The history of Louisiana, Volume 2Lyman and Beardslee, 1829 - Louisiana |
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... alcade ; Alguaził mayor , or high sheriff ; depositary - general , and receiver of fines . The ordinary alcades and attorney - general - syndic , were to be chosen on the first day of every year by the cabildo , and were always re ...
... alcade ; Alguaził mayor , or high sheriff ; depositary - general , and receiver of fines . The ordinary alcades and attorney - general - syndic , were to be chosen on the first day of every year by the cabildo , and were always re ...
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... ordinary alcades presided , and immediately on the adjournment , two regidors went to his house and informed him of what had been done . The ordinary alcades had the first seats in the ca- bildo , immediately after the governor ; and ...
... ordinary alcades presided , and immediately on the adjournment , two regidors went to his house and informed him of what had been done . The ordinary alcades had the first seats in the ca- bildo , immediately after the governor ; and ...
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François Xavier Martin. { and ordinary alcades , were entitled , as such , to fees of office . The king had directed a regiment to be raised in the province , under the style of the Regiment of Louisiana , and had made choice of Don J ...
François Xavier Martin. { and ordinary alcades , were entitled , as such , to fees of office . The king had directed a regiment to be raised in the province , under the style of the Regiment of Louisiana , and had made choice of Don J ...
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... ordinary alcades ; a secretary of the government and one of the intendant ; a treasurer and a contador or comptroller ; a store keeper and a purveyor ; a sur- veyor general ; a harbour master ; an interpreter of the French and English ...
... ordinary alcades ; a secretary of the government and one of the intendant ; a treasurer and a contador or comptroller ; a store keeper and a purveyor ; a sur- veyor general ; a harbour master ; an interpreter of the French and English ...
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... ordinary alcades for the year 1770 . Don Cecilio Odoardo arrived with a commission of auditor of war and assessor of the government ; and Don Joseph de Uristia and Don Felix de Rey sailed for Havana . Meetings of the most notable ...
... ordinary alcades for the year 1770 . Don Cecilio Odoardo arrived with a commission of auditor of war and assessor of the government ; and Don Joseph de Uristia and Don Felix de Rey sailed for Havana . Meetings of the most notable ...
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Page 72 - The navigation of the river Mississippi from its source to the ocean, shall forever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States.
Page 402 - ... holds correspondence with or gives intelligence to the enemy, either directly or indirectly, shall suffer death or such other punishment as a court-martial or military commission may direct.
Page 33 - For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies...
Page 190 - Louisiana, all public lots and squares, vacant lands, and all public buildings, fortifications, barracks, and other edifices which are not private property.
Page 312 - States, and that the river Mississippi, and the navigable rivers and waters leading into the same, or into the Gulf of Mexico, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said State, as to other citizens of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost, or toll, therefor, imposed by the said State.
Page 191 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Page 270 - Some time in the latter part of September I received intimations that designs were in agitation in the Western country unlawful and unfriendly to the peace of the Union, and that the prime mover in these was Aaron Burr, heretofore distinguished by the favor of his country.
Page 175 - Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should he after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Page 72 - ... to the middle of the river Apalachicola, or Catahouche ; thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint river ; thence straight to the head of St. Mary's river ; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's river to the Atlantic ocean.
Page 157 - Chatahouchee, north of the thirty-first degree of north latitude, and south of the cession made to the United States by South Carolina : And also to receive any proposals for the relinquishment or cession of the whole or any part of the other territory claimed by the state of Georgia, and out of the ordinary jurisdiction thereof.