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... enact as follows : SECTION 1. The secretary of state is hereby authorized to cause to be publish- ed six hundred copies of the laws of the territory of Wisconsin , which were passed and enacted in the years 1836 , 1837 and 1838 ...
... enact as follows : SECTION 1. The secretary of state is hereby authorized to cause to be publish- ed six hundred copies of the laws of the territory of Wisconsin , which were passed and enacted in the years 1836 , 1837 and 1838 ...
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... enacted , That the executive pow er and authority in and over the said territory , shall be vested in a governor , who shall hold his office for three years , unless sooner removed by the president of the United States . The governor ...
... enacted , That the executive pow er and authority in and over the said territory , shall be vested in a governor , who shall hold his office for three years , unless sooner removed by the president of the United States . The governor ...
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... enacted . That every free white male citizen of the United States , above the age of twenty - one years , who shall have been an inhabitant of said territory at the time of its organization , shall be entitled to vote at the first elec ...
... enacted . That every free white male citizen of the United States , above the age of twenty - one years , who shall have been an inhabitant of said territory at the time of its organization , shall be entitled to vote at the first elec ...
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... enacted , That all township officers , and all county officers , except judicial officers , justices of the peace , sheriffs , and clerks of courts , shall be elected by the people , in such manner as may be provided by the governor and ...
... enacted , That all township officers , and all county officers , except judicial officers , justices of the peace , sheriffs , and clerks of courts , shall be elected by the people , in such manner as may be provided by the governor and ...
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... enacted , That the inhabitants of said territory shall be entitled to , and enjoy , all and singular , the rights , privileges and advantages , granted and secured to the people of the territory of the United States northwest of the ...
... enacted , That the inhabitants of said territory shall be entitled to , and enjoy , all and singular , the rights , privileges and advantages , granted and secured to the people of the territory of the United States northwest of the ...
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aforesaid amount appointed Approved January bank board of commissioners board of county boat bond capital stock cause certificate clerk collector common seal constable corner of town corporation council and house county commissioners court martial debt deem defendant directors discharge district court duty east entitled established execution fees ferry fifty cents filed further enacted garnishee half cents hereafter hereby authorized house of representatives impleaded issue January 19 judge judgment jurors jury lands legislative assembly manner Milwaukee Mineral Point Mississippi river Monday non-commissioned officer notice number of votes owner P. H. ENGLE paid party payment peace Penalty person or persons plaintiff proper county purpose regulations river Rock county seat of justice SECTION 11 SECTION 9 sheriff stockholders suit summons taxes territory of Wisconsin thence therein thereof tion township treasurer vacancy White Oak Springs Wisconsin territory writ
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Page 469 - Deceased, do make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory...
Page 259 - A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner, and under such penalties, as each house may provide.
Page 9 - Writs of error, and appeals from the final decisions of said Supreme Court, shall be allowed, and may be taken to the Supreme Court of the United States, in the same manner and under the same regulations as from the circuit courts of the United States...
Page 130 - And said treasurer shall hold his office for the term of one year and until his successor shall be elected and qualified.
Page 28 - York" and by that name they and their successors shall and may have continual succession, and shall be persons in law, capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended, in all courts and places whatsoever...
Page 52 - Pennsylvania line; with power to transport, take and carry property and persons upon the same, by the power and force of steam, of animals, or of any mechanical or other power, or of any combination of them, for the term of fifty years from the passage of this act.
Page 9 - That justices of the peace shall not have jurisdiction of any matter in controversy, when the title or boundaries of land may be in dispute, or where the debt or sum claimed shall exceed one hundred dollars ; and the said supreme and district courts, respectively, "shall possess chancery as well as common law jurisdiction.
Page 14 - The weighman employed at any mine shall subscribe an oath or affirmation before a justice of the peace, or other officer authorized to administer oaths, to do justice between employer and employe, and weigh the out-put of coal from the mines as herein provided.
Page 102 - And that they and their successors may have a common seal, and may change and alter the same at their pleasure...
Page 11 - There shall also be appropriated, annually, a sufficient sum, to be expended by the secretary of the territory, and upon an estimate to be made by the secretary of the treasury of the United States, to defray the expenses of the legislative assembly, the printing of the laws, and. other incidental expenses...