Digest of the Laws of California: Containing All Laws of a General Character which Will be in Force on the First Day of January, 1858: Also, the Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the United States, Articles of Confederation, Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798-'99, Acts of Congress Relative to Public Lands and Pre-emptions; Together with Judicial Decisions, Both of the Supreme Court of the United States and of California: to which are Also Appeneded Numerous Forms for Obtaining Pre-emption and Bounty Lands, Etc., Etc |
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... reside , or to remove at any time to the Mexican Republic , retaining the property which they possess in the said territories , or disposing thereof , and removing the proceeds wherever they please , without their being subjected , on ...
... reside , or to remove at any time to the Mexican Republic , retaining the property which they possess in the said territories , or disposing thereof , and removing the proceeds wherever they please , without their being subjected , on ...
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... reside . Great care should be taken by the inspectors that votes are received only from bona fide citizens actually resident in the country . These judges and inspectors previous to entering upon the duties of their office , should take ...
... reside . Great care should be taken by the inspectors that votes are received only from bona fide citizens actually resident in the country . These judges and inspectors previous to entering upon the duties of their office , should take ...
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... reside within the asylum , and shall not be allowed to engage in any private practice , but shall at all times be in attend- ance at said asylum , except when he may obtain leave of absence from the trus- tees ; the assistant physician ...
... reside within the asylum , and shall not be allowed to engage in any private practice , but shall at all times be in attend- ance at said asylum , except when he may obtain leave of absence from the trus- tees ; the assistant physician ...
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... reside and keep office ; 109. To supervise district attorneys and perform cer- not to depart from state without leave from legis- lature ; to be commissioned ; how to qualify . 107. Duties of . 110. To report annually to governor . 111 ...
... reside and keep office ; 109. To supervise district attorneys and perform cer- not to depart from state without leave from legis- lature ; to be commissioned ; how to qualify . 107. Duties of . 110. To report annually to governor . 111 ...
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... reside and keep his office at the seat of government , and shall not depart from the state without leave of absence from the legislature . He shall be commissioned by the governor , and shall take the oath prescribed by the constitution ...
... reside and keep his office at the seat of government , and shall not depart from the state without leave of absence from the legislature . He shall be commissioned by the governor , and shall take the oath prescribed by the constitution ...
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Page 4 - ... United States in Congress assembled ; and then only against the kingdom or state, and the subjects thereof, against which war has been so declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the United States in Congress assembled, unless such state be infested by pirates, in which case vessels of war may be fitted out for that occasion, and kept so long as the danger shall continue, or until the United States in Congress assembled shall determine otherwise.
Page 5 - ... ..of establishing rules for deciding in all cases, what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces in the service of the United States shall be divided or appropriated..
Page 5 - United States in Congress assembled shall have authority to appoint a committee to sit in the recess of Congress, to be denominated " a committee of the States," and to consist of one delegate from each State ; and to appoint such other committees and civil officers as may be necessary for managing the general affairs of the United States, under their direction — to appoint one of their number to preside, provided that no person be allowed to serve in the office of President more than one year...
Page 5 - The United States in congress assembled shall also be the last resort on appeal in all disputes and differences now subsisting, or that hereafter may arise between two or more states, concerning boundary, jurisdiction, or any other cause whatever ; which authority shall always be exercised in the manner following. Whenever the legislative or executive authority, or lawful agent of any state in controversy with another, shall present a petition...
Page 6 - ... armed, and equipped in the same manner as the quota of such State, unless the legislature of such State shall judge that such extra number cannot be safely spared out of the same, in which case they shall raise, officer, clothe, arm, and equip as many of such extra number as they judge can be safely spared...
Page 4 - All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defense or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several States, in proportion to the value of all land within each State, granted to or surveyed for any person, as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated according to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled, shall...
Page 6 - ... for the defence and welfare of the United States, or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war, to be built or purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a commander in chief of the army or navy, unless nine States assent to the same...
Page 3 - State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties, impositions and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively, provided that such restrictions shall not extend so far as to prevent the removal of property imported into any State, to any other State of which the owner is an inhabitant ; provided also that no imposition, duties or restriction shall be laid by any State, on the property of the United States, or either of them.
Page 4 - In determining questions in the United States, in Congress assembled, each State shall have one vote. Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress, and the members of Congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests and imprisonments, during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on Congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace.
Page 19 - The boundary line between the two Republics shall commence in the Gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande, otherwise called Rio Bravo del Norte, or opposite the mouth of its deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea; from thence up the middle of that river, following the deepest channel, where it has more than one, to the point where it strikes...