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... June 23 , 1786. Read , considered , and agreed to . THO . MCDONOUGH , Speaker . Extract from the Minutes . JAS . BOOTH , Cl'k of Assembly . COMMISSIONERS FOR WESTERN BOUNDARY LINE TO COUN- CIL , 1786 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1786 . 25.
... June 23 , 1786. Read , considered , and agreed to . THO . MCDONOUGH , Speaker . Extract from the Minutes . JAS . BOOTH , Cl'k of Assembly . COMMISSIONERS FOR WESTERN BOUNDARY LINE TO COUN- CIL , 1786 PENNSYLVANIA ARCHIVES 1786 . 25.
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... read on the occasion we have alluded to ; and a copy of the Resolution of Congress on the appli- cation of Mr Sullivan . We have the honor to be very respectfully , Your Excellency's most obedient , & most humble servants . CHA . PETTIT ...
... read on the occasion we have alluded to ; and a copy of the Resolution of Congress on the appli- cation of Mr Sullivan . We have the honor to be very respectfully , Your Excellency's most obedient , & most humble servants . CHA . PETTIT ...
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... read June 12 , 1783. Deposition of Benja . Spyker taken before Mr Levan of Reading , Subject of a conversation with Serjeant Nagle . * 8. A Copy of a Letter from James Christie to the Suprm Ex . Council of Pens , and a Copy of a ...
... read June 12 , 1783. Deposition of Benja . Spyker taken before Mr Levan of Reading , Subject of a conversation with Serjeant Nagle . * 8. A Copy of a Letter from James Christie to the Suprm Ex . Council of Pens , and a Copy of a ...
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... read , it was moved that the same be referred to the Board to take order . This was thought to be the best mode of disposing of the Business , as it would restore the matter to the original Footing on which it stood on the first act of ...
... read , it was moved that the same be referred to the Board to take order . This was thought to be the best mode of disposing of the Business , as it would restore the matter to the original Footing on which it stood on the first act of ...
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... Read to the people , what fue there was , the votes of the Susquehanna Company , who met of late , and desired that the people would adopt them by passing them into votes hear , on this the settlers withdrew all to a very fue ...
... Read to the people , what fue there was , the votes of the Susquehanna Company , who met of late , and desired that the people would adopt them by passing them into votes hear , on this the settlers withdrew all to a very fue ...
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Page 158 - ... hereafter shall be formed in the said territory; to provide also for the establishment of states, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original states, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest...
Page 158 - And, for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory...
Page 157 - ... two hundred acres of land within the same: Provided, also, That a freehold in fifty acres of land in the district, having been a citizen of one of the States, and being resident in the district, or the like freehold and two years' residence in the district, shall be necessary to qualify a man as an elector of a Representative.
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Page 156 - Previous to the organization of the general assembly, the governor shall appoint such magistrates and other civil officers, in each county or township, as he shall find necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order in the same.
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Page 155 - 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. There shall also be appointed a court, to consist of three judges, any two of whom to form a court, who shall have a common law jurisdiction...
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