White and Black: The Outcome of a Visit to the United StatesR. Worthington, 1879 - 420 страници |
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... less in the Southern States than . in the North . In fact , the Southern States are especially woody , and it is the quantity of wood that in all the old States makes the extension of cultivation somewhat slow and difficult . The ...
... less in the Southern States than . in the North . In fact , the Southern States are especially woody , and it is the quantity of wood that in all the old States makes the extension of cultivation somewhat slow and difficult . The ...
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... less of it . At one time it was supposed that soon after passing the Missouri they had reached the natural limit in that direction , and that the country was then bounded by a great rainless tract , marked in the map as the great ...
... less of it . At one time it was supposed that soon after passing the Missouri they had reached the natural limit in that direction , and that the country was then bounded by a great rainless tract , marked in the map as the great ...
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... less trouble from bad weather at harvest time than with us . Many crops , maize especially , stand out for long till it is convenient to reap them . In California I believe the wheat is left standing for weeks without injury . I should ...
... less trouble from bad weather at harvest time than with us . Many crops , maize especially , stand out for long till it is convenient to reap them . In California I believe the wheat is left standing for weeks without injury . I should ...
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... less introduced there also . There are a good many grumblers in America , as there are with us -a good many people who complain of the highness of the rates , and who say that they should not CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE . 35 ...
... less introduced there also . There are a good many grumblers in America , as there are with us -a good many people who complain of the highness of the rates , and who say that they should not CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE . 35 ...
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... less than the people of some other countries ; but in this respect the Americans , or at any rate large classes of Americans , much exceed them . The cry there is always for great profits and high wages , but economy of living is not ...
... less than the people of some other countries ; but in this respect the Americans , or at any rate large classes of Americans , much exceed them . The cry there is always for great profits and high wages , but economy of living is not ...
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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.