Centennial History of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio, Volume 1

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S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1909 - History - 820 pages
 

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Page 278 - To carry out the injunction of Washington in his farewell address to the American people, "to promote, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge,'' thus developing an enlightened public opinion, and affording to young and old such advantages as shall develop in them the largest capacity for performing the duties of American citizens.
Page 453 - The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of the citizens of the several States...
Page 111 - ... fire, thieves, robbers, burglars, and all other persons violating the public peace; for the suppression of riots and gambling, and indecent and disorderly conduct; for the punishment of all lewd and lascivious behavior...
Page 453 - IX. That the governor be requested to forward, forthwith, copies of the foregoing resolutions to the President of the Nation, and the governors of all the States of the Union, and to each of the senators and representatives in Congress from this State, to be by them presented to each branch of the national legislature.
Page 586 - Fortunate is the man who has back of him an ancestry honorable and distinguished, and happy is he if his lines of life are cast in harmony therewith. In person, in talents and in character Aime Geoffrion is a worthy scion of his race.
Page 116 - ... the names of the' persons voting for and against the same shall be entered on the journals of the respective houses, and a majority of all the members elected to each house shall be necessary to give it -the force of a law.
Page 222 - ... the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such a manner as the Legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life.
Page 43 - When he had ceased praying he still continued in a kneeling position. All the rifles belonging to the party had been left at the. wigwam. There was not a weapon of any kind to be seen at the place of execution, and the spectators were, consequently, unable to form any conjecture as to the mode of procedure which the executioners had determined on for the fulfillment of their purpose.
Page 115 - ... shall have the same power and authority, and be subject to the same duties and liabilities as if said city were a town, and he were the overseer of the poor thereof.
Page 111 - That if an election of president, recorder and trustees shall not be made on the day, when, pursuant to this act, it ought to be made...

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