White and Black: The Outcome of a Visit to the United StatesR. Worthington, 1879 - 420 страници |
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... sort of guide and handbook to others contemplating a similar tour ; and that those interested in the position of the coloured population , and the political and industrial questions arising out of it , may find a good deal which has not ...
... sort of guide and handbook to others contemplating a similar tour ; and that those interested in the position of the coloured population , and the political and industrial questions arising out of it , may find a good deal which has not ...
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... sort of molasses for domestic use is ordinarily obtained . The American tobacco is principally grown in the Central States ; still to a large extent in Virginia , but even more in Kentucky and Tennessee , and farther west , and now a ...
... sort of molasses for domestic use is ordinarily obtained . The American tobacco is principally grown in the Central States ; still to a large extent in Virginia , but even more in Kentucky and Tennessee , and farther west , and now a ...
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... sort of market - gardens of high culture . And , without touch- ing upon political subjects , I must venture to hope that our Government will not be led into any re- striction upon the importation of cattle , which would have the effect ...
... sort of market - gardens of high culture . And , without touch- ing upon political subjects , I must venture to hope that our Government will not be led into any re- striction upon the importation of cattle , which would have the effect ...
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... sort of fine ladies one sees in foreign hotels on the Continent of Europe . Perhaps the truth is that these people are the oldest Americans , who have brought down most completely the provincial peculiarities which they carried with ...
... sort of fine ladies one sees in foreign hotels on the Continent of Europe . Perhaps the truth is that these people are the oldest Americans , who have brought down most completely the provincial peculiarities which they carried with ...
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... sort of cosmopolitan English character . I found that in many parts of the States the common labouring man used language which I could not dis- tinguish from that of a tolerably educated man of the same class in these islands . I might ...
... sort of cosmopolitan English character . I found that in many parts of the States the common labouring man used language which I could not dis- tinguish from that of a tolerably educated man of the same class in these islands . I might ...
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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.