Report of the Debates and Proceedings of the Convention for the Revision of the Constitution of the State of Ohio, 1850-51, Volume 1S. Medary, printer to the convention, 1851 |
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... thing over that he considered would be , in common of the Convention a copy - that might be very well - parlance , " our little stealings in . " He thought that and a copy to every member of the last Legislature , and whatever amount of ...
... thing over that he considered would be , in common of the Convention a copy - that might be very well - parlance , " our little stealings in . " He thought that and a copy to every member of the last Legislature , and whatever amount of ...
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... thing could be conveniently done , so anxious am I to bring the enactment of laws to the test of public opinion . For , I declare to you , Mr. Chairman , I have no confidence in the infallibility of legislative bodies . I am not willing ...
... thing could be conveniently done , so anxious am I to bring the enactment of laws to the test of public opinion . For , I declare to you , Mr. Chairman , I have no confidence in the infallibility of legislative bodies . I am not willing ...
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... thing known , as a legisla- tive body , elected for periods of one and two years , disposed to trample upon popular rights . There may be hasty and even corrupt legislation , but the remedy always comes with another election . There is ...
... thing known , as a legisla- tive body , elected for periods of one and two years , disposed to trample upon popular rights . There may be hasty and even corrupt legislation , but the remedy always comes with another election . There is ...
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... thing other than a self - acting system . So far as apportionment includes the division into districts , and that is the most material thing , this plan simply transfers that power from the Legislature to the local authorities . It is ...
... thing other than a self - acting system . So far as apportionment includes the division into districts , and that is the most material thing , this plan simply transfers that power from the Legislature to the local authorities . It is ...
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... thing of the kind . By the ratio pro- posed , if the country had now thirty thousand in pop- ulation , it would be entitled to one Representative , in ten years to two - thirds , and in twenty years , to one- third of a Representative ...
... thing of the kind . By the ratio pro- posed , if the country had now thirty thousand in pop- ulation , it would be entitled to one Representative , in ten years to two - thirds , and in twenty years , to one- third of a Representative ...
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Page 16 - The legislatures of those districts, or new States, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States, in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bonafide purchasers.
Page 15 - Federal debts, contracted or to be contracted, and a proportional part of the expenses of government, to be apportioned on them by Congress, according to the same common rule and measure by which apportionments thereof shall be made on the other states...
Page 14 - It shall be his duty to keep and preserve the acts and laws passed by the legislature, and the public records of the district, and the proceedings of the governor in his executive department, and transmit authentic copies of such acts and proceedings every six months to the secretary of Congress.
Page 15 - The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the Legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Page 15 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and in their property, rights, and liberty they never shall be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall from time to time be made for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Page 14 - That the estates both of resident and non-resident proprietors in the said territory, dying intestate, shall descend to and be distributed among their children and the descendants of a deceased child in equal parts ; the descendants of a deceased child or grandchild to take the share of their deceased parent in equal parts among them ; and where there shall be no children or descendants, then in equal parts to the next of kin, in equal degree...
Page 16 - The middle State shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from post Vincents to the Ohio; by the Ohio, by direct line drawn due North from the mouth of the great Miami to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.
Page 14 - Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the estates, both of resident and non-resident proprietors in the said territory, dying intestate, shall descend to, and be distributed among their children, and the descendants of a deceased child, in equal parts; the descendants of a deceased child...
Page 15 - The said territory, and the States which may be formed therein, shall forever remain a part of this confederacy of the United States of America, subject to the Articles of Confederation, and to such alterations therein as shall be constitutionally made; and to all the acts and ordinances of the United States in Congress assembled, conformable thereto.
Page 14 - There shall be appointed from time to time by Congress a secretary, whose commission shall continue in force for four years, unless sooner revoked; he shall reside in the district and have a freehold estate therein in five hundred acres of land while in the exercise of his office...