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Page 135
... legislature in renewing the request for suspension ; but this time a select committee reported against it , and the at- tempt to secure this change in the organic law , so long and so persistently urged , became evidently hopeless , and ...
... legislature in renewing the request for suspension ; but this time a select committee reported against it , and the at- tempt to secure this change in the organic law , so long and so persistently urged , became evidently hopeless , and ...
Page 141
... legislature of the Northwest Territory in 1802 , but it was still a small hamlet , and almost without growth . The people , for the most part , professed the Catholic religion ; but their piety scarcely went beyond profession ; the days ...
... legislature of the Northwest Territory in 1802 , but it was still a small hamlet , and almost without growth . The people , for the most part , professed the Catholic religion ; but their piety scarcely went beyond profession ; the days ...
Page 146
... legislature was at first to consist of the governor and judges , who were not , however , to originate laws , but were to adopt such as were suitable from the laws of the original states ; and the laws so adopted were to be in force ...
... legislature was at first to consist of the governor and judges , who were not , however , to originate laws , but were to adopt such as were suitable from the laws of the original states ; and the laws so adopted were to be in force ...
Page 147
... legislature would , therefore , be representative of the people in both houses , but the veto of the governor was to be absolute . If the wisdom of the president in his appoint- ments had been equal to that of the legislation , the ...
... legislature would , therefore , be representative of the people in both houses , but the veto of the governor was to be absolute . If the wisdom of the president in his appoint- ments had been equal to that of the legislation , the ...
Page 153
... legislature , and their success was reasonably satisfactory . Con- gress recognized the justice and policy of providing homesteads for the sufferers by the fire ; and an act was passed making the governor and judges a land board , with ...
... legislature , and their success was reasonably satisfactory . Con- gress recognized the justice and policy of providing homesteads for the sufferers by the fire ; and an act was passed making the governor and judges a land board , with ...
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