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... thereof ; but all township officers shall be elected by the people of the townships respectively . ( General Clause 24. ) SEC . 7. And be it further enacted , That all male citizens of the United States , above the age of twenty - one ...
... thereof ; but all township officers shall be elected by the people of the townships respectively . ( General Clause 24. ) SEC . 7. And be it further enacted , That all male citizens of the United States , above the age of twenty - one ...
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... thereof , hereafter created against the District under any contract or agreement made , without express authority of Contracts not au- law ; and all such unauthorized agreements or contracts . shall be null and void . thorized void . to ...
... thereof , hereafter created against the District under any contract or agreement made , without express authority of Contracts not au- law ; and all such unauthorized agreements or contracts . shall be null and void . thorized void . to ...
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... thereof ; But special taxes may be levied in particular sections , wards , or districts for their particular local improvements ; duties and imposts laid by any State on imports or exports shall be for the use of the treasury of the ...
... thereof ; But special taxes may be levied in particular sections , wards , or districts for their particular local improvements ; duties and imposts laid by any State on imports or exports shall be for the use of the treasury of the ...
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... thereof ; No debt to exceed five per cent , of as- But said debt in no case to exceed five per centum of the assessed value of the property of said District , unless sessment . authorized by a vote of the people , as hereinafter pro ...
... thereof ; No debt to exceed five per cent , of as- But said debt in no case to exceed five per centum of the assessed value of the property of said District , unless sessment . authorized by a vote of the people , as hereinafter pro ...
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... thereof , and conferring such additional jurisdic- therein . tion as may be necessary to the due execution and enforce- ment of the laws of said District . BOARD OF HEALTH . ( General Clause 54. ) To be appointed SEC . 26. And be it ...
... thereof , and conferring such additional jurisdic- therein . tion as may be necessary to the due execution and enforce- ment of the laws of said District . BOARD OF HEALTH . ( General Clause 54. ) To be appointed SEC . 26. And be it ...
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Page 13 - Every act shall embrace but one subject and matters properly connected therewith; which subject shall be expressed in the title. But if any subject shall be embraced in an act, which shall not be expressed in the title, such act shall be void only as to so much thereof as shall not be expressed in the title.
Page 24 - That the constitution and all laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the s*ame force and effect within the said territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Page 66 - I, AB, do solemnly swear or affirm, that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.
Page 7 - States; he shall record and preserve all the laws and proceedings of the legislative assembly hereinafter constituted, and all the acts and proceedings of the governor in his executive department; he shall transmit one copy of the laws and one copy of the executive proceedings, on or before the first day of December in each year, to the President of the United States...
Page 14 - The Legislature shall have no power to grant, or authorize any county or municipal authority to grant any extra compensation or allowance to any public officer, agent, servant, or contractor, after service has been rendered...
Page 15 - Creating, increasing, or decreasing fees, percentage or allowances of public officers, during the term for which said officers are elected or appointed...
Page 14 - No such law shall take effect until it shall, at a general election, have been submitted to the people, and have received a majority of all the votes cast for and against it, at such election.
Page 5 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that part of the territory of the "United States...
Page 22 - Secretary for the manner in which, the aforesaid moneys shall have been expended; and no expenditure shall be made by said Legislative Assembly for objects not specially authorized by the acts of Congress, making the appropriations, nor beyond the sums thus appropriated for such objects.
Page 16 - That no member of the legislative assembly shall hold or be appointed to any office which shall have been...