Illinois, Historical and Statistical, Comprising the Essential Facts of Its Planting and Growth as a Province, County, Territory, and State: Derived from the Most Authentic Sources, Including Original Documents and Papers. Together with Carefully Prepared Statistical TablesFergus Printing Company, 1889 - 1316 من الصفحات |
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... killed and over one hundred wounded and maimed . Nearly one hundred houses were totally wrecked , including the court- house , the loss of property being estimated at a quarter of a million of dollars . But what in many respects was the ...
... killed and over one hundred wounded and maimed . Nearly one hundred houses were totally wrecked , including the court- house , the loss of property being estimated at a quarter of a million of dollars . But what in many respects was the ...
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... killed and twenty - four injured in various degrees . The freaks of this storm were more numerous and astonish- ing than those of any other heretofore known . The feathered occupants of the barn - yard were rudely lifted from their ...
... killed and twenty - four injured in various degrees . The freaks of this storm were more numerous and astonish- ing than those of any other heretofore known . The feathered occupants of the barn - yard were rudely lifted from their ...
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... kill all we wanted . " But although there are yet left the squirrel , rabbit , raccoon , opossum , and pigeon , inviting the sportsman to wood and field , the great flocks of geese and ducks which formerly nested within the State now ...
... kill all we wanted . " But although there are yet left the squirrel , rabbit , raccoon , opossum , and pigeon , inviting the sportsman to wood and field , the great flocks of geese and ducks which formerly nested within the State now ...
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... killing twelve hun- dred and driving the rest beyond the Mississippi , with a loss of only thirty men . Further particulars of this foray will be given hereafter . The French having established themselves at the Rock , which they had ...
... killing twelve hun- dred and driving the rest beyond the Mississippi , with a loss of only thirty men . Further particulars of this foray will be given hereafter . The French having established themselves at the Rock , which they had ...
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... kill the cattle , and make off with the the horses , before an alarm could be given . The French were unable to influence , much less to tame , them . Superior to surrounding tribes in energy and intelli- gence , they were the ...
... kill the cattle , and make off with the the horses , before an alarm could be given . The French were unable to influence , much less to tame , them . Superior to surrounding tribes in energy and intelli- gence , they were the ...
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الصفحة 517 - 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...
الصفحة 538 - Every person within this state ought to find a certain remedy by having recourse to the laws, for all injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property or character, he ought to obtain right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it, completely and without denial, promptly and without delay, conformably to the laws.
الصفحة 518 - 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.
الصفحة 529 - The legislative authority of this state shall be vested in a general assembly, which shall consist of a senate and house of representatives, both to be elected by the people.
الصفحة 515 - Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid that the estates both of resident and nonresident 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...
الصفحة 516 - 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.
الصفحة 517 - The general assembly, or legislature, shall consist of the governor, legislative council, and a house of representatives. The legislative council shall consist of five members, to continue in office five years, unless sooner removed by Congress, any three of whom to be...
الصفحة 521 - The middle state shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from Post Vincents to the Ohio, by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami, to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.
الصفحة 516 - For the prevention of crimes and injuries the laws to be adopted or made shall have force in all parts of the district and for the execution of process criminal and civil, the governor shall make proper divisions thereof, and he shall proceed from time to time as circumstances may require to lay out the parts of the District in which the indian titles shall have been extinguished into counties and townships subject however to such alterations as may thereafter be made by the legislature...
الصفحة 537 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience; and that no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious establishments or modes of worship.