Laws, Joint Resolutions, and Memorials Passed at the Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Territory of NebraskaSherman & Strickland, territorial printers, 1858 |
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... legislature . tives . Representatives . 2. No person shall be a representative , who shall not have and of Represen attained to the age of twenty - five years , and been seven years a citizen of the United States , and who shall not ...
... legislature . tives . Representatives . 2. No person shall be a representative , who shall not have and of Represen attained to the age of twenty - five years , and been seven years a citizen of the United States , and who shall not ...
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... legislature of any State , the executive thereof may make tem- porary appointments until the next meeting of the legislature , which shall then fill such vacancies . Vacancies . Qualification of Senators . President of the Senate ...
... legislature of any State , the executive thereof may make tem- porary appointments until the next meeting of the legislature , which shall then fill such vacancies . Vacancies . Qualification of Senators . President of the Senate ...
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... Legislature thereof , but the Congress may at any time , by law , make or alter such regulations , except as to the places of choosing senators . cording to law . Elections , how regulated . gress . 2. The Congress shall assemble at ...
... Legislature thereof , but the Congress may at any time , by law , make or alter such regulations , except as to the places of choosing senators . cording to law . Elections , how regulated . gress . 2. The Congress shall assemble at ...
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... Legislature of the State in which the same shall be , for the erection of forts , magazines , arsenals , dock - yards , and other needful buildings : -and Laws necessary 17. To make all laws which shall be and necessary proper for the ...
... Legislature of the State in which the same shall be , for the erection of forts , magazines , arsenals , dock - yards , and other needful buildings : -and Laws necessary 17. To make all laws which shall be and necessary proper for the ...
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... Legislature cannot be convened ) against domestic violence . ARTICLE V. The Congress whenever two - thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary , shall propose amendments to this Constitu- tion ; or on the application of the Legislatures ...
... Legislature cannot be convened ) against domestic violence . ARTICLE V. The Congress whenever two - thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary , shall propose amendments to this Constitu- tion ; or on the application of the Legislatures ...
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Page 37 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void ; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States...
Page 21 - That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians...
Page 33 - The supreme court shall consist of a chief justice and two associate justices, any two of whom shall constitute a quorum, and who shall hold a term at the seat of government of said territory annually ; and they shall hold their offices during the period of four years, and until their successors shall be appointed and qualified.
Page 21 - Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to inhibit the government of the United States from dividing said territory into two or more territories, in such manner and at such times as congress shall deem convenient and proper, or from attaching any portion of said territory to any other state or territory of the United States...
Page 24 - The governor shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the legislative council, appoint all officers not herein otherwise provided for ; and in the first instance the governor alone may appoint all said officers, who shall hold their offices until the end of the first session of the legislative assembly...
Page 27 - States, to support the Constitution of the United States and faithfully to discharge the duties of their respective offices...
Page 33 - The said territory shall be divided into three judicial districts, and a District Court shall be held in each of said districts by one of the justices of the Supreme Court...
Page 28 - March sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty, which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the states and territories, as recognized by the legislation of eighteen hundred and fifty, commonly called the compromise measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate...
Page 18 - If any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive, or retain any title of nobility or honor, or shall, without the consent of congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office or emolument of any kind whatever, from any emperor, king, prince, or foreign power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of the United States, and shall be incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under them, or either of them.
Page 28 - That a delegate to the House of .Representatives of the United States, to serve for the term of two years, who shall be a citizen of the United States, may be elected by the voters qualified to elect members of the Legislative Assembly...