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... existing system of common schools . The fund was increased in 1819 , by various appropriations , which raised its productive capital to about $ 1,200,000 . The new constitution , adopted in 1821 , not only declared the school fund to be ...
... existing system of common schools . The fund was increased in 1819 , by various appropriations , which raised its productive capital to about $ 1,200,000 . The new constitution , adopted in 1821 , not only declared the school fund to be ...
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... existing arbitrary imposts ; a concession , which only served to excite universal disgust . The influence of William Penn , however , prevailed upon the Duke of York , and he granted , in 1683 , what was called a " charter of liberties ...
... existing arbitrary imposts ; a concession , which only served to excite universal disgust . The influence of William Penn , however , prevailed upon the Duke of York , and he granted , in 1683 , what was called a " charter of liberties ...
Side 82
... existing statute laws should be revised and reduced into the form of a code , to be sub- mitted to the legislature for review . This important duty was confided to John Duer , Benjamin F. Butler , and Henry Whea- ton . Mr. Wheaton ...
... existing statute laws should be revised and reduced into the form of a code , to be sub- mitted to the legislature for review . This important duty was confided to John Duer , Benjamin F. Butler , and Henry Whea- ton . Mr. Wheaton ...
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... existing appropriations of thirty - three thousand five hundred dollars- were pledged for the prosecution of the works and the payment of the interest , and the final redemption of the stock to be issued for that purpose . It is ...
... existing appropriations of thirty - three thousand five hundred dollars- were pledged for the prosecution of the works and the payment of the interest , and the final redemption of the stock to be issued for that purpose . It is ...
Side 119
... existing appropriation might be advantageously expended without causing an interrup- tion or delays in navigation . Adverting also to the advantages of the canal as a channel for western trade , he declared that both duty and interest ...
... existing appropriation might be advantageously expended without causing an interrup- tion or delays in navigation . Adverting also to the advantages of the canal as a channel for western trade , he declared that both duty and interest ...
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Side 218 - The constitution provides that every male citizen of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been an inhabitant of this state one year next preceding any election, and for the last six months a resident of the county where he may offer his vote, shall be entitled to vote in the town or ward where he actually resides.
Side 651 - Such homicide is excusable when committed, "1. By accident and misfortune, in lawfully correcting a child or servant; or in doing any other lawful act by lawful means, with usual and ordinary caution, and without any unlawful intent; or, "2. By accident and misfortune, in the heat of passion, upon any sudden and sufficient provocation, or upon a sudden combat, without any undue
Side 51 - encourages its members to more careful and accurate investigation of the physical constitution. Dr. Stringham of Columbia College, and of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the city of New York,
Side 277 - globe ? The constitution has wisely provided, that for admission to certain offices of important trust, a residence shall be required sufficient to develop character and design. But might not the general character and capabilities of a citizen be safely communicated to every one manifesting a bonafide purpose of embarking his life and fortunes permanently with us?
Side 29 - me to say in this place, to wit: ' The practice of information for libels is a sword in the hands of a wicked king and an arrant coward, to cut down and destroy the innocent. The one can not, because of his high station, and the other
Side 655 - by any act imminently dangerous to others, and evincing a depraved mind, regardless of human life, although without any premeditated design to effect the death of any particular individual. It
Side 44 - that institution during the Revolutionary war. Efforts made by the regents of the university, after the return of peace, to reorganize the medical faculty, were unsuccessful. In 1792, however, the trustees announced the re-establishment of the school, and Doctors Bailey, Post, Hammersly, Rodgers, Mitchill, Hosack, and Stringham, labored assiduously as professors during several years. The " College of Physicians and Surgeons" in the city of New York was founded
Side 290 - be benefited by the improvement of inland navigation and the construction of highways in the several states. " Let us, then," he added, " endeavor to attain this benefit in a mode that will be satisfactory to all. That hitherto adopted has, by many of our fellow-citizens, been deprecated as an infraction of the constitution, while by others it has been viewed as inexpedient. All
Side 594 - The common jails in the several counties of this state shall be kept by the sheriffs of the counties in which they are respectively situated, and shall be used .is prisons— " 1. For the detention of persons duly committed in order to secure their attendance as
Side 345 - to exclusive jurisdiction over that part of the state of Maine which is in dispute between the United States and Great Britain; and for that purpose to employ the naval and military forces of the United States, and such portions of the militia as he may deem it advisable to call into service,