At the General Assembly of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, Begun and Holden, ... at ... Within and for the Said State, on ..., in the Year of Our Lord ...Henry Ward, Secretary, 1862 - Session laws |
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... land Schedules , of Mrs. Sullivan Ballou . No. 9 . Resolved , That the Secretary of State be authorize to purchase of the widow of the late Major Sulliva Ballou , a sett of the Schedules of the General Asser bly of the State of Rhode ...
... land Schedules , of Mrs. Sullivan Ballou . No. 9 . Resolved , That the Secretary of State be authorize to purchase of the widow of the late Major Sulliva Ballou , a sett of the Schedules of the General Asser bly of the State of Rhode ...
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... land ; preferring to work out by the day , on the farms of neighboring white inhabitants . In conse- quence of this , only a small part of their lands is under cultiva- tion ; the larger portion either lying waste , or APPENDIX . 67.
... land ; preferring to work out by the day , on the farms of neighboring white inhabitants . In conse- quence of this , only a small part of their lands is under cultiva- tion ; the larger portion either lying waste , or APPENDIX . 67.
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... lands of the tribe consist of a cedar swamp , containing six hundred or eight hundred acres ; which , owing to ... land belonging to the tribe , are the Fort Neck lot , of some two hun- dred acres , and the Phillips wood lot . The ...
... lands of the tribe consist of a cedar swamp , containing six hundred or eight hundred acres ; which , owing to ... land belonging to the tribe , are the Fort Neck lot , of some two hun- dred acres , and the Phillips wood lot . The ...
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Rhode Island. arising from rents of public or tribe lands , are said to be applied to the support of their paupers ... land , the owner of which may be under age , ab- sent or unknown . He may compromise any such action , and receive ...
Rhode Island. arising from rents of public or tribe lands , are said to be applied to the support of their paupers ... land , the owner of which may be under age , ab- sent or unknown . He may compromise any such action , and receive ...
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... land , or a regular treaty made by a State , or a law which interferes with a private contract on the one hand , and those laws which profess to yield up a portion of the sovereign power , as the power of taxing , or of taking property ...
... land , or a regular treaty made by a State , or a law which interferes with a private contract on the one hand , and those laws which profess to yield up a portion of the sovereign power , as the power of taxing , or of taking property ...
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1st Cav'y 1st Lieutenant 1st Light Artillery 1st R. I. Detached 2d Lieutenant 1st 2d Lieutenant 3d 3d Heavy Artillery ACT IN AMENDMENT ACT TO INCORPORATE Adjutant appointed Assembly as follows Bank Battery brigade Bristol Burrillville capital stock CHAPTER Charles city of Providence clerk Colonel Commissioners committee corporation discharge duty East Greenwich elected enacted expenses George George W Glocester Governor Henry hereby authorized Hopkinton Hospital House hundred dollars James John Joseph Jury fees Lieutenant 2d Regiment Lieutenant 3d Heavy Little Compton meeting military Newport Newport County North Providence officers paid Pawtucket Paymaster person petition Providence County Quartermaster R. I. Detached Militia RESOLUTION Revised Statutes Rhode Island Samuel Samuel W SECTION Sept South Kingstown Sprague stockholder Surgeon teachers thereof Thomas thousand dollars tion Treasurer United Volunteers Voted and Resolved Washington William H William Sprague
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Page 186 - The principle asserted is, that one legislature is competent to repeal any act which a former legislature was competent to pass; and that one legislature cannot abridge the powers of a succeeding legislature. The correctness of this principle, so far as respects general legislation, can never be controverted. But, if an act be done under a law, a succeeding legislature cannot undo it. The past cannot be recalled by the most absolute power.
Page 17 - On the diffusion of education among the people rests the preservation and perpetuation of our free institutions.
Page 167 - States; pilots; mariners actually employed in the sea service of any citizen or merchant within the United States...
Page 16 - The people of this commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign, and independent state; and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or may not hereafter be, by them expressly delegated to the United States of America, in Congress assembled.
Page 133 - I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the constitution and laws of the United States.
Page 243 - That no person shall at any time be allowed to vote in the election of the City Council of the city of Providence, or upon any proposition to impose a tax, or for the expenditure of money in any town or city, unless he shall within the year next preceding have paid a tax assessed upon his property therein, valued at least at one hundred and thirty.four dollars.
Page 186 - That the framers of the constitution did not intend to restrain the States in the regulation of their civil institutions, adopted for internal government, and that the instrument they have given us is not to be so construed, may be admitted.
Page 158 - After which the president of the court shall administer to the recorder the following oath: "You, AB, do swear that you will, according to your best abilities, accurately and impartially record the proceedings of the court and the evidence to be given in the case in hearing: so help you God.
Page 140 - ... prints, pictures, drawings, or other representations are kept in any house, shop, room, or other place within the limits of the jurisdiction of any such magistrate or justices, for the purpose of sale or distribution, exhibition for purposes of gain, lending upon hire...
Page 186 - To a certain extent this is certainly correct; but the distinction lies between power and interest, the right of jurisdiction and the right of soil. The right of jurisdiction is essentially connected to, or rather identified with, the national sovereignty. To part with it is to commit, a species of political suicide. In fact, a power to produce its own annihilation -is an absurdity in terms. It is a power as utterly incommunicable to a political as to a natural person.