At a General Assembly Begun at Dover, in the Delaware State, ... the Following Acts Were Passed ..., Volume 8J. Adams, 1841 |
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... therein one year next before his appointment , nor hold the office longer than he continues to reside in the county . No mem- Incompatible ber of Congress , nor any person holding or exercising any office offices . under the United ...
... therein one year next before his appointment , nor hold the office longer than he continues to reside in the county . No mem- Incompatible ber of Congress , nor any person holding or exercising any office offices . under the United ...
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... therein until a determination of such contest- ed election . The Governor shall not be removed from his office for inability , but with the concurrence of two - thirds of all the mem- bers of each branch of the Legislature . State . SEC ...
... therein until a determination of such contest- ed election . The Governor shall not be removed from his office for inability , but with the concurrence of two - thirds of all the mem- bers of each branch of the Legislature . State . SEC ...
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... therein Receipt for specifying every particular and the charge for it . fees . SEC . 7. No costs shall be paid by a person accused on a bill Costs in being returned ignoramus , nor on acquittal by a jury . criminal cases . SEC . 8. The ...
... therein Receipt for specifying every particular and the charge for it . fees . SEC . 7. No costs shall be paid by a person accused on a bill Costs in being returned ignoramus , nor on acquittal by a jury . criminal cases . SEC . 8. The ...
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... therein mentioned , for the fee of one dollar , to be paid by the defendant : particularly Fee . entering on his docket , the date and tenor of the instrument of wri- ting on which the judgment may be founded , which shall have the same ...
... therein mentioned , for the fee of one dollar , to be paid by the defendant : particularly Fee . entering on his docket , the date and tenor of the instrument of wri- ting on which the judgment may be founded , which shall have the same ...
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... therein , after the said sale and conveyance thereof : Provided always nevertheless , and be it enacted , That the Proviso . same provisions and enactments shall be in full force and virtue notwithstanding the said repeal of them so far ...
... therein , after the said sale and conveyance thereof : Provided always nevertheless , and be it enacted , That the Proviso . same provisions and enactments shall be in full force and virtue notwithstanding the said repeal of them so far ...
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act entitled additional supplement Adopted at Dover amended appointed Assembly assessed authority aforesaid by-laws canal capital stock Castle county cents certificate CHAPTER Christiana hundred Christiana river clerk commissioners common seal constable copy corporation Court and Court Court of Errors creek deem Delaware district Dover hundred duty election entitled An act Errors and Appeals freeholders Frenchtown further enacted hereafter hereby authorised House of Representatives judge justice Kent county lands Legislature Levy Court Lord one thousand low grounds majority managers manner marsh and low meeting mulatto owner or owners owners and possessors paid Passed at Dover payment person or persons president and directors Private Act prothonotary Provided purpose Rail-road Company recording of deeds road seal Senate and House shares sheriff stockholders subscribed Superior Court Sussex county taxes thereof thousand eight hundred tion tolls treasurer trustees Tuesday vacancy vote Willard Hall Wilmington
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Page 121 - I, AB, do solemnly swear or affirm, that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.
Page 7 - No senator or representative shall, during the time for which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any civil office of profit under this state, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased during such term, except such offices as may be filled by elections by the people.
Page 5 - The citizens have a right in a peaceable manner to assemble together for their common good, and to apply to those invested with the powers of government for redress of grievances or other proper purposes by petition, address, or remonstrance.
Page 11 - In elections by the citizens, every freeman of the age of twenty-one years, having resided in the state two years next before the election, and within that time paid a state or county tax, which shall have been assessed at least six months before the election, shall enjoy the rights of an elector...
Page 6 - ... he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States or of this State, and shall have paid a State or county tax.
Page 124 - ... to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in all State courts having competent jurisdiction, and in any circuit court of the United States...
Page 12 - All impeachments shall be tried by the senate, and, when sitting for that purpose, the senators shall be upon oath...
Page 7 - Each house may determine the rules of its own proceedings, punish members for disorderly conduct, and, with the consent of two-thirds, expel a member, but not a second time for the same cause, and shall have all other powers necessary for a branch of the legislature of a free and independent state.
Page 17 - ... thereof shall be considered as a party to the suit, in the same manner as if he had voluntarily made himself a party; and in any of those cases, the court shall pass a decree, or render judgment for or against executors or administrators, as to right appertains.
Page 4 - The people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and possessions, from unreasonable searches and seizures ; and no warrant to search any place, or to seize any person or things, shall issue, without describing them as nearly as may be, nor without probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, subscribed to by the affiant.