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Gray and Bowen, 1854
 

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Side 295 - that one should hold for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years, and one for five years. At all subsequent elections, each of the judges will be chosen for five years. Term expires. Salary.
Side 37 - 1854. In the year 1854, there will be four eclipses, two of the Sun, and two of the Moon; of which eclipses, one of the Sun will be visible in the United States. I. Friday, May 12th. A partial eclipse of the Moon, invisible in the United States.
Side 218 - The Vice-Président of the United States is the President of the Senate, in which body he has only a casting vote, which is given in case of an equal division of the votes of the Senators. In his absence, a President pro tempore is chosen from among the Senators by the Senate.
Side 144 - whatever consideration; and all powers of attorney, orders, or other authorities for receiving payment of any such claim, or any part or share thereof, shall be absolutely null and void, unless the same shall be freely made and executed
Side 219 - not to vote. A previous law (Laws of 1842, Ch. 47) requires that in each State the Representatives "shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory, equal in number to the number of Representatives to which said State may be entitled, no one district electing more than one Representative.
Side 97 - II. PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION. 1. George Washington, 2. John Adams, 3. Thomas Jefferson, 4. James Madison, 5. James Monroe, 6. John Quincy Adams, 7. Andrew Jackson, 8 Martin Van Buren, 9. William Henry Harrison,* 10. John Tyler, 11. James Knox Polk, 12. Zachary Taylor,* 13. Millard Fillmore, 14. Franklin
Side 304 - the State by the act of Congress of September 28, 1350. The principal of the fund may be increased, but shall never be diminished, and its income shall be devoted solely to the support of common schools. The Assembly shall provide for the election by the people of a Superintendent of Public Instruction, to hold office for two years.
Side 288 - and all the debt of said republic made receivable for all public dues, are debts of Texas for which the duties on imports are specially pledged, and that releases of all claims against the United States for or on account of such debts should be filed in the Treasury Department of the United States before
Side 139 - Lands reserved heretofore by Congress shall be subject only to the right of way hereby granted. The remaining lands of the United States, within six miles of the line of the road, shall not be sold for less than double the minimum price of the public lands. The
Side 138 - the direction of the Secretary of War. January 7, 1853. No. 8. Ch. XVIII. An Act making Appropriations for the Payment of Invalid and other Pensions of the United States for the Year

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