Wisconsin and Its Resources: With Lake Superior, Its Commerce and Navigation. Including a Trip Up the Mississipi, and a Canoe Voyage on the St. Croix and Brulé Rivers to Lake Superior. To which are Appended, the Constitution of the State [etc.] |
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... Cleveland , Ohio , indicates over 53 per cent . of iron . " The richness of the iron veins in this district , and along the Lake Superior shores , cannot be correctly known , until more mines are opened . But more encouraging and ...
... Cleveland , Ohio , indicates over 53 per cent . of iron . " The richness of the iron veins in this district , and along the Lake Superior shores , cannot be correctly known , until more mines are opened . But more encouraging and ...
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... Cleveland , Detroit , and Lake Supe- rior Line . From Cleveland to Detroit ............ Fort Gratiot ................ 130 130 70 200 MILES . Pointe au Barques ..... 85 285 Thunder Bay ... Presque Island 70 355 , 80 430 Sault St. Marie ...
... Cleveland , Detroit , and Lake Supe- rior Line . From Cleveland to Detroit ............ Fort Gratiot ................ 130 130 70 200 MILES . Pointe au Barques ..... 85 285 Thunder Bay ... Presque Island 70 355 , 80 430 Sault St. Marie ...
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... Cleveland . The first definite information in regard to the mineral resources of Lake Superior , was published in 1841 , by Dr. Douglas Houghton , Geologist to the State of Michigan ; and his report did more than anything else to awaken ...
... Cleveland . The first definite information in regard to the mineral resources of Lake Superior , was published in 1841 , by Dr. Douglas Houghton , Geologist to the State of Michigan ; and his report did more than anything else to awaken ...
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... Cleveland . " There are other valuable copper mines on Eagle river . The North American Company , which has one end of the cliff vein , called the south cliff mine , and another , on which their mining operations commenced some years ...
... Cleveland . " There are other valuable copper mines on Eagle river . The North American Company , which has one end of the cliff vein , called the south cliff mine , and another , on which their mining operations commenced some years ...
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... Cleveland Company's location . It rises in an oblong knob to the height of one hundred and eighty feet above the sur- rounding country , and one thousand and thirty - nine feet above Lake Superior , being the culminating point on that ...
... Cleveland Company's location . It rises in an oblong knob to the height of one hundred and eighty feet above the sur- rounding country , and one thousand and thirty - nine feet above Lake Superior , being the culminating point on that ...
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Page 284 - The Governor shall have the power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction, for all offenses except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations as he may think proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons.
Page 294 - All city, town and village officers, whose election or appointment is not provided for by this Constitution, shall be elected by the electors of such cities, towns and villages, or of some division thereof, or appointed by such authorities thereof, as the Legislature shall designate for that purpose.
Page 285 - ... shall enter the objections at large upon the journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of the members present shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the...
Page 290 - ... the five hundred thousand acres of land to which the state is entitled by the provisions of an act of congress, entitled "An act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the public lands...
Page 281 - 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 bona fide purchasers. No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
Page 291 - On the final passage, in either house of the Legislature, of any act which imposes, continues or revives a tax, or creates a debt or charge, or makes, continues or revives any appropriation of public or trust money...
Page 287 - The Circuit Courts shall have original jurisdiction in all matters, civil and criminal, within this State, not excepted in this Constitution, and not hereafter prohibited by law, an appellate jurisdiction from all inferior courts and tribunals, and a supervisory control over the same.
Page 284 - In case of the impeachment of the governor, or his removal from office, death, inability from mental or physical disease, resignation, or absence from the state...
Page 284 - He shall annually communicate to the legislature each case of reprieve, commutation, or pardon granted, stating the name of the convict, the crime of which he was convicted, the sentence and its date, and the date of the commutation, pardon, or reprieve, with his reasons for granting the same.
Page 282 - ... business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide. Section 8. Each house may determine the rules of its own proceedings, punish for contempt and disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members elected, expel a member, but no member shall be expelled a second time for the same cause.