Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Volume 45

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State Historical Society of Wisconsin., 1898 - Wisconsin
 

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Page 195 - Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man: This was your husband.
Page 161 - An act to enable the State of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the 'swamp lands
Page 62 - At special meetings no business shall be transacted except such as shall be specified in the call thereof. Fifteen members of the Association shall constitute a quorum at any meeting thereof.
Page 143 - The trial in the [State] supreme court, of the information in the nature of a quo warranto filed by the attorney general, on the relation of Coles Bashford vs. Wm. A. Barstow, contesting the right to office of governor of Wisconsin.
Page 60 - December in each year, and be conducted in such manner, as the executive committee shall designate. SECTION 2. Special meetings of the Society may be held from time to time, as required, upon call of the president or secretary; and such, meetings shall be called by the secretary upon the written request of five other members of the executive committee. SECTION 3. At any of the meetings of the Society, annual, regular, or special, not less than ten members having a right to vote shall constitute a...
Page 61 - The principal duties of the president shall be to preside at all meetings of the society and of the executive committee and to sign all deeds, releases and conveyances executed by the society.
Page 188 - Two political theories divided the world; one founded the commonwealth on the reason of state, the policy of expediency ; the other on the immutable principles of morals: the new republic, as it took its place among the powers of the world, proclaimed its faith in the truth and reality and unchangeableness of freedom, virtue, and right. The heart of Jefferson in writing the declaration, and of congress in adopting it, beat for all humanity ; the assertion of right was made for the entire world of...
Page 52 - Wisconsin state organizations of the Sons of the American Revolution, and the Daughters of the American Revolution...
Page 149 - Tenney, HA, and Atwood, David. — Memorial record of the fathers of Wisconsin, containing sketches of the lives and career of the members of the constitutional conventions of 1846 and 1847-48.
Page 52 - Society, to gather and preserve incidents, experiences, or biographies of the soldiers, sailors, and citizens of this state in any way relating to the War of the Rebellion. No fees shall be charged by any register of deeds for recording, nor by the secretary of state for filing, its articles of organization or any amendments thereto, nor for its certificate of incorporation. Section 376b. The...

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