The Indiana Gazetteer, Or, Topographical Dictionary: Containing a Description of the Several Counties, Towns, Villages, Settlements, Roads, Lakes, Rivers, Creeks, and Springs, in the State of Indiana |
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Page 13 - It shall be the duty of the general assembly, as soon as circumstances will permit, to provide, by law, for a general system of education, ascending in a regular gradation from township schools to a state university, wherein tuition shall be gratis, and equally open to all.
Page 17 - Michigan, a quantity of land equal to one half of five sections in width, on each side of said canal...
Page 27 - He shall be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of this commonwealth, and of the militia thereof) except when they shall be called into the service of the United States ; but he shall not command personally in the field, unless he shall be advised so to do by a resolution of the general Assembly.
Page 29 - Every citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, who has resided in the State or Territory one year and in the county wherein such residence is located sixty days next preceding any election, shall be entitled to vote at such election, except as herein otherwise provided.
Page 27 - SEC. 25. The first session of the General Assembly shall commence on the- first Tuesday of March next; and forever after, the General Assembly shall meet on the first Monday of December in every year, and at no other period, unless directed by law or provided for by this Constitution.
Page 27 - The governor shall hold his office during three years, from and after the third day of the first session of the general assembly, next ensuing his* election, and until a successor shall be chosen and qualified, and shall not be capable of holding it longer than six years in any term of nine years.
Page 28 - The judicial power is vested in a Supreme Court, District Courts, Probate Courts, and Justices of the Peace. The Supreme Court consists of a Chief Justice and two Associate Justices, any two of whom constitute a quorum, and who hold a term at the seat of government of the territory annually.
Page 26 - ... thousand: and after that event, at such ratio that the whole number of representatives shall never be less than thirty-six, nor exceed seventy-two.
Page 28 - ... elected in each county, by the qualified electors thereof, one Sheriff, and one Coroner, at the times and places of holding elections for members of the General Assembly. They shall continue in office two years, and until successors shall...
Page 25 - Indian title to the country north of the river and west of a line running due north from the mouth of the...