The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year ..., Volume 27Gray and Bowen, 1855 |
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Page 66
... females and children enjoy greater impunity than men , it is thought to be safer in- doors than abroad . If it is safer in cities , where there are so many spires to neutralize the clouds , than in the open country , still there may be ...
... females and children enjoy greater impunity than men , it is thought to be safer in- doors than abroad . If it is safer in cities , where there are so many spires to neutralize the clouds , than in the open country , still there may be ...
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... Female , 61 University of Alabama , 65 La Grange , 66 Spring Hill , $ Tuscaloosa , Florence , Spring Hill , Penfield , " " John L. Dagg , D. D. Macon , " C Rev. A. L. Smith , A. M. Ala . Landon C. Garland , LL . D. 66 R. H. Rivers ...
... Female , 61 University of Alabama , 65 La Grange , 66 Spring Hill , $ Tuscaloosa , Florence , Spring Hill , Penfield , " " John L. Dagg , D. D. Macon , " C Rev. A. L. Smith , A. M. Ala . Landon C. Garland , LL . D. 66 R. H. Rivers ...
Page 238
... females ; received during the year , 110 , 57 males and 53 females , in all 229 . 114 ( 56 males and 58 females ) have been discharged ; of whom 49 ( 26 males and 23 females ) were recovered ; 15 ( 4 males and 11 females ) were improved ...
... females ; received during the year , 110 , 57 males and 53 females , in all 229 . 114 ( 56 males and 58 females ) have been discharged ; of whom 49 ( 26 males and 23 females ) were recovered ; 15 ( 4 males and 11 females ) were improved ...
Page 241
... female teachers , exclusive of board , $ 6.99 $ 7.18 $ 7.83 Number of male teachers employed in the winter schools , Number of female teachers employed in winter schools , Number of school - houses built during the year , Number of ...
... female teachers , exclusive of board , $ 6.99 $ 7.18 $ 7.83 Number of male teachers employed in the winter schools , Number of female teachers employed in winter schools , Number of school - houses built during the year , Number of ...
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... females . 34 convicts are em- ployed in the cabinet shop ; 30 in the shoe shop ; 17 in the machine shop ; the 6 females are employed in sewing . 3 are between 12 and 16 years of age ; 15 from 16 to 20 ; 17 from 20 to 25 ; 16 from 25 to ...
... females . 34 convicts are em- ployed in the cabinet shop ; 30 in the shoe shop ; 17 in the machine shop ; the 6 females are employed in sewing . 3 are between 12 and 16 years of age ; 15 from 16 to 20 ; 17 from 20 to 25 ; 16 from 25 to ...
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Page 144 - An act making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and for deficiencies, and for other purposes," approved February twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one, is hereby revived and continued in force.
Page 34 - There will be two Eclipses of the Sun and two of the Moon.
Page 3 - the 2589th year since the era of Nabonassar, which has been assigned to Wednesday the 26th of February of the 3967th year of the Julian Period, which corresponds, according to the chronologists, to the 747th, and, according to the astronomers, to the 746th year, before the birth of Christ ;
Page 141 - ... and jurisdiction of the United States, whose fathers were or may be at the time of their birth citizens thereof, are declared to be citizens of the United States; but the rights of citizenship shall not descend to children whose fathers never resided in the United States.
Page 263 - ... major part of them, and the judges of the court of appeals, or the major part of them.
Page 188 - ... and every letter or parcel not exceeding half an ounce in weight shall be deemed a single letter, and every additional weight of half an ounce, or additional weight of less than half an ounce, shall be charged with an additional single postage.
Page 315 - No tax shall be levied except in pursuance of law; and every law imposing a tax shall state distinctly the object of the same, to which only it shall be applied. Sec. 6. The State shall never contract any debt for purposes of internal improvement.
Page 307 - Number of Senators, 25; of Representatives, 75. Their compensation is $3 a day during the session, and $3 for every 20 miles' travel in going to and returning from the seat of government.
Page 264 - Supreme and Circuit Courts. The Supreme Court has general jurisdiction in law and equity, and power to review judgments of the County Courts, and of the old Courts of Common Pleas. For the election of the justices, the State is divided into eight judicial districts, each of which elects four to serve eight years, with an annual salary of $ 2,500.
Page 70 - The King's changing his pointed conductors for blunt ones is, therefore, a matter of small importance to me. If I had a wish about it, it would be that he had rejected them altogether as ineffectual. For it is only since he thought himself and family safe from the thunder of Heaven, that he dared to use his own thunder in destroying his innocent subjects.