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... township of St. Marie was organized , embracing that part of the country to which the Indian title was extinguished , lying east of Iroquars point , and being the east end of the present county . This was the condition of that county ...
... township of St. Marie was organized , embracing that part of the country to which the Indian title was extinguished , lying east of Iroquars point , and being the east end of the present county . This was the condition of that county ...
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Michigan. Legislature. No township organization seems to have been authorized , or to have existed in fact , in Houghton county , at the time of the elec- tion . At the last session of the legislature , the counties of Schoolcraft ...
Michigan. Legislature. No township organization seems to have been authorized , or to have existed in fact , in Houghton county , at the time of the elec- tion . At the last session of the legislature , the counties of Schoolcraft ...
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... township board , in holding an election , and making a canvass of the votes . Mina Turrell was ap- pointed by the board to take the canvass to Chippewa , and a certi- fied copy of it delivered to him for that purpose . It also appears ...
... township board , in holding an election , and making a canvass of the votes . Mina Turrell was ap- pointed by the board to take the canvass to Chippewa , and a certi- fied copy of it delivered to him for that purpose . It also appears ...
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... townships there . If , then , Houghton may be attached to Chippewa , the law of last session does so attach it , and therefore it is a legal district , and must hold a district canvass in order to comply with the forms of the law ...
... townships there . If , then , Houghton may be attached to Chippewa , the law of last session does so attach it , and therefore it is a legal district , and must hold a district canvass in order to comply with the forms of the law ...
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... township organization . Aside from the kind of proof offered and taken by the commit- tee , the most important , and indeed , the great question in this case is , whether the citizens of Houghton county could use their constitution- al ...
... township organization . Aside from the kind of proof offered and taken by the commit- tee , the most important , and indeed , the great question in this case is , whether the citizens of Houghton county could use their constitution- al ...
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Page 20 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 5 - Article, of sending and receiving ambassadors; entering into treaties and alliances, provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made, whereby the legislative power of the respective States shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners, as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any species of goods or commodities whatsoever...
Page 3 - 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 21 - Congress shall have power to exercise 'exclusive legislation' in all 'cases whatsoever' over all places purchased by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings.
Page 6 - no tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State," and "no preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over those of another; nor shall vessels bound to or from one State be obliged to enter, clear or pay duties in another.
Page 17 - ... whatsoever over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection efforts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings...
Page 4 - No state shall lay any imposts or duties, which may interfere with any stipulations in treaties, entered into by the United States in congress assembled, with any king, prince or state, in pursuance of any treaties already proposed by congress, to the courts of France and Spain.
Page 17 - Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district, (not exceeding ten miles square,) as may, by cession of particular States and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the government of the United States...
Page 11 - Having now shown what is the restriction imposed on the power by the terms "among the States," your committee will next proceed to consider what power is conferred on Congress within that restriction by the terms "to regulate commerce." They are of the opinion, after due reflection, that they confer on it all the powers which, by a fair interpretation, belonged to them, as fully as the States themselves possessed it, except such, if there be any, as may be prohibited by the Constitution from being...
Page 3 - The seat of government for this state shall be at Detroit, or at such other place or places as may be prescribed by law, until the year eighteen hundred and fortyseven, when it shall be permanently located by the legislature.