The Western Journal and Civilian: Devoted to Agriculture, Manufactures, Mechanic Arts, Internal Improvement, Commerce, Public Policy, and Polite Literature, Volume 12M. Tarver & H. Cobb, 1854 - Missouri |
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Page 62
... bonds were high and the price of breadstuffs low , the force called for would not be needed . But Railroad bonds have fallen , the farmers ' products risen , and money is wanted to prosecute the work . Shall the Railroad now be crushed ...
... bonds were high and the price of breadstuffs low , the force called for would not be needed . But Railroad bonds have fallen , the farmers ' products risen , and money is wanted to prosecute the work . Shall the Railroad now be crushed ...
Page 63
... bonds with the Pacific Railroad , and there- fore the failure of one will bring discredit on the others . These three Railroads have raised the value of real estate in St. Louis county at least 100 per cent . The failure of one of them ...
... bonds with the Pacific Railroad , and there- fore the failure of one will bring discredit on the others . These three Railroads have raised the value of real estate in St. Louis county at least 100 per cent . The failure of one of them ...
Page 81
... bonds to market than can be sold ; and unless they resort to the common sense and safe method of building railroads by the application of their own money , instead of relying solely upon the sale of bonds to pur- chase iron , they will ...
... bonds to market than can be sold ; and unless they resort to the common sense and safe method of building railroads by the application of their own money , instead of relying solely upon the sale of bonds to pur- chase iron , they will ...
Page 157
... bonds at home ; and of bring- ing back those which have been sold abroad . But though we do not forget that on the other hand it will operate as a powerful in- centive to increase the State debt ; yet , we are persuaded that there is ...
... bonds at home ; and of bring- ing back those which have been sold abroad . But though we do not forget that on the other hand it will operate as a powerful in- centive to increase the State debt ; yet , we are persuaded that there is ...
Page 158
... bonds that may be admitted as the basis of banking operations . This would make Missouri in- dependent of the bond market abroad , and enable her citizens to prosecute their works of public improvement as speedily as prudent If these ...
... bonds that may be admitted as the basis of banking operations . This would make Missouri in- dependent of the bond market abroad , and enable her citizens to prosecute their works of public improvement as speedily as prudent If these ...
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Page 311 - That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said Territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians...
Page 313 - Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States: nor shall the lands or other property of non-residents be taxed higher than the lands or other property of residents.
Page 314 - That the judicial power of said Territory shall be vested in a supreme court, district courts, probate courts, and in justices of the peace. The supreme court shall consist of a chief justice and two associate justices, any two of whom shall constitute a quorum...
Page 382 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
Page 313 - Representatives shall reside in and be inhabitants of the district, or county, or counties, for which they may be elected respectively. Previous to the first election, the Governor shall cause a census or enumeration of the inhabitants and qualified voters of the several counties and districts of the territory to be taken...
Page 417 - We cannot allow the colonies to check, or discourage in any degree, a traffic so beneficial to the nation.
Page 314 - The governor shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the legislative council, appoint all officers not herein otherwise provided for; and in the first instance the governor alone may appoint all said officers, who shall hold their offices until the end of the first session of the legislative assembly...
Page 312 - Secretary of said Territory, who shall reside therein, and hold his office for four years, unless sooner removed by the President of the United States ; he shall record and preserve all the laws and proceedings of the Legislative Assembly hereinafter constituted, and all the acts and proceedings of the governor in his executive department...
Page 315 - Writs of error, bills of exception, and appeals, shall be allowed in all cases from the final decisions of said district courts to the supreme court, under such regulations as may be prescribed by law; but in no case removed to the supreme court shall trial by jury be allowed in said court.
Page 318 - That when the lands in the said Territory shall be surveyed under the direction of the government of the United States, preparatory to bringing the same into market, sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in each township in said Territory shall be, and the same are hereby, reserved for the purpose of being applied to schools in said Territory, and in the States and Territories hereafter to be erected out of the same.