Miscellaneous Documents: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, Volume 9 |
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Page 11
... objections pointed out in the report to his former application , and asking for further time to take testimony in the district . The affidavit having been read to the full committee , it was held by a majority thereof that the ...
... objections pointed out in the report to his former application , and asking for further time to take testimony in the district . The affidavit having been read to the full committee , it was held by a majority thereof that the ...
Page 14
... objection thereto and made no demand for payment of any sum of money as a pre- requisite to his forwarding the same . That he paid the said Smith about forty - five dollars for said service , and still owes him about fifteen dollars ...
... objection thereto and made no demand for payment of any sum of money as a pre- requisite to his forwarding the same . That he paid the said Smith about forty - five dollars for said service , and still owes him about fifteen dollars ...
Page 26
... objected to upon the ground that the box and contents are the best evi- dence of the matters called for , and when last heard from was in the hands of the friends of the contestant . ) A. We opened the box , after we discovered the ...
... objected to upon the ground that the box and contents are the best evi- dence of the matters called for , and when last heard from was in the hands of the friends of the contestant . ) A. We opened the box , after we discovered the ...
Page 53
... objection on the part of the officers present , when six of those officers were opposed to the change ? The ballots in the alleged false box were never counted . But admitting that the box was fraudulently changed as alleged , the ques ...
... objection on the part of the officers present , when six of those officers were opposed to the change ? The ballots in the alleged false box were never counted . But admitting that the box was fraudulently changed as alleged , the ques ...
Page 57
... objection whatever ( R. , p . 110 ) . The two ballot - boxes , the true and the false one , were in the same room , and yet , according to his own statement , he permitted the ballots in the false box to be counted as the genuine ...
... objection whatever ( R. , p . 110 ) . The two ballot - boxes , the true and the false one , were in the same room , and yet , according to his own statement , he permitted the ballots in the false box to be counted as the genuine ...
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Popular passages
Page 639 - Each house shall be the judge of the election,, returns, and qualifications of its own members...
Page 20 - ... and every written one in the term "depose"; signature or subscription includes mark, when the person cannot write, his name being written near it by a person who writes his own name as a witness...
Page 610 - ... that it is bona fide his Intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, and particularly, by name to the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty of which the alien may be at the time a citizen or subject.
Page 659 - It shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the court admitting any alien to citizenship that immediately preceding the date of his application he has resided continuously within the United States five years at least, and within the state or territory where such court is at the time held one year at least...
Page 638 - That the Constitution, and all Laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Page 491 - ... and counties in which they were given; they shall certify such statements to be correct, and subscribe their names thereto, and they shall thereupon determine what persons have been, by the greatest number of votes, duly elected to such offices, or either of them, and shall endorse and subscribe on such statements a certificate of their determination, and deliver them to the secretary of state.
Page 627 - That no polygamist, bigamist, or any person cohabiting with more than one woman, and no woman cohabiting with any of the persons described as aforesaid in this section, in any Territory or other place over which the United States have exclusive jurisdiction, shall be entitled to vote at any election held in any such Territory or other place, or be eligible for election or appointment to or be entitled to hold any office or place of public trust, honor, or emolument in, under, or for any such Territory...
Page 610 - ... resided five years within the United States, including the three years of his minority, be admitted a citizen of the United States, without having made the declaration required in the first condition of...
Page 120 - The ballot shall be a paper ticket, which shall contain, written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, the names of the persons for whom the elector intends to vote, and shall designate the office to which each person so named is intended by him to be chosen...
Page 657 - The person having the greatest number of votes shall be declared by the governor duly elected, and a certificate shall be given accordingly. Every such Delegate shall have a seat in the House of Representatives, with the right of debating, but not of voting.— R.