Documents Printed by Order of the Legislature of the State of Maine During Its Session, 1835-1849Smith & Robinson, 1840 |
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... timber for the bridges , sills and sleepers of the road , can be obtained , of a superior quality , near to , and throughout nearly the whole extent of the route , at a cheap rate . Commencing at Portland , the excavations will ...
... timber for the bridges , sills and sleepers of the road , can be obtained , of a superior quality , near to , and throughout nearly the whole extent of the route , at a cheap rate . Commencing at Portland , the excavations will ...
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... timber already cut by trespassers and to prevent its removal out of the State . The sum of eight hundred thousand dollars was appropriated to carry the Resolve aforesaid into effect . In pursuance thereof a General Order issued on the ...
... timber already cut by trespassers and to prevent its removal out of the State . The sum of eight hundred thousand dollars was appropriated to carry the Resolve aforesaid into effect . In pursuance thereof a General Order issued on the ...
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... timber and other public property , to return to the City of Bangor , there to be discharged . On the same day orders were issued for the discharge of the troops stationed at Augusta , and they were accordingly discharged and paid on the ...
... timber and other public property , to return to the City of Bangor , there to be discharged . On the same day orders were issued for the discharge of the troops stationed at Augusta , and they were accordingly discharged and paid on the ...
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... timber upon lands contiguous to , and lying upon both sides of the Aroostook river . And it was represented that if such practice was to be persevered in , it would be impossible to execute the laws and resolves of the State in relation ...
... timber upon lands contiguous to , and lying upon both sides of the Aroostook river . And it was represented that if such practice was to be persevered in , it would be impossible to execute the laws and resolves of the State in relation ...
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... timber and materials left by the trespassers , and for the return of such of the posse as might be spared , not apprehending any further resistance in that quarter . After making these arrangements I returned to Fitzher- bert's , for ...
... timber and materials left by the trespassers , and for the return of such of the posse as might be spared , not apprehending any further resistance in that quarter . After making these arrangements I returned to Fitzher- bert's , for ...
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Page 13 - States. 2 A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
Page 11 - United States whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law: but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Page 14 - New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
Page 42 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and, from time to time, publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Page 49 - States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Page 44 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 6 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Page 19 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. 3. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Page 4 - ... 3. No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen.
Page 72 - A general diffusion of knowledge and intelligence being essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people, the Legislature shall encourage by all suitable means the promotion of intellectual, scientific, moral, and agricultural improvement.