A Bill to Organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas: And the Report of the Committee on Territories. In the Senate of the United States, January 4, 1854, Mr. Douglas Made the Following Report to Accompany Bill S. 22 |
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... admission of such State into the Union to an equal footing with the original States , and to pro- hibit slavery in certain territories , " approved March 6 , 1820 , it was provided : " That , in all that territory ceded by France to the ...
... admission of such State into the Union to an equal footing with the original States , and to pro- hibit slavery in certain territories , " approved March 6 , 1820 , it was provided : " That , in all that territory ceded by France to the ...
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... admission : Provided , That nothing in this act con- tained shall be construed to inhibit the government SEC . 2. And be it further enacted , That the ex- of the United States from dividing said Territory lecutive power and authority in ...
... admission : Provided , That nothing in this act con- tained shall be construed to inhibit the government SEC . 2. And be it further enacted , That the ex- of the United States from dividing said Territory lecutive power and authority in ...
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... admission of Missouri into the Union , ap- proved March sixth , eighteen hundred and twenty , which was superseded by the principles of the legislation of eighteen hundred and fifty , com- monly called the compromise measures , and is ...
... admission of Missouri into the Union , ap- proved March sixth , eighteen hundred and twenty , which was superseded by the principles of the legislation of eighteen hundred and fifty , com- monly called the compromise measures , and is ...
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act respecting fugi act to amend amount in controversy appointed and qualified appropriated associate justices CHARLES ELLIOTT PERKINS chief justice Committee on Territories compromise measures Congress Constitution and laws council and house counties decision deem duties entitled error and appeals error or appeal further enacted governor shall appoint Green river habeas corpus hereby hibited highest number hold his office house of representatives involving title judicial districts legislative assembly measures of 1850 Mexican laws number of legal number of votes oath or affirmation office for four organized territories otherwise parallel of north peace persons escaping prescribed by law President prohibited Provided qualified voters receive an annual seat of government Senate session slavery summit superintendent of Indian supreme and district Territory of Nebraska thence west thousand dollars tion tives from justice Treasury tricts Union United unless sooner removed vested waters flowing western boundary writ of habeas writs of error