Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas ...R. Hastings, 1841 |
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... titles . They have , in con- sequence , been about five years in this situation , and as they imagined their sojourn would be temporary , they made no improvements , not even cultivating a bit of garden - ground ! And now , in the true ...
... titles . They have , in con- sequence , been about five years in this situation , and as they imagined their sojourn would be temporary , they made no improvements , not even cultivating a bit of garden - ground ! And now , in the true ...
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... title is made out , the grants will be converted into a property worth more than from fifteen to twenty thousand dollars . Let those who wish to test the worth of this assurance visit the plantations of the colonists , and they will ...
... title is made out , the grants will be converted into a property worth more than from fifteen to twenty thousand dollars . Let those who wish to test the worth of this assurance visit the plantations of the colonists , and they will ...
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... titles to their properties , which it would be only fair to extend for them , in order to relieve them from that cruel state of uncertainty in which some have been placed for several years , as to whe- ther they appertain to the United ...
... titles to their properties , which it would be only fair to extend for them , in order to relieve them from that cruel state of uncertainty in which some have been placed for several years , as to whe- ther they appertain to the United ...
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... title to their lands . Encour- aged by Cherokee example , several hundred Choc- taw Indians passed from Natchitoches in 1832-3 , and located themselves in the municipality of Nacog- doches , bringing with them the assurance that many ...
... title to their lands . Encour- aged by Cherokee example , several hundred Choc- taw Indians passed from Natchitoches in 1832-3 , and located themselves in the municipality of Nacog- doches , bringing with them the assurance that many ...
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... titles were not fully perfected should be authorised to receive them , under proper rules and regulations . It was also desirable that measures should be adopted for accelerating the or- ganization of the judiciary , providing for the ...
... titles were not fully perfected should be authorised to receive them , under proper rules and regulations . It was also desirable that measures should be adopted for accelerating the or- ganization of the judiciary , providing for the ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 516 - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the senate and assembly ; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to the legislature...
Seite 510 - The President shall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session; but no person rejected by the Senate shall be reappointed to the same office during their ensuing recess.
Seite 517 - ... peace or safety of the State. No person shall be required to attend or support any ministry or place of worship against his consent, nor shall any preference be given by law to any religious denomination or mode of worship.
Seite 519 - Treason against the State shall consist only in levying war against it, or adhering to its enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Seite 489 - Commonwealth, for the time being, shall be the commander-in-chief of the army and navy, and of all the military forces of the State, by sea and land ; and shall have full power, by himself, or by any commander, or other officer or officers, from time to time, to train, instruct, exercise and govern the militia...
Seite 325 - The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government. Sam Houston Cultivated mind is the guardian genius of Democracy, and while guided and controlled by virtue, the noblest attribute of man. It is the only dictator that freemen acknowledge, and the only security which freemen desire.
Seite 505 - Neither House, without the consent of the other, shall adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place than that at which the two Houses are sitting. But this regulation shall not extend to the Senate when it shall exercise the powers mentioned in the Article.
Seite 508 - Ohio ; and all prosecutions shall be carried on in the name and by the authority of the state of Ohio ; and all indictments shall conclude against the peace and dignity of the same.
Seite 509 - Every person who shall be chosen or appointed to any office of trust or profit under this Constitution, or any law made in pursuance thereof, shall, before entering on the duties thereof, take an oath to support the Constitution of this State, and of the United States, and an oath of office.
Seite 507 - The supreme executive power of this state shall be vested in a chief magistrate, who shall be styled the Governor of the State of California.