The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year ..., Volume 31Gray and Bowen, 1860 - Almanacs, American |
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... Prisons , & c See States . Letters , Registration of ... ... . ........................... . Leviathan , The ... Libraries , College Lien Law in District of Columbia Lighthouse Board Loomis on Law of Storms . Louisiana Mahometan ...
... Prisons , & c See States . Letters , Registration of ... ... . ........................... . Leviathan , The ... Libraries , College Lien Law in District of Columbia Lighthouse Board Loomis on Law of Storms . Louisiana Mahometan ...
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... Prison . Number of convicts Oct. 1 , 1856 , 90 ; received since from State courts , 48 ; from U. S. courts , 15 ; runaway slaves , 4 ; in all , 67 ; making the whole number 157 . There have been discharged of State prisoners , - by ...
... Prison . Number of convicts Oct. 1 , 1856 , 90 ; received since from State courts , 48 ; from U. S. courts , 15 ; runaway slaves , 4 ; in all , 67 ; making the whole number 157 . There have been discharged of State prisoners , - by ...
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... Prison , 51,744.99 Printing , 169,564.80 83,054.58 60,500.93 Insane Asylum , 90,106.31 Billiard and bowling licenses , . • 10,977.88 Hospital purposes , 10,224.46 Peddlers ' licenses , • 12,452.44 School purposes , · · 67,750.67 Other ...
... Prison , 51,744.99 Printing , 169,564.80 83,054.58 60,500.93 Insane Asylum , 90,106.31 Billiard and bowling licenses , . • 10,977.88 Hospital purposes , 10,224.46 Peddlers ' licenses , • 12,452.44 School purposes , · · 67,750.67 Other ...
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... Prison . At San Quentin , Marin County , 12 miles north of San Francisco . March 26 , 1856 , the prison , property , labor of prisoners , & c . was let to James M. Estell for five years , the State to pay him the sum of $ 10,000 a month ...
... Prison . At San Quentin , Marin County , 12 miles north of San Francisco . March 26 , 1856 , the prison , property , labor of prisoners , & c . was let to James M. Estell for five years , the State to pay him the sum of $ 10,000 a month ...
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... Prison , Quartermaster - General's Departm . , Public buildings and institutions , 1,800.00 From forfeited bonds , & c . , 3,439.88 Military commutation tax , 300.00 Bonus from Banks , 3,845.51 Loans $ 65,000 , and Mis . $ 377.06 ...
... Prison , Quartermaster - General's Departm . , Public buildings and institutions , 1,800.00 From forfeited bonds , & c . , 3,439.88 Military commutation tax , 300.00 Bonus from Banks , 3,845.51 Loans $ 65,000 , and Mis . $ 377.06 ...
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Page 132 - ... a person who makes, alters, or repairs any article of personal property, at the request of the owner, or legal possessor of the property, has a lien on the same for his reasonable charges for the balance due for such work done and materials furnished, and may retain possession of the same until the charges are paid...
Page 187 - Interior, by adding to the whole number of free persons in all the States, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other persons.
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Page 287 - SECTION 1. The judicial power of the state shall be vested in a supreme court, district courts, courts of probate, justices of the peace, and such other courts, inferior to the supreme court, as the legislature may from time to time establish by a two.thirds vote.
Page 89 - Presidential term of four years, since the establishment of the government of the United States under the Constitution, began on the 4th of March, 1857; and it will expire on the 3d of March, 1861.
Page 174 - The establishment of private expresses for the conveyance of any letters, packets, or packages of letters, or other matter transmissible in the United States mail (newspapers, pamphlets, magazines, and periodicals excepted), from one city, town, or other place, to any other city, town, or place in the United States, between which the United States mail is regularly transported, is prohibited, but letters, &c.
Page 319 - No tax shall be levied except in pursuance of law; and every law imposing a tax shall state distinctly the object of the same, to which only it shall be applied. Sec. 6. The State shall never contract any debt for purposes of internal improvement.
Page 230 - The judges are elected by the General Assembly, by a joint vote of both houses, for eight years. The Circuit Court has original jurisdiction over all criminal cases not...