Reports Made to the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Illinois1841 |
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... construction of others , while the comparative amount of money which might be required , could be obtained on more favorable terms . The question , therefore , naturally arises , whether we proceed with our internal improvement system ...
... construction of others , while the comparative amount of money which might be required , could be obtained on more favorable terms . The question , therefore , naturally arises , whether we proceed with our internal improvement system ...
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... construction , and economical in its administration ; not one of unbound- ed sway , special privileges , hereditary descents , titles and nobility . Yet its frequent inroads upon individual rights , and the sovereignty of the States ...
... construction , and economical in its administration ; not one of unbound- ed sway , special privileges , hereditary descents , titles and nobility . Yet its frequent inroads upon individual rights , and the sovereignty of the States ...
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... construction equally applied , that it will clearly show that the sitting member , Mr. Phelps , is entitled to his seat . We will briefly advert to the facts which have led us to this conclu- sion : " Taking the whole testimony together ...
... construction equally applied , that it will clearly show that the sitting member , Mr. Phelps , is entitled to his seat . We will briefly advert to the facts which have led us to this conclu- sion : " Taking the whole testimony together ...
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... construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal , provided the same can be effected at par , agreeably to the limitations and restrictions of the above recited act , and such other acts as may have been enacted on that subject . And the ...
... construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal , provided the same can be effected at par , agreeably to the limitations and restrictions of the above recited act , and such other acts as may have been enacted on that subject . And the ...
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... construction of the said Canal ; And whereas the undersigned did on the day of the date hereof agree with the said Board of Canal Commissioners for the purchase of fifty of the said State bonds , of the denomination of one thousand ...
... construction of the said Canal ; And whereas the undersigned did on the day of the date hereof agree with the said Board of Canal Commissioners for the purchase of fifty of the said State bonds , of the denomination of one thousand ...
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2d SESSION agent Alton Amo'nt of scrip April Bank of Illinois bill Board of Public branch canal bonds Canal Commissioners Carlin cent cial drafts committee contract contractors debt December Delafield Deposition dinary drafts directors duty estimate Fund Commissioner furnished Governor House hypothecate Illinois and Michigan Illinois river interest internal improvement January John Hogan John Wright Judge Young July June labor LEGIS Legislature letter loan Lockport London Meredosia Messrs Michigan Canal millions obedient servant paper payable Peoria Peoria county pounds sterling present President Railroad Read and laid received resolution respectfully revenue Reynolds river Rock river scrip issued Senate Sept Shawneetown sold special drafts Springfield statement sterling suspension THOMAS CARLIN THOMAS MATHER Thornton tion Total amount undersigned vote Wabash River William Wright Wright & Co York
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Page iv - ... giving and granting unto my said attorney full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and revocation; hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said attorney or his substitute shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.
Page 182 - That no freeman shall be imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties, or privileges, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any manner deprived of his life, liberty, or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
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Page iv - In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty.
Page 277 - Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Illinois and Michigan Canal to the Legislature of Illinois. 93 pp., sewed. Vandalia, 1839. $35. CARMAN, Bliss. Low Tide on Grand Pre. Paperbound. Toronto, 1889. 1st ed., with name misspelled "Carmen.