The Register of Pennsylvania: Devoted to the Preservation of Facts and Documents and Every Other Kind of Useful Information Respecting the State of Pennsylvania, Volume 9Samuel Hazard W.F. Geddes, 1832 |
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... passed the session 1831-32 8 , 257 Harrisburg 186 , 235 , 319 M'Clellan , tax on town lots , judge Kennedy's decision Mifflin Co. census 381 106 Milford , late frost at 352 Altemus vs. Rev. Dr. Ely , case of marriage 141 opinions of ...
... passed the session 1831-32 8 , 257 Harrisburg 186 , 235 , 319 M'Clellan , tax on town lots , judge Kennedy's decision Mifflin Co. census 381 106 Milford , late frost at 352 Altemus vs. Rev. Dr. Ely , case of marriage 141 opinions of ...
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... passed over with a level , carried by an experienced and practical man , ( Mr. Wilson , ) and the ascent found to be not equal to one half of that which may be overcome by a Locomotive engine ' without difficulty , viz : 22 feet per ...
... passed over with a level , carried by an experienced and practical man , ( Mr. Wilson , ) and the ascent found to be not equal to one half of that which may be overcome by a Locomotive engine ' without difficulty , viz : 22 feet per ...
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... passed in less than one day , at a rate of speed not exceeding 12 miles an hour - which it is well known is less than one - third of that at which Locomotive engines have travelled - whereas Montezuma being 200 miles from Albany , by ...
... passed in less than one day , at a rate of speed not exceeding 12 miles an hour - which it is well known is less than one - third of that at which Locomotive engines have travelled - whereas Montezuma being 200 miles from Albany , by ...
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... passed resolutions directing the su- $ 1,876,170 $ 1,537,445 87 perintendent of the Columbia and Philadelphia rail- REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT FUND . To 24 [ JANUARY CANAL COMMISSIONERS ' REPORT .
... passed resolutions directing the su- $ 1,876,170 $ 1,537,445 87 perintendent of the Columbia and Philadelphia rail- REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT FUND . To 24 [ JANUARY CANAL COMMISSIONERS ' REPORT .
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... passed to the city under his will , the undersigned at present furnish a statement , shewing first , certain real estate in the city and liberties of Philadelphia , which passed to the city , under the will , for which rent has become ...
... passed to the city under his will , the undersigned at present furnish a statement , shewing first , certain real estate in the city and liberties of Philadelphia , which passed to the city , under the will , for which rent has become ...
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Page 229 - No State shall engage in any war without the consent of the United States in Congress assembled, unless such State be actually invaded by enemies, or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed by some nation of Indians to invade such State, and the danger is so imminent as not to admit of a delay, till the United States in Congress assembled can be consulted...
Page 264 - Three for one year, three for two years, and three for three years, and members shall be eligible for reappointment.
Page 226 - And we do further declare it to be our royal will and pleasure, for the present, as aforesaid, to reserve under our sovereignty, protection, and dominion, for the use of the said Indians...
Page 73 - Brown, * * * (and others) * * * and all such other persons who shall or may be associated with them, and their successors, are hereby created and erected into a body corporate and politic, in deed and in law, by the name, style, and title of the " Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company...
Page 14 - ... that all the instructors and teachers in the college shall take pains to instil into the minds of the scholars, the purest principles of morality, so that, on their entrance into active life, they may, from inclination and habit, evince benevolence towards their fellow-creatures, and a love of truth, sobriety, and industry, adopting at the same time such religious tenets as their matured reason may enable them to prefer.
Page 260 - ... a committee of manners, education, and arts, that all wicked and scandalous living may be prevented, and that youth may be successively trained up in virtue and useful knowledge and arts...
Page 225 - This principle was that discovery gave title to the government by whose subjects or by whose authority it was made against all other European governments, which title might be consummated by possession.
Page 11 - Philadelphia," their successors and assigns, in trust, to and for the several uses, intents, and purposes, hereinafter mentioned and declared of and concerning the same, that is to say : so far as regards my real estate in Pennsylvania, in trust, that no part thereof shall ever be sold or alienated by the said mayor, aldermen, and citizens of Philadelphia...
Page 213 - ... no devise in writing of lands, tenements or hereditaments, or any clause thereof, shall be revocable, otherwise than by some other will or codicil in writing, or other writing declaring the same...
Page 71 - On motion, resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by the chairman and secretary, and delivered to Dr. DODS, and that they be published in the newspapers of the city. " JOHN P. HULBERT, Chairman.