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... granted by the governor to any private person , for the purpose of residence and cultivation . I have felt it my duty , therefore , to withhold my sanction to any survey including a larger quantity for each grantee , unless it is un ...
... granted by the governor to any private person , for the purpose of residence and cultivation . I have felt it my duty , therefore , to withhold my sanction to any survey including a larger quantity for each grantee , unless it is un ...
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... granted was $ 2,184,307 21. On the 30th day of June , 1870 , there were on the rolls 86,187 invalid military pensioners , whose yearly pensions amounted to $ 7,655,749 52 , and 109,552 widows , orphans , and dependent relatives of ...
... granted was $ 2,184,307 21. On the 30th day of June , 1870 , there were on the rolls 86,187 invalid military pensioners , whose yearly pensions amounted to $ 7,655,749 52 , and 109,552 widows , orphans , and dependent relatives of ...
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... granted ; 55 were sent to the reform school ; 56 were sentenced to the penitentiary at Albany , New York ; 1,267 were released ; and 3 died in jail . The expenses , including the cost of the transportation of pris oners , salaries , & c ...
... granted ; 55 were sent to the reform school ; 56 were sentenced to the penitentiary at Albany , New York ; 1,267 were released ; and 3 died in jail . The expenses , including the cost of the transportation of pris oners , salaries , & c ...
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... granted from the close of the Revolution to the 30th June , 1870 , being equal to 73,463,961 acres . Thirty - seventh . Concessions in aid of internal improvements , giving the status of each and the quantity donated under general and ...
... granted from the close of the Revolution to the 30th June , 1870 , being equal to 73,463,961 acres . Thirty - seventh . Concessions in aid of internal improvements , giving the status of each and the quantity donated under general and ...
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... granted by the Crown to the different colonies . This is by no means of easy accomplishment , owing mainly to two causes : first , the ignorance , in the early history of this hemisphere , of the chorography of the North American ...
... granted by the Crown to the different colonies . This is by no means of easy accomplishment , owing mainly to two causes : first , the ignorance , in the early history of this hemisphere , of the chorography of the North American ...
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Page 22 - ... may be conveyed by lease and release or bargain and sale signed, sealed and delivered by the person being of full age in whom the estate may be and attested by two witnesses...
Page 22 - That the estates both of resident and non-resident proprietors in the said territory dying intestate shall descend to and be distributed among their children and the descendants of a deceased child in equal parts ; the descendants of a deceased child or grandchild to take the share of their deceased parent in equal parts among them; and where there shall be no children or descendants then in equal parts to the...
Page 22 - ... part of the personal estate ; and this law relative to descents and dower, shall remain in full force, until altered by the legislature of the district.
Page 22 - ... there shall be no children or descendants, then in equal parts to the next of kin, in equal degree ; and among collaterals, the children of a deceased brother or sister of the intestate shall have in equal parts among them their deceased parent's share ; and there shall in no case be a distinction between kindred of the whole and half blood...
Page 254 - Territory where the same may be situated, evidence of such possession and working of the claims for such period shall be sufficient to establish a right to a patent thereto under this chapter, in the absence of any adverse claim ; but nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to impair any lien which may have attached in any way whatever to any mining claim or property thereto attached prior to the issuance of a patent.
Page 270 - States, or given aid and comfort to its enemies, and that such application is made for his or her exclusive use and benefit, and that said entry is made for the purpose of actual settlement and cultivation, and not, either directly or indirectly, for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever...
Page 10 - ... distance from New Castle northward, and westward, unto the beginning of the fortieth degree of Northern latitude, and then by a strait line westward to the limits of longitude above mentioned...
Page 230 - ... we find at New York, the summer of Rome, and the winter of Copenhagen ; at Quebec, the summer of Paris, and the winter of St Petersburgh. At Pekin, also, where the mean temperature of the year is that of the coasts of Brittany, the scorching heats of summer are greater than at Cairo, and the winters are as rigorous as at Upsal.
Page 6 - The Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and Planters of the City of London, for the first Colony in Virginia.
Page 22 - ... courts, and registers shall be appointed for that purpose; and personal property may be transferred by delivery, saving, however, to the French and Canadian inhabitants, and other settlers of the...