The Geography, History, and Statistics, of America, and the West Indies: Exhibiting a Correct Account of the Discovery, Settlement, and Progress of the Various Kingdoms, States, and Provinces of the Western Hemisphere, to the Year 1822 |
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Page 238 - All judges shall be independent in the exercise of their conscience and shall be bound only by this Constitution and the laws.
Page 33 - Territorial courts, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Interior, the...
Page 256 - An act to enable the people of the western part of the Mississippi Territory to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States...
Page 247 - America aforesaid, extending north and eastward as far as the north end of Coratuck river or inlet, upon a straight, westerly line to Wyanoke creek, which lies within or about the degrees of thirty-six and thirty minutes northern latitude, and so west in a direct line as far as the South seas...
Page 113 - ... but that all and every person and persons may, from time to time, and at all times hereafter, freely and fully have and enjoy his and their own judgments and consciences, in matters of religious concernments...
Page 111 - And otherwise than thus, what is herein forbidden, all men may walk as their consciences persuade them, every one in the name of his God.
Page 64 - Charent; and that, before the ratification of the treaty of amity and commerce between the United States and Great Britain...
Page 113 - That our royal will and pleasure is, that no person within the said colony, at any time hereafter, shall be any wise molested, punished, disquieted, or called in question, for any differences in opinion in matters of religion...
Page 294 - It shall be their duty, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary, First. To prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this state under any pretext whatsoever ; and, Second.
Page 291 - The legislative power is vested in a General Assembly, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives. The representatives are...