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... give additional importance to the subject ; expenditures arising not only from the original cost but by the constant demand for repairs , and so intimately is this question connected with the interests of every large city , that it is ...
... give additional importance to the subject ; expenditures arising not only from the original cost but by the constant demand for repairs , and so intimately is this question connected with the interests of every large city , that it is ...
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... give from 3 to 3 feet as suffi- cient for a street railway , without making allowance for the difference of speed . The objection to the wide gauge and the wide car does not apply with the same force in Pennsylvania avenue as in some of ...
... give from 3 to 3 feet as suffi- cient for a street railway , without making allowance for the difference of speed . The objection to the wide gauge and the wide car does not apply with the same force in Pennsylvania avenue as in some of ...
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... give acting appoint- ments to Benjamin Wakefield , & c . , and drop his rate as master's mate on board the Preble , to take effect on the 1st of January last ; " that subsequent to the receipt of said order the Preble 35TH CONGRESS ...
... give acting appoint- ments to Benjamin Wakefield , & c . , and drop his rate as master's mate on board the Preble , to take effect on the 1st of January last ; " that subsequent to the receipt of said order the Preble 35TH CONGRESS ...
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... give him an act- ing appointment as boatswain , and to drop his rating as master's mate on board the Preble , to take effect on the 1st of January , 1848 . " It appears from the memorialist's own statement that this ap- pointment was ...
... give him an act- ing appointment as boatswain , and to drop his rating as master's mate on board the Preble , to take effect on the 1st of January , 1848 . " It appears from the memorialist's own statement that this ap- pointment was ...
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... give security against such occurrences as those above mentioned in future . The committee , therefore , recommend the passage of the accompanying resolution . CLAIMS OF STATES OF MAINE AND MASSACHUSETTS . [ To 2 PARAGUAY .
... give security against such occurrences as those above mentioned in future . The committee , therefore , recommend the passage of the accompanying resolution . CLAIMS OF STATES OF MAINE AND MASSACHUSETTS . [ To 2 PARAGUAY .
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Page 64 - The powers of the government of the state of California shall be divided into three separate departments: The legislative, the executive, and judicial ; and no person charged with the exercise of powers properly belonging to one of these departments shall exercise any functions appertaining to either of the others, except in the cases hereinafter expressly directed or permitted.
Page 73 - Courts, shall be liable to impeachment for any misdemeanor in office; but judgment in such cases shall...
Page 80 - ... is excepted out of the general powers of government, and shall forever remain inviolate; and that all laws contrary thereto, or to the following provisions, shall be void.
Page 43 - 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 178 - That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Page 66 - A Lieutenant Governor shall be elected at the same time and for the same term as the Governor, and his qualifications and the manner and ascertainment of his election, in all respects, shall be the same.
Page 176 - It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments and in contracting debt by such municipal corporations...
Page 165 - ... beginning at a point on the western boundary of the state of Missouri, where the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude crosses the same ; thence west on said parallel to the...
Page 70 - No. 3 shall hold their offices for six years from the date of their election and until their successors are elected and qualified; and thereafter each of the said judges shall hold his office for six years, as provided in this constitution.
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