The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 11Americana Company, 1904 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... elected for sev- eral times a custom that produces very bene- ficial results . The systems of representation are also various . America , England , and Ger- many have followed the district plan , each ward electing not more than one ...
... elected for sev- eral times a custom that produces very bene- ficial results . The systems of representation are also various . America , England , and Ger- many have followed the district plan , each ward electing not more than one ...
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... elected or appointed by the council and hence more or less subject to its control , except the American mayor who is elected by the people and hence wholly inde- pendent . In the United States certain of the department heads are ...
... elected or appointed by the council and hence more or less subject to its control , except the American mayor who is elected by the people and hence wholly inde- pendent . In the United States certain of the department heads are ...
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... elected mayor . In 1843 he was elected to Congress ; was a delegate to the New York Constitutional Convention in 1846 ; and in 1847 re - entered Congress . From 1857 to 1861 he served as United States min- ister to Holland . He became ...
... elected mayor . In 1843 he was elected to Congress ; was a delegate to the New York Constitutional Convention in 1846 ; and in 1847 re - entered Congress . From 1857 to 1861 he served as United States min- ister to Holland . He became ...
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... elected to the Dominion Parliament in 1897 . Murray , Grenville ( " EUSTACE CLARE " ) , English journalist : b . 1824 ; d . Passy , France , 20 Dec. 1881. He was in the diplomatic service from 1851 to 1868 , but was generally in dis ...
... elected to the Dominion Parliament in 1897 . Murray , Grenville ( " EUSTACE CLARE " ) , English journalist : b . 1824 ; d . Passy , France , 20 Dec. 1881. He was in the diplomatic service from 1851 to 1868 , but was generally in dis ...
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... elected grand master and grand high priest of place in the Masonic fraternity , having been Royal Arch Masons of the State of New York . Myers , Philip Van Ness , American histo- rian : b . Tribes Hill , N. Y. , 10 Aug. 1846. He was ...
... elected grand master and grand high priest of place in the Masonic fraternity , having been Royal Arch Masons of the State of New York . Myers , Philip Van Ness , American histo- rian : b . Tribes Hill , N. Y. , 10 Aug. 1846. He was ...
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Page 36 - All naturalized citizens of the United States, while in foreign countries, are entitled to and shall receive from this Government the same protection of persons and property which is accorded to native-born citizens.
Page 11 - Any officer, non-commissioned officer, or soldier, who, being present at any mutiny or sedition, does not use his utmost endeavor to suppress the same, or...
Page 36 - ... that he will support the Constitution of the United States, and that he absolutely and entirely renounces and abjures all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, and particularly, by name, to the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty of which he was before a citizen or subject," which proceedings must be recorded by the clerk of the court.
Page 41 - He became Chancellor of the Exchequer and leader of the House of Commons.
Page 41 - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States, and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign state.
Page 36 - States, may have become citizens of any one of the states, under the laws thereof, being under the age of twenty-one years at the time of the naturalization of their parents, shall, if dwelling in the United States, be considered as citizens thereof...
Page 36 - ... Any alien, being under the age of twenty-one years, who has resided in the United States three years next preceding his arriving at that age, and who has continued to reside therein to the time he may make application to be admitted a citizen thereof, may, after he arrives at the age of twenty-one years, and after he has resided five years within the United States, including the three years of his minority...
Page 22 - That the lands given and granted to the governors of the college of the province of New York in the city of New York in America...
Page 36 - States, be considered as citizens thereof ; and the children of persons who now are, or have been, citizens of the United States, shall, though born out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States...
Page 36 - The United States will occupy and hold the city, bay, and harbor of Manila pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control, disposition, and government of the Philippines.