The Colonies of England: A Plan for the Government of Some Portion of Our Colonial PossessionsJ.W. Parker, 1849 - 248 strani "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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... sovereign people , they esta- blished many new states , and added them to the great federal union . All these new communities , which thus became members of the republic , were originally colonies , planted and maintained by the United ...
... sovereign people , they esta- blished many new states , and added them to the great federal union . All these new communities , which thus became members of the republic , were originally colonies , planted and maintained by the United ...
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... sovereign . Yet , bad as was this system , the re- servation of power to the king - a result of his vanity rather than of his ambition - had at least the advantage of mitigating the action of a commercial corporation . The check would ...
... sovereign . Yet , bad as was this system , the re- servation of power to the king - a result of his vanity rather than of his ambition - had at least the advantage of mitigating the action of a commercial corporation . The check would ...
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... Sovereign , but which , under the advice of Cecil , had been granted to the corporation . A quo warranto was issued ; and the Company was called upon for its defence . Commissioners were now again sent to the colony ; there they found ...
... Sovereign , but which , under the advice of Cecil , had been granted to the corporation . A quo warranto was issued ; and the Company was called upon for its defence . Commissioners were now again sent to the colony ; there they found ...
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... sovereigns of the province , extending from the thirty - sixth degree of north latitude to the river San Matheo . Their rule was nearly absolute under the charter which they had obtained from the dissolute and reckless Charles , under ...
... sovereigns of the province , extending from the thirty - sixth degree of north latitude to the river San Matheo . Their rule was nearly absolute under the charter which they had obtained from the dissolute and reckless Charles , under ...
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... Sovereign , and the rights of the colonists . " But these great powers availed nothing . Colonists had already come from Virginia and Massachuserts , men determined to govern themselves after their own fashion . Bancroft , vol . ii . p ...
... Sovereign , and the rights of the colonists . " But these great powers availed nothing . Colonists had already come from Virginia and Massachuserts , men determined to govern themselves after their own fashion . Bancroft , vol . ii . p ...
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Stran 93 - The general assembly, or legislature, shall consist of the governor, legislative council, and a house of representatives. The legislative council shall consist of five members, to continue in office five years, unless sooner removed by Congress, any three of whom to be...
Stran 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.
Stran 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...
Stran 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...
Stran 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.
Stran 240 - That when the lands in a said territory shall be surveyed, under the direction of the government of the United States, preparatory to bringing the same into market, sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six, in each township in said territory, shall be, and the same are hereby, reserved for the purpose of being applied to schools in said territory, and in the states and territories hereafter to be erected out of the same.
Stran 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...
Stran 94 - And, for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory...
Stran 96 - No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States ; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
Stran 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.