White and Black: The Outcome of a Visit to the United StatesR. Worthington, 1879 - 420 страници |
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... heard , successfully established as independent small farmers . There was an outbreak of yellow fever , and I did not visit Mississippi and Louisiana ; but I have several times mentioned the former State , as that in which the practice ...
... heard , successfully established as independent small farmers . There was an outbreak of yellow fever , and I did not visit Mississippi and Louisiana ; but I have several times mentioned the former State , as that in which the practice ...
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... heard so much of the extremely new character of the trees and animals of Australasia , and other distant countries - of trees without leaves , and animals that walk chiefly by the aid of their tails that I had expected in America also ...
... heard so much of the extremely new character of the trees and animals of Australasia , and other distant countries - of trees without leaves , and animals that walk chiefly by the aid of their tails that I had expected in America also ...
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... heard a great many prophecies of the terrible things which would happen when these poor helpless children were set free . Mr. Anthony Trollope , whom I have mentioned , is one of the most lugubrious of the prophets . They were to die ...
... heard a great many prophecies of the terrible things which would happen when these poor helpless children were set free . Mr. Anthony Trollope , whom I have mentioned , is one of the most lugubrious of the prophets . They were to die ...
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... heard of their popular " Yankeeisms , " which are supposed to give us a fair specimen of the American people ; but what I found when I went there was , that the peculiarities of language and other- wise which had been held out to us as ...
... heard of their popular " Yankeeisms , " which are supposed to give us a fair specimen of the American people ; but what I found when I went there was , that the peculiarities of language and other- wise which had been held out to us as ...
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... heard a story of my friend Mr. Holmes , the Member for Paisley , who made a tour in the United States , and when he got to Chicago he was very anxious to see a typical American , with his slouched hat , big boots , belt with revolver ...
... heard a story of my friend Mr. Holmes , the Member for Paisley , who made a tour in the United States , and when he got to Chicago he was very anxious to see a typical American , with his slouched hat , big boots , belt with revolver ...
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Страница 407 - No county, city, township, school district or other municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Страница 404 - All laws relating to courts shall be general, and of uniform operation; and the organization, jurisdiction, powers, proceedings and practice of all courts of the same class or grade, so far as regulated by law, and the force and effect of the process, judgments and decrees of such courts, severally, shall be uniform.
Страница 412 - No railroad corporation shall consolidate its stock, property or franchises with any other railroad corporation owning a parallel or competing line; and in no case shall any consolidation take place except upon public notice given, of at least sixty days, to all stockholders, in such manner as may be provided by law.
Страница 412 - And the general assembly shall, from time to time, pass laws establishing reasonable maximum rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freight on the different railroads in this state.
Страница 405 - ... property — such value to be ascertained by some person or persons, to be elected or appointed in such manner as the general assembly shall direct, and not otherwise...
Страница 394 - ... ]N"o such law shall take effect until it shall, at a general election, have been submitted to the people, and have received a majority of all the votes cast for and against it at such election.
Страница 385 - That, in all capital or criminal prosecutions, a man hath a right to demand the cause and nature of his accusation, to be confronted with the accusers and witnesses, to call for evidence in his favor, and to a speedy trial by an impartial jury of his vicinage, without whose unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty...
Страница 384 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, •with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Страница 412 - ... shall be recorded the amount of capital stock subscribed, and by whom: the names of the owners of its stock, and the amounts owned by them respectively: the amount of stock paid in. and by whom: the transfers of said stock, the amount of its assets and liabilities, and the names and place of residence of its officers.
Страница 399 - ... he shall return it, with his objections, to the house in which it shall have originated, which house shall enter the objections at large upon its journal, and proceed to reconsider the bill.