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... meet the current government expenses , to pay the annual interest upon its funded debt , and some fifty thousand dol- lars upon the liabilities of other funds , and should the bill already re- ported from the finance committee become a ...
... meet the current government expenses , to pay the annual interest upon its funded debt , and some fifty thousand dol- lars upon the liabilities of other funds , and should the bill already re- ported from the finance committee become a ...
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... meet the interest has already been provided by law , giving that portion what would seem an unjust preference . The lands belonging to that fund , at the estimate of our State offi- cers , may be valued at five or six hundred thousand ...
... meet the interest has already been provided by law , giving that portion what would seem an unjust preference . The lands belonging to that fund , at the estimate of our State offi- cers , may be valued at five or six hundred thousand ...
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... meet the interest upon the adjusted portion of our five million loan bonds , as provided by law !! What is the result ? Why as to the last , the circular of the Auditor General is by operation of law , already searching for the tax ...
... meet the interest upon the adjusted portion of our five million loan bonds , as provided by law !! What is the result ? Why as to the last , the circular of the Auditor General is by operation of law , already searching for the tax ...
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... meet when it falls due , and which , therefore , need not be considered as a probable debt of the state . And the $ 100,000 stock issued to the Detroit and Pontiac Railroad Company , which we are assured will probably be paid by Alfred ...
... meet when it falls due , and which , therefore , need not be considered as a probable debt of the state . And the $ 100,000 stock issued to the Detroit and Pontiac Railroad Company , which we are assured will probably be paid by Alfred ...
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... meet the interest of our debt ( $ 240,000 ) will be to levy a state tax ( in addition to the present tax of 24 mills ) of nearly 8 mills according to our present valuation , or upon an average valuation agreeable to a bill already ...
... meet the interest of our debt ( $ 240,000 ) will be to levy a state tax ( in addition to the present tax of 24 mills ) of nearly 8 mills according to our present valuation , or upon an average valuation agreeable to a bill already ...
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Page 7 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
Page 1 - The inhabitants of the said territory shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature; and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law.
Page 5 - ... and that the States so formed shall be distinct republican States, and admitted members of the Federal Union ; having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States.
Page 4 - States, such stipulation would have been void and inoperative, because the United States have no constitutional capacity to -exercise municipal jurisdiction, sovereignty, or eminent domain within the limits of a State or elsewhere, except in the cases in which it is expressly granted.
Page 12 - By the preceding course of reasoning we have arrived at these general conclusions. : First, the shores of navigable waters, and the soils under them, were not granted by the Constitution to the United States, but were reserved to the States respectively. Secondly, the new States have the same rights, sovereignty, and jurisdiction over this subject as the original States.
Page 6 - It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Page 5 - ... shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become or shall become members of the Confederation or federal Alliance of the said States Virginia inclusive according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose and for no other use or purpose whatsoever.
Page 1 - An act granting two townships of land for the use of a university in the Territory of Iowa," are hereby granted and conveyed to the State, to be appropriated solely to the use and support of such university, in such manner as the legislature may prescribe.
Page 1 - University ; and the funds accruing from the rents or sale of such lands, or from any other source, for the purpose aforesaid, shall be and remain a permanent fund...
Page 6 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government...