The History and Government of West VirginiaAcme publishing Company, 1901 - 511 pages |
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... institutions of government that may not be without interest and profit to the general reader . Within a very few years educators have come to recognize that the best results are obtained in the teaching of state his- tory and civil ...
... institutions of government that may not be without interest and profit to the general reader . Within a very few years educators have come to recognize that the best results are obtained in the teaching of state his- tory and civil ...
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... institutions of the people . The Indian wars , the Revolution , and the Civil war are considered not with the details ... institution , this part concludes with a brief chapter on educational history . Part II discusses the government of ...
... institutions of the people . The Indian wars , the Revolution , and the Civil war are considered not with the details ... institution , this part concludes with a brief chapter on educational history . Part II discusses the government of ...
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... institutions for carrying on business relating to government by the State , -its schools , reformatories , asylums , prisons , etc. and its boards and commissions for the regula- tion and inspection of other business carried on in the ...
... institutions for carrying on business relating to government by the State , -its schools , reformatories , asylums , prisons , etc. and its boards and commissions for the regula- tion and inspection of other business carried on in the ...
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... institutions are found , it is more than the authors dare hope for , if error has not crept in somewhere . But when found they promise to take it out , not let it stand . They will regard it as an act of kindness in any reader , who may ...
... institutions are found , it is more than the authors dare hope for , if error has not crept in somewhere . But when found they promise to take it out , not let it stand . They will regard it as an act of kindness in any reader , who may ...
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... .. 216 XXII . Industrial History . . . 222 XXIII . Educational History .. 237 PART II . - STATE GOVERNMENT AND INSTITUTIONS . XXIV . Origin of Some Units of Local Government .... 241 XXVI . XXVII . XXVIII . XXIX . CHAPTER XXV.
... .. 216 XXII . Industrial History . . . 222 XXIII . Educational History .. 237 PART II . - STATE GOVERNMENT AND INSTITUTIONS . XXIV . Origin of Some Units of Local Government .... 241 XXVI . XXVII . XXVIII . XXIX . CHAPTER XXV.
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adopted Alleghanies Alleghany Mountains amendment appointed army Auditor authority ballot Barbour County became bill called charter Cheat River chief circuit court citizens civil clerk colonies commissioners committee Confederates Congress Constitution Convention corporation county court delegates district duties election England established executive Fairfax Stone Federal force Fort Duquesne Free Schools ginia Governor Greenbrier Greenbrier River House Indians institution judges jury justice Kanawha Kanawha Valley land legislative Legislature ment miles Monongahela mountains Ohio Ohio River Ordinance Ordinance of Secession organization party passed peace Pendleton County person Potomac President Preston County railroad Randolph County received River roads Secretary Senate session settlements sheriff soldiers South Branch statute Superintendent of Free Supreme Court taxes term territory tion town township Treasury troops Tucker County Union United United States Senator vacancy Valley vote voters West Vir West Virginia Wheeling writ
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Page 163 - The colored citizens of West Virginia exercised the privilege of voting, extended to them by the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, for the first time, at the Fall elections in 1870.