History of Winnebago County and Hancock County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement ...Pioneer publishing Company, 1917 - Hancock County (Iowa) |
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Anderson Avery Township Bailey Bank became Black Hawk board of supervisors Britt Buffalo Center building built capital stock cashier Cerro Gordo County Charles Church civil township clerk cock County Company congressional township Corwith county judge county seat court courthouse Crystal Township district early east election Ell Township Ellington Township erected established farm feet filed Forest City French George Grove Hancock County held incorporated Indians Iowa J. F. Thompson James January John Maben June Kossuth county Lackore Lake Mills land Larson later Lime creek located Louisiana miles Minnesota Mississippi Moines mounds native Norway Township October organized plat prairie present quarter of Section railroad Range 23 regiment River Robert Clark Sacs and Foxes schoolhouse settlement settlers Sioux sold southwest quarter teachers territory Thomas tion town of Garner township 98 treaty tribes United Valley vice president village votes William Winnebago County Wisconsin
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Page 76 - 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 meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 76 - The First Consul of the French republic, desiring to give to the United States a strong proof of his friendship, doth hereby cede to the said United States, in the name of the French republic, forever and in full sovereignty, the said territory with all its rights and appurtenances, as fully and in the same manner as they have been acquired by the French republic, in virtue of the above mentioned treaty, concluded with His Catholic Majesty.
Page 173 - I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth, will probably be to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union...
Page 183 - AMENDMENT 4. That Section 13, of article 5, of the constitution be stricken therefrom and the following adopted as such section: SECTION 13. The qualified electors of each county shall, at the general election in the year 1886, and every two years thereafter, elect a county attorney, who shall be a resident of the county for which he is elected, and who shall hold his office for two years and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified.
Page 172 - Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law : "Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States...
Page 173 - The details for this object will be immediately communicated to the State authorities through the War Department. I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate, and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and existence of our national Union, and the perpetuity of popular government, and to redress wrongs already long enough endured.
Page 77 - French ships coming directly from France or any of her colonies, loaded only with the produce and manufactures of France or her said colonies ; and the ships of Spain coming directly from Spain or any of her colonies, loaded only with the produce or manufactures of Spain or her colonies, shall be admitted during the space of twelve years in the...
Page 256 - These wards, called townships in New England, are the vital principle of their governments, and have proved themselves the wisest invention ever devised by the wit of man for the perfect exercise of self-government, and for its preservation.
Page 76 - Consul shall have been previously obtained, the commissary of the French Republic shall remit all the military posts of New Orleans, and other parts of the ceded territory, to the commissary or commissaries named by the president to take possession ; the troops, whether of France or Spain, who may be there shall cease to occupy any military post from the time of taking possession, and shall be embarked as soon as possible, in the course...
Page 81 - States, shall be of any validity, in law or equity, unless the same be made by treaty, or convention, entered into pursuant to the constitution...