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... Congress , under a power somewhat similar to the one under con- sideration , apportioned the representatives among the several States , and the States almost unanimously adopted the single district system . The power in the constitution ...
... Congress , under a power somewhat similar to the one under con- sideration , apportioned the representatives among the several States , and the States almost unanimously adopted the single district system . The power in the constitution ...
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... Congress from the year 1785 , down to the present time , the first of which was an ordi- nance passed by the old Congress on the 20th of May , 1785 , to as- certain the manner of disposing of the lands in the 1 LEGISLATURE , SENATE DOC ...
... Congress from the year 1785 , down to the present time , the first of which was an ordi- nance passed by the old Congress on the 20th of May , 1785 , to as- certain the manner of disposing of the lands in the 1 LEGISLATURE , SENATE DOC ...
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... Congress shall here- after direct . " These provisions were applicable to all that part of the United States and its territories not included in the original thir- teen states to which the Indian title had been extinguished , the same ...
... Congress shall here- after direct . " These provisions were applicable to all that part of the United States and its territories not included in the original thir- teen states to which the Indian title had been extinguished , the same ...
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... Congress . What that subsequent action has been , your committee propose briefly to recapitulate . By the act of Congress , of 7th May , 1800 , the North - western ter ritory , including that portion of the United States North - west of ...
... Congress . What that subsequent action has been , your committee propose briefly to recapitulate . By the act of Congress , of 7th May , 1800 , the North - western ter ritory , including that portion of the United States North - west of ...
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... Congress relative to the public lands , that all mineral reservations , except as to lead and salt springs , have not been claimed or exerci- sed , save as to the leases of portions of the copper regions of Lake Superior , within the ...
... Congress relative to the public lands , that all mineral reservations , except as to lead and salt springs , have not been claimed or exerci- sed , save as to the leases of portions of the copper regions of Lake Superior , within the ...
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Página 3 - ... remain a permanent fund, the interest of which shall be applied to the support of said university, with such branches as the public convenience may demand, for the promotion of literature, the arts and sciences, as may be authorized by the terms of such grant. And it shall be the duty of the legislature as soon as may be. to provide effectual means for the improvement and permanent security of the funds of said university.
Página 9 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
Página 3 - The inhabitants of the said territory shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature; and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law.
Página 8 - It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original States and the people and States in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Página 13 - When the Revolution took place the people of each State became themselves sovereign, and in that character hold the absolute right to all their navigable waters, and the soils under them, for their own common use, subject only to the rights since surrendered by the Constitution to the general government.
Página 1 - States, such stipulation would have been void and inoperative, because the United States have no constitutional capacity to exercise municipal jurisdiction, sovereignty, or eminent domain within the limits of a State or elsewhere, except in the cases in which it is expressly granted.
Página 14 - By the preceding course of reasoning we have arrived at these general conclusions.: First, the shores of navigable waters, and the soils under them, were not granted by the Constitution to the United States, but were reserved to the States respectively. Secondly, the new States have the same rights, sovereignty, and jurisdiction over this subject as the original States.
Página 7 - September last ; that is to say, upon condition that the territory so ceded shall be laid out and formed Into states, containing a suitable extent of territory, not less than one hundred nor more than one hundred and fifty miles square...
Página 10 - We think a proper examination of this subject will show, that the United States never held any municipal sovereignty, jurisdiction or right of soil, in. and to the territory of which Alabama or any of the new States were formed ; except for temporary purposes, and to execute the trusts created by the acts of the Virginia and Georgia legislatures, and the deeds of cession executed by them to the United States, and the trust created by the treaty with the French Republic of the 30th of April, 1803,...
Página 3 - An act granting two townships of land for the use of a university in the Territory of Iowa," are hereby granted and conveyed to the State, to be appropriated solely to the use and support of such university, in such manner as the legislature may prescribe.