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... entitled to vote at the of voters . first election , and shall be eligible to any office within the said Territory ; but the qualifications of voters , and of holding office , at all subsequent elections , shall be such as shall be ...
... entitled to vote at the of voters . first election , and shall be eligible to any office within the said Territory ; but the qualifications of voters , and of holding office , at all subsequent elections , shall be such as shall be ...
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... entitled " An act respecting fugitives from justice , and persons escaping from the service of their masters , " approved February twelfth , seventeen hundred and ninety - three , and the provisions of the act entitled " An act to amend ...
... entitled " An act respecting fugitives from justice , and persons escaping from the service of their masters , " approved February twelfth , seventeen hundred and ninety - three , and the provisions of the act entitled " An act to amend ...
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... entitled to receive three dollars each per day , of during their attendance at the sessions thereof , and three dollars each for every twenty miles travel in going to and returning from the said sessions , estimated according to the ...
... entitled to receive three dollars each per day , of during their attendance at the sessions thereof , and three dollars each for every twenty miles travel in going to and returning from the said sessions , estimated according to the ...
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... entitled to the same rights and privileges as are exercised and enjoyed by the delegates from the several other territories of the United States to the said House of Representatives , but the delegate first elected shall hold his seat ...
... entitled to the same rights and privileges as are exercised and enjoyed by the delegates from the several other territories of the United States to the said House of Representatives , but the delegate first elected shall hold his seat ...
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... entitled " An Act to provide for the taking a Census and Election of Delegates to a Convention , " passed February 19 , A.D. 1857. An Act to provide for an Election on the submission of the Lecompton Constitution . RESOLUTIONS ...
... entitled " An Act to provide for the taking a Census and Election of Delegates to a Convention , " passed February 19 , A.D. 1857. An Act to provide for an Election on the submission of the Lecompton Constitution . RESOLUTIONS ...
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Page 83 - The court may, before, or after judgment, in furtherance of justice, and on such terms as may be proper, amend any pleading, process, or proceeding, by adding or striking out the name of any party, or by correcting a mistake in the name of a party, or a mistake in any other respect...
Page 10 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States...
Page 7 - Writs of error and appeals from the final decisions of said supreme court shall be allowed, and may be taken to the Supreme Court of the United States, in the same manner and under the same regulations as from the circuit courts of the United States...
Page 78 - ... 2. A statement of any new matter constituting a defense or counterclaim, in ordinary and concise language, without repetition." See. 171. The counterclaim mentioned in the last section must be one existing in favor of a defendant and against a plaintiff, between whom a several judgment might be had in the action, and arising out of one of the following causes of action: "1.
Page 107 - The verdict of a jury is either general or special. A general verdict Is that by which they pronounce generally upon all or any of the issues, either in favor of the plaintiff or defendant: a special verdict is that by which the jury find the facts only, leaving the judgment to the court.
Page 10 - the Constitution and all laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory of Nebraska, as elsewhere within the United States...
Page 77 - The defendant may demur to the complaint within the time required in the summons to answer, when it appears upon the face thereof, either: 1. That the court has no jurisdiction of the person of the defendant, or the subject of the action; 2.
Page 161 - The writ of mandamus may be denominated the writ of mandate.— 1873-345. 1085. It may be issued by any court, except a justice's or police court, to any inferior tribunal, corporation, board, or person, to compel the performance of an act which the law specially enjoins, as a duty resulting from an office, trust, or station...
Page 6 - 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 106 - The jury must also, at each adjournment of the court, whether permitted to separate or kept in charge of officers, be admonished by the court that it is their duty not to converse among themselves or with anyone else on any subject connected with the trial, or to form or express any opinion thereon until the cause is finally submitted to them.