Letter of Charles Butler, Esq: To the Legislature of Indiana, in Relation to the Public Debt

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Morrison & Spann, 1845 - 107 strani
 

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Stran 79 - And all such lands so granted by this section, which shall not be sold or disposed of by said company within three years after the entire road shall have been completed, shall be subject to settlement and preemption, like other lands, at a price not exceeding one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, to be paid to said company.
Stran 82 - ... shall give bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars for the faithful performance of his duties...
Stran 83 - every person who shall commit the offence of larceny, by stealing in any building, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison not more than five years, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the house of correction or county jail, not exceeding three years.
Stran 85 - On the bill (S. 3) to grant certain' lands to the State of Indiana, the better to enable said State to extend and complete the Wabash and Erie canal from Terre Haute to the Ohio river...
Stran 83 - ... any aperture or breach in any embankment of said canal, with intent to injure or destroy the same, shall, on conviction, be punished by imprisonment in the State Prison at hard labor, not more than five years, or by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, and imprisonment in the county jail not more than two years...
Stran 74 - ... which also goes on to provide in five distinct sub-sections, for the order of payment out of the canal fund, there is this very clear and explicit declaration: After describing the manner of conveyance, and what is to be conveyed, including the canal and all its resources, these words are added: "Subject, nevertheless, to all existing rights and equities against the State on account of the same, or any part thereof, or liabilities of the State growing out of or in relation thereto.
Stran 16 - We regard the slightest breach of plighted faith, public or private, as an evidence of a want of that moral principle upon which all obligations depend: that when any State in this Union shall refuse to recognize her great seal as the sufficient evidence of her obligation she will have forfeited her station in the sisterhood of States and will no longer be worthy of their...
Stran 80 - Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the board of trustees, by death, resignation or otherwise, the remaining trustees shall fill such vacancy by an election for the unexpired term.
Stran 86 - Pennsylvania," as the same remains on file in this office. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the Secretary's office to be affixed, the day and year above written.
Stran 86 - An act to provide for the funded debt of the State of Indiana, and for the completion of the Wabash and Erie Canal to Evansville...

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