Oddities of Colonial Legislation in America: As Applied to the Public Lands, Primitive Education, Religion, Morals, Indians, Etc., with Authentic Records of the Origin and Growth of Pioneer Settlements, Embracing Also a Condensed History of the States and TerritoriesR. Douglass, 1879 - 784 Seiten |
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... twenty - two centuries ago , seems to contain some obscure allusions to the continent of America . Chinese scholars say that ships made voyages from China to the western coast of America , which was called Fau Sang , as early as the ...
... twenty - two centuries ago , seems to contain some obscure allusions to the continent of America . Chinese scholars say that ships made voyages from China to the western coast of America , which was called Fau Sang , as early as the ...
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... twenty pounds sterling to the lord proprietor , to be applied to the use of the county where the offense shall be committed , to be levied on the offender's body , goods and chattels , lands or tenements , and in case the said fine can ...
... twenty pounds sterling to the lord proprietor , to be applied to the use of the county where the offense shall be committed , to be levied on the offender's body , goods and chattels , lands or tenements , and in case the said fine can ...
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... twenty shillings , current money , for every neglect of the same , the one - half thereof to the church - wardens of the respective parish in which the offense shall be committed , for the use of the poor of the said parish , and the ...
... twenty shillings , current money , for every neglect of the same , the one - half thereof to the church - wardens of the respective parish in which the offense shall be committed , for the use of the poor of the said parish , and the ...
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... twenty - one years , and not married , it shall and may be lawful to and for the father of such child or children , by deed executed in his lifetime , or by his last will and testament in writing , in such manner , and from time to time ...
... twenty - one years , and not married , it shall and may be lawful to and for the father of such child or children , by deed executed in his lifetime , or by his last will and testament in writing , in such manner , and from time to time ...
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... twenty lashes on his or their bare shoulders , by order from the county courts where he or they shall live . [ Hening's Statutes , i . 263. ] SECTION 59 . Popish Recusants and Popish Priests - Virginia , 1643 . Whereas , it was enacted ...
... twenty lashes on his or their bare shoulders , by order from the county courts where he or they shall live . [ Hening's Statutes , i . 263. ] SECTION 59 . Popish Recusants and Popish Priests - Virginia , 1643 . Whereas , it was enacted ...
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Seite 441 - ... hereafter shall be formed in the said territory; to provide also for the establishment of states, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original states, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest...
Seite 443 - 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...
Seite 440 - Congress shall appoint and commission to serve as aforesaid; and whenever a vacancy shall happen in the council by death or removal from office, the house of representatives shall nominate two persons qualified as aforesaid, for each vacancy, and return their names...
Seite 437 - ... conveyed by lease and release, or bargain and sale, signed, sealed, and delivered, by the person, being of full age, in whom the estate may be, and attested by two witnesses, provided such wills be duly proved, and such conveyances be acknowledged, or the execution thereof duly proved, and be recorded within one year after proper magistrates, courts, and registers, shall be appointed for that purpose...
Seite 439 - Previous to the organization of the general assembly, the governor shall appoint such magistrates and other civil officers, in each county or township, as he shall find necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order in the same...
Seite 147 - Company; as also all the lands and territories lying to the westward of the sources of the rivers which fall into the sea from the west and north-west as aforesaid; and we do hereby strictly forbid, on pain of our displeasure, all our loving subjects from making any purchases or settlements whatever, or taking possession of any of the lands above reserved, without our special leave and license for that purpose first obtained.
Seite 537 - States are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that, in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the States, who are parties thereto, have the right and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities,...
Seite 51 - ... freely and fully have and enjoy his and their own judgments and consciences, in matters of religious concernments...
Seite 17 - And when his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said ; Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did ? But he turned and rebuked them, and said ; Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Seite 105 - ... whose wages shall be paid, either by the parents or masters of such children or by the inhabitants in general, by way of supply, as the major part of those...