| Lawrence O'Brien Branch - Campaign literature - 1856 - 42 pages
...which were signed by Mr. Fillmore, provided as follows: ' "SEC. 6. That the legislative power of said Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of...legislation consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act." The same phrase occurs in almost, if not quite, all the territorial... | |
| United States. Congress - Law - 1857 - 490 pages
...sir, let us look at another provision of that Kansas act. In the twenty-fourth section it is provided that — " The legislative power of the Territory...subjects of legislation consistent with the Constitution in' i lie I 'nitcd si;u.-s and the provisions of this act ; but no law shall be- parsed interfering... | |
| Iowa. Constitutional Convention - Constitituional law - 1857 - 596 pages
...Thattheright of suffrage shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States. Sec. 0. And be it further enacted, That the legislative power of the territory...shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation ; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil ; no tax shall be imposed... | |
| United States. Congress - Law - 1857 - 486 pages
...of the Kansas and Nebraska bill, that the Legislature of a Territory — the legislative power of a Territory — shall extend to all rightful subjects...of legislation, consistent with the Constitution of tin- United Slates, and the principles of that bill. We may differ as to what is constitutional power,... | |
| Michael W. Cluskey - Political Science - 1857 - 672 pages
...territory shall be vested in the governor and a legislative assembly." " That the legislative power of said or ; implied penalty, A league between independent nations, generally, has no sanction other than a Uie United States and the provisions of this act ; but no law shall be passed interfering From these... | |
| Kansas - Law - 1858 - 482 pages
...office in said Territory, by reason of being on service therein. Powers, Ac. SEC. 24. Aid be it further enacted, That the legislative power of the Territory...legislation, consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this Act ; but no hnv shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal... | |
| Nebraska - Session laws - 1858 - 80 pages
...™?- sha11 a S ree to P as3 the bil1 ' i4 sha11 be sent ' together with the SEC ' 6. And be ^ f urther enacted, That the legislative power of the Territory...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... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1858 - 676 pages
...by Congress to the Territorial Government by the seventh section of the act of 1850, which declares, that "the legislative power of the Territory shall...legislation consistent with the Constitution of the United States and with this act;" and by the tenth section of the act, which, after ordaining a Supreme Court,... | |
| Judah Philip Benjamin - Kansas - 1858 - 246 pages
...Territory, two assurances may be relied on. The first consists in that provision of the Kansas act : " That the legislative power of the Territory shall...to all rightful subjects of legislation consistent Vith the Constitu^ lien of Die United States and the provisions of this act." Now, one of the provisions... | |
| United States. Congress - United States - 1858 - 636 pages
...in the Governor and a Legislative Assembly." Then in section twenty-four comes the limitation. ! " that the legislative power of the Territory shall ¡ extend to all rightful subjects of legislation con- Í sistent with the Constitution of (he United States | and the provisions of this act." The act... | |
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