 1.
Page 350 - ... given and granted full power and authority from time to time to administer oaths or affirmations, for the better discovery of truth in any matter in controversy or depending before them.
Page 312 - British parliament, they are entitled to a free and exclusive power of legislation in their several provincial legislatures, where their right of representation can alone be preserved, in all cases of taxation and internal polity subject only to the negative of their sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed...
Page 356 - And lastly, we do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, grant unto the said James Russell, his executors, administrators, and assigns, that these, our letters patent, or the enrolment or exemplification thereof, shall be in and by all things good, firm, valid, sufficient, and effectual, in the law, according to the true intent and meaning thereof, and...