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... INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT , Detroit , January 31 , 1846 . The undersigned has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the following resolution : " Resolved , That the Board of Commissioners of Internal Im- provement be requested to furnish ...
... INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT , Detroit , January 31 , 1846 . The undersigned has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the following resolution : " Resolved , That the Board of Commissioners of Internal Im- provement be requested to furnish ...
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... improvement to say , that at the time the " Special Committee " of investigation , appointed by the legislature of 1840 , made their examinations in the office of internal improvement , the papers were so generally disarranged , that it ...
... improvement to say , that at the time the " Special Committee " of investigation , appointed by the legislature of 1840 , made their examinations in the office of internal improvement , the papers were so generally disarranged , that it ...
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... Internal Improvement funds . And of the former of these two , he is happy to state , that for all legiti- mate drafts for its own liabilities , its resources would seem to be am- ple without any increased taxation , and that too under ...
... Internal Improvement funds . And of the former of these two , he is happy to state , that for all legiti- mate drafts for its own liabilities , its resources would seem to be am- ple without any increased taxation , and that too under ...
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... internal improvement fund . Again , assuming the recent official reports to be correct , we here find an indebtedness of $ 4,121,720 79 principal and interest to July 1 , 1845 , acknowledged to be valid and outstand- ing , but subject ...
... internal improvement fund . Again , assuming the recent official reports to be correct , we here find an indebtedness of $ 4,121,720 79 principal and interest to July 1 , 1845 , acknowledged to be valid and outstand- ing , but subject ...
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... Internal Im- provement present to us sadly diminished receipts , and all absorbed in expenses of running - in ... Improvement fund ! And no nett proceeds to avert or reduce di- rect taxation to meet the interest upon the adjusted portion ...
... Internal Im- provement present to us sadly diminished receipts , and all absorbed in expenses of running - in ... Improvement fund ! And no nett proceeds to avert or reduce di- rect taxation to meet the interest upon the adjusted portion ...
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Page 3 - ... remain a permanent fund, the interest of which shall be applied to the support of said university, with such branches as the public convenience may demand, for the promotion of literature, the arts and sciences, as may be authorized by the terms of such grant. And it shall be the duty of the legislature as soon as may be. to provide effectual means for the improvement and permanent security of the funds of said university.
Page 9 - 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 3 - 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 8 - 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...
Page 13 - When the Revolution took place the people of each State became themselves sovereign, and in that character hold the absolute right to all their navigable waters, and the soils under them, for their own common use, subject only to the rights since surrendered by the Constitution to the general government.
Page 1 - 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 14 - 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 7 - September last ; that is to say, upon condition that the territory so ceded shall be laid out and formed Into states, containing a suitable extent of territory, not less than one hundred nor more than one hundred and fifty miles square...
Page 10 - We think a proper examination of this subject will show, that the United States never held any municipal sovereignty, jurisdiction or right of soil, in. and to the territory of which Alabama or any of the new States were formed ; except for temporary purposes, and to execute the trusts created by the acts of the Virginia and Georgia legislatures, and the deeds of cession executed by them to the United States, and the trust created by the treaty with the French Republic of the 30th of April, 1803,...
Page 3 - 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.