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... natural forests , and of mixed but rather indifferent soil , requiring culti- vation to make it productive . And Sixth . - The great northern plain beyond the 50th parallel , four- fifths of which are a bleak and desolate waste ...
... natural forests , and of mixed but rather indifferent soil , requiring culti- vation to make it productive . And Sixth . - The great northern plain beyond the 50th parallel , four- fifths of which are a bleak and desolate waste ...
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... natural productions , and enjoying a mild and healthful climate . The breadth of the stream varies from 400 to 1,400 yards , and the annual range between mean water and flood is more than 50 feet . The floods occur in December and on ...
... natural productions , and enjoying a mild and healthful climate . The breadth of the stream varies from 400 to 1,400 yards , and the annual range between mean water and flood is more than 50 feet . The floods occur in December and on ...
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... natural scene in the world . President Dwight esti- mated the quantity of water precipitated over the falls at 11,524,375 tons an hour ; Darby at 1,672,704,000 cubic feet per hour ; and Pickens at 113,510,000 gallons , or 18,524,000 ...
... natural scene in the world . President Dwight esti- mated the quantity of water precipitated over the falls at 11,524,375 tons an hour ; Darby at 1,672,704,000 cubic feet per hour ; and Pickens at 113,510,000 gallons , or 18,524,000 ...
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... natural pyramid erects its granite sides , was but lately discovered by Capt . Fremont , and is fully described in his " Expedition , & c . " There are several others of considerable size , among which the Great Salt Lake of the desert ...
... natural pyramid erects its granite sides , was but lately discovered by Capt . Fremont , and is fully described in his " Expedition , & c . " There are several others of considerable size , among which the Great Salt Lake of the desert ...
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... natural wonders and curiosi- ties . Natural bridges , mammoth caves , petrefactions , Indian antiquities , & c . , are by no means uncommon . This , however , is not the place to de- scribe these marvellous creations ; but full accounts ...
... natural wonders and curiosi- ties . Natural bridges , mammoth caves , petrefactions , Indian antiquities , & c . , are by no means uncommon . This , however , is not the place to de- scribe these marvellous creations ; but full accounts ...
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Page 103 - A final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a state in which a decision in the suit could, be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States...
Page 88 - Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Page 103 - ... where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
Page 389 - ... to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico; thence, westwardly, along the whole southern boundary of New Mexico (which runs north of the town called Paso) to its western termination; thence, northward, along the western line of New Mexico, until it intersects the first branch of the river Gila; (or if it should not intersect any branch of that river, then to the point on the said line nearest to such branch, and thence in a direct line to the same;) thence down the middle...
Page 389 - 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 the southern boundary of New Mexico...
Page 104 - That the district courts of the United States, within their respective districts, shall have, exclusively of the courts of the several States, cognizance of all crimes and offences committed against the provisions of this act, and also, concurrently with the circuit courts of the United States...
Page 215 - Every male citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-one years, who has resided in the State one year, and in the county six months, and in the precinct in which he offers to vote sixty days, next preceding the election...
Page 105 - And shall also have cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, or the Circuit Courts, as the case may be, of all causes where an alien sues for a tort only, in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States...
Page 96 - States, shall be subject to taxation under this title only as to income derived from sources within the United States, and in such case the tax shall be computed and paid in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as in the case of other persons who are taxable only as to income derived...
Page 105 - And the trial of issues in fact, in the district courts, in all causes except civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, shall be by jury.