The American Annual Cyclopędia and Register of Important Events of the Year, Volume 6D. Appleton and Company, 1868 |
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... execution , except on debts due the State , for two years , and then to give the party one year longer in which to pay off the debt in three equal instalments . A new penal code was also adopted at this session , making no distinction ...
... execution , except on debts due the State , for two years , and then to give the party one year longer in which to pay off the debt in three equal instalments . A new penal code was also adopted at this session , making no distinction ...
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... execution of law , and to protect life and property against the acts of those who , as yet , will acknowledge no law but force . This class has proved to be much smaller than could have been expected after such a conflict . It has ...
... execution of law , and to protect life and property against the acts of those who , as yet , will acknowledge no law but force . This class has proved to be much smaller than could have been expected after such a conflict . It has ...
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... execute sentences in time of peace , and that such cases can no longer be summarily dis- posed of without a reference to the Executive , will also require from the bureau a very con- siderable number of reports which heretofore have not ...
... execute sentences in time of peace , and that such cases can no longer be summarily dis- posed of without a reference to the Executive , will also require from the bureau a very con- siderable number of reports which heretofore have not ...
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... execute the military orders that had recently been given by her . In a note of April 18th Aus- tria declared her readiness to disarm on a fixed day ( April 25th ) if she could rely upon the same conduct on the part of Prussia . The ...
... execute the military orders that had recently been given by her . In a note of April 18th Aus- tria declared her readiness to disarm on a fixed day ( April 25th ) if she could rely upon the same conduct on the part of Prussia . The ...
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... execution of the present de- Signed by the Emperor and by the Minister of Foreign Affairs , Antonio Coelho de Sa e Albu- querque . cree . PALACE OF RIO DE JANEIRO , Dec. 7 , 1866 . The Amazon runs through the very centre of Brazil , and ...
... execution of the present de- Signed by the Emperor and by the Minister of Foreign Affairs , Antonio Coelho de Sa e Albu- querque . cree . PALACE OF RIO DE JANEIRO , Dec. 7 , 1866 . The Amazon runs through the very centre of Brazil , and ...
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Page 189 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears Him in the wind; His soul proud Science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Page 201 - That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...
Page 125 - I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have neither sought nor accepted nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States...
Page 314 - ... condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 146 - Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both houses concurring) : That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several States as an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States...
Page 194 - An Act to protect all persons in the United States in their civil rights, and furnish the Means of their Vindication.
Page 157 - The fourth section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States provides that the United States shall guarantee to every State in the Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and on the application of the legislature or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
Page 182 - ... of these provisions is just. They are all asserted, in some form or other, in our DECLARATION or organic law. But the Constitution limits only the action of Congress, and is not a limitation on the States. This amendment supplies that defect, and allows Congress to correct the unjust legislation of the States, so far that the law which operates upon one man shall operate equally upon all.
Page 194 - We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and that to secure these rights governments are instituted among men deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
Page 224 - The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives are prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but Congress may at any time by law alter such regulations, or make new ones, except as to the places of choosing senators.