The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year, Volume 28Gray and Bowen, 1856 - Almanacs, American |
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Page 314 - educational purposes shall for ever be preserved inviolate and undiminished, and the income therefrom shall be faithfully applied to the specific objects of the original grants or appropriations." The school fund consists, (1.) of certain trust funds, the proceeds of lands originally given to certain districts of territory
Page 142 - every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said roads, but in no case to be farther than fifteen miles from the line of said roads respectively. If it shall
Page 143 - the United States, within six miles on each side of said roads, shall not be sold for less than double the minimum price of the public lands ; nor shall they be subject to private entry, until they have first been offered at public sale at the increased price.
Page 204 - States. Maine. New Hampshire Vermont, Massachusetts, Khode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, California, Total, Majority,
Page 303 - House. The Secretary of State, Auditor, and Treasurer are elected by a joint vote of both houses of the General Assembly. The term of office of the present members ends in November, 1858. The Legislature meets biennially at Little Rock. The last session commenced in November, 1856. Number of Senators, 25 ; of Representatives, 75. Their
Page 3 - year since the era of Nabonassar, which has been assigned to Wednesday, the 26th of February, of the 3967th year of the Julian Period, which corresponds, according to the chronologists, to the 747th, and, according to the astronomers, to the 746th year before the birth of Christ ;
Page 243 - 475 1,600 300 800 700 2,000 1,500 Counties. Barnstable, Berkshire, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire. Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, Worcester, Judges. Simeon N Small, Henry S. Briggs, Joshua
Page 192 - Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, . District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, . Georgia, . Florida, Alabama. . Mississippi, Texas, Kentucky, . Michigan, Wisconsin, . . . Louisiana, Tennessee, . Missouri, . Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Arkansas, Iowa, .... California, Oregon Territory, Minnesota Territory, New Mexico Territory, Utah Territory, Nebraska Territory, . Washington Territory, Kansas Territory,
Page 215 - Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky. Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, California, Dist. of Columbia. Total, 1790. 0 158 17 0 952 2,759 21,324 11,423 3,737 8,887 103,036 203,427 100,572 107,094 29,264 3,417 11,830 t
Page 150 - pay during such absence, unless in case of sickness ; " nor shall any diplomatic or consular officer correspond in regard to the public affairs of any foreign government, with any private person, newspaper, or other periodical, or otherwise than with the proper officers of the United States ; nor recommend any person, at