The Colonies of England: A Plan for the Government of Some Portion of Our Colonial PossessionsJ.W. Parker, 1849 - 248 Seiten "Chiefly British North America, but New Zealand 'not of a size to need more than one Provincial Government'--p. 164-5"--Bagnall. |
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... body of my work . That ordinance provided for the government of the territory belonging to the United States , north west of Ohio , and contemplated from the beginning the carving of many states out of that vast tract of country . I ...
... body of my work . That ordinance provided for the government of the territory belonging to the United States , north west of Ohio , and contemplated from the beginning the carving of many states out of that vast tract of country . I ...
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... body -Powers of judiciary sketched - - ― CHAPTER V. - British North America - Circumstances peculiar thereto- Provinces existing - Danger of separation imminent - Plan for the union of provinces previously proposed - Lord Durham ...
... body -Powers of judiciary sketched - - ― CHAPTER V. - British North America - Circumstances peculiar thereto- Provinces existing - Danger of separation imminent - Plan for the union of provinces previously proposed - Lord Durham ...
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... body of English settlers who will go there with the intention of founding a new community in that distant country , transmitting the language , the habits , and the manners of England to generations yet unborn , who will there find a ...
... body of English settlers who will go there with the intention of founding a new community in that distant country , transmitting the language , the habits , and the manners of England to generations yet unborn , who will there find a ...
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... body of persons in England , whose great object was to attain wealth and influence in Eng- land , by means of the power which , through others , they were to exercise in America . These others - viz . , their * Bancroft , vol . i . p ...
... body of persons in England , whose great object was to attain wealth and influence in Eng- land , by means of the power which , through others , they were to exercise in America . These others - viz . , their * Bancroft , vol . i . p ...
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... * Another change was made , and , in a certain sense , for the better , in what I have called the political constitu- Bancroft , History of America , vol . i . p . 145 . tion of the colonizing body . The supreme council in VIRGINIA . 27.
... * Another change was made , and , in a certain sense , for the better , in what I have called the political constitu- Bancroft , History of America , vol . i . p . 145 . tion of the colonizing body . The supreme council in VIRGINIA . 27.
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Seite 97 - States in all respects whatever ; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government. Provided the constitution and government so to be formed shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles, and, so far as it can be consistent with the general interest of the Confederacy, such admission shall be allowed at an earlier period, and when there may be a less number of free inhabitants in the State than sixty thousand.
Seite 232 - To avoid Improper Influences which may result from Intermixing In one and the same act such things as have no proper relation to each other, every law shall embrace but one object, and that shall be expressed In the title.
Seite 91 - Previous to the organization of the general assembly the governor shall appoint such magistrates, and other civil officers, in each county or township, as he shall find necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order in the same. After the general assembly...
Seite 235 - States, to support the constitution of the United States, and faithfully to discharge the duties of their respective offices ; which said oaths, when so taken, shall be certified by the person by whom the same shall have been taken, and such certificates shall be received and recorded by the said secretary among the executive proceedings ; and the chief justice and associate justices, and all other civil officers in said territory...
Seite 97 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Seite 227 - Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to inhibit the government of the United States from dividing said territory into two or more territories, in such manner and at such times as congress shall deem convenient and proper, or from attaching any portion of said territory to any other state or territory of the United States...
Seite 94 - It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid, That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original States and the people and States in the said territory...
Seite 233 - Writs of error, bills of exception, and appeals, shall be allowed in all cases from the final decisions of said district courts to the supreme court, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law ; but in no case removed to the supreme court shall trial by jury be allowed in said court.
Seite 227 - That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians...
Seite 89 - Be it ordained by the United States in Congress assembled, That the said territory, for the purpose of temporary government, be one district, subject, however, to be divided into two districts, as future circumstances may, in the opinion of Congress, make it expedient.