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... constitution , and that it contains such municipal regu- lations as it is competent for the Legislature to make . Very respectfully , Your ob't serv't . E. FARNSWORTH , Attorney General . REPORT of Select Committee on Indian Affairs ...
... constitution , and that it contains such municipal regu- lations as it is competent for the Legislature to make . Very respectfully , Your ob't serv't . E. FARNSWORTH , Attorney General . REPORT of Select Committee on Indian Affairs ...
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... constitution - with slight inducement , and still less inclination to make any considerable advances in civilization or the arts , he stands isolated and alone , be- yond the reach of moral suasion , and incapable of personal effort ...
... constitution - with slight inducement , and still less inclination to make any considerable advances in civilization or the arts , he stands isolated and alone , be- yond the reach of moral suasion , and incapable of personal effort ...
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... Constitution , " have had the same un- der consideration , and have directed their chairman to report thereon : That among the general , great and essential principles of liberty and free government , your Committee most fully recognize ...
... Constitution , " have had the same un- der consideration , and have directed their chairman to report thereon : That among the general , great and essential principles of liberty and free government , your Committee most fully recognize ...
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... Constitution , unless its obvious tendency would be , the removal of some pressing evils , or improvements of prime necessity . Entertaining such views , your committee have directed their atten- tion to the proposed amendment , with an ...
... Constitution , unless its obvious tendency would be , the removal of some pressing evils , or improvements of prime necessity . Entertaining such views , your committee have directed their atten- tion to the proposed amendment , with an ...
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Michigan. Legislature. Again , the Governor is to be elected by the Constitution , at the times and places of ... constitutional checks and safeguards thrown for the benefit of the masses around the appointing power of the Executive ...
Michigan. Legislature. Again , the Governor is to be elected by the Constitution , at the times and places of ... constitutional checks and safeguards thrown for the benefit of the masses around the appointing power of the Executive ...
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Page 2 - One method of assault may be to effect, in the forms of the constitution, alterations which will impair the energy of the system, and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown.
Page 47 - But how much nobler will be the Sovereign's boast, when he shall have it to say, that he found law dear, and left it cheap ; found it a sealed book— left it a living letter ; found it the patrimony of the rich — left it the inheritance of the poor ; found it the two-edged sword of craft and oppression — left it the staff of honesty and the shield of innocence...
Page 2 - Towards the preservation of your government, and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite, not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles however specious the pretexts.
Page 1 - And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers ! for ye lade men with burdens, grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
Page 38 - Together with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in any wise appertaining ; and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof...
Page 38 - ... all the estate, right, title, interest, property, possession, claim and demand whatsoever, as well in law as in equity, of the said party of the first part, of, in, and to the same, and every part and parcel thereof, with the appurtenances.
Page 11 - Mr. Nesmith, from the committee on judiciary, to whom was referred that portion of the governor's message relating to the erection of a jail, reported they deemed it inexpedient in the present embarrassed condition of finance, to incur the expense of a jail.
Page 3 - an act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers...
Page 38 - ... have granted, bargained, sold, aliened, remised, released, conveyed and confirmed, and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell, alien, remise, release, convey and confirm...
Page 6 - But if the public interest can be in any way promoted by the taking of private property, it must rest in the wisdom of the legislature to determine whether the benefit to the public will be of sufficient importance to render it expedient for them to exercise the right of eminent domain, and to authorize an interference with the private rights of individuals for that purpose (2 Kent's Com.