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... taken up , and continued to be , at intervals , the subject of discus- sion up to the formation of the constitution . We have no register of the debates , but a large number of resolutions were offered 20 The Seat of Government of the ...
... taken up , and continued to be , at intervals , the subject of discus- sion up to the formation of the constitution . We have no register of the debates , but a large number of resolutions were offered 20 The Seat of Government of the ...
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... taken up , and , after a long debate , resulted in the passage of an ordinance , appointing three commissioners with full power to lay out a district not exceeding three , nor less than two miles square , on the banks of either side of ...
... taken up , and , after a long debate , resulted in the passage of an ordinance , appointing three commissioners with full power to lay out a district not exceeding three , nor less than two miles square , on the banks of either side of ...
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... taken place , no one can say . The Chinese asked a conference with all the nations except the English . A deputation , in which I was included , for America , met the Fuen , who is the head magistrate of Canton , with the principal ...
... taken place , no one can say . The Chinese asked a conference with all the nations except the English . A deputation , in which I was included , for America , met the Fuen , who is the head magistrate of Canton , with the principal ...
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... taken refuge in a floating basin . At that time efforts were being made to construct a dock , similar in plan to the London docks , with an entrance on the harbor . This , it was thought , would rem- edy the inconvenience , and would ...
... taken refuge in a floating basin . At that time efforts were being made to construct a dock , similar in plan to the London docks , with an entrance on the harbor . This , it was thought , would rem- edy the inconvenience , and would ...
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... taken into the account , the premiums for the different ages mentioned below would be as follows : - 66 70 . 20 . 30 . AT THE AGE OF 40 . 50 . 60 . $ 1 21 $ 1 64 1 34 1 79 $ 2 24 2 42 $ 3 21 3 43 $ 5 43 $ 9.09 5 64 9.30 11 9 8 7 4 2 ...
... taken into the account , the premiums for the different ages mentioned below would be as follows : - 66 70 . 20 . 30 . AT THE AGE OF 40 . 50 . 60 . $ 1 21 $ 1 64 1 34 1 79 $ 2 24 2 42 $ 3 21 3 43 $ 5 43 $ 9.09 5 64 9.30 11 9 8 7 4 2 ...
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Page 144 - God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills ; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates ; a land of oil olive, and honey...
Page 438 - ... shall be liable in like manner, and to the same extent as the testator or intestate, or the ward or person interested in such trust fund would have been, if he had been living and competent to act, and held the same stock in his own name.
Page 438 - That if any of the trustees shall object to the declaring of such dividend or to the payment of the same, and shall at any time before the time fixed for the payment thereof, file a certificate of their objection in writing with the clerk of the company and with the clerk of the county, they shall be exempt from the said liability. § 14. Nothing but money shall be considered as payment of any part of the capital stock...
Page 63 - The people of this State, in their right of sovereignty, are deemed to possess the original and ultimate property in and to all lands within the jurisdiction of the State...
Page 474 - Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien.
Page 440 - ... dollars for every day it shall so neglect, to be sued for and recovered in the name of the people by the district attorney of the county in which the business of such corporation shall OH...
Page 439 - ... who shall cease to be a stockholder in any such company, for any debt so contracted, unless the same shall be commenced within two years from the time he shall have ceased to be a stockholder...
Page 437 - ... be carried on, and the election shall be made by such of the stockholders as shall attend for that purpose, either in person or by proxy.
Page 438 - ... shall be jointly and severally liable for all the debts of the company then existing, and for all that shall be thereafter contracted...
Page 439 - ... no transfer of stock shall be valid for any purpose whatever except to render the person to whom it shall be transferred, liable for the debts of the company, according to the provisions of this act, unless it shall have been entered...