Wisconsin and Its Resources: With Lake Superior, Its Commerce and Navigation. Including a Trip Up the Mississipi, and a Canoe Voyage on the St. Croix and Brulé Rivers to Lake Superior. To which are Appended, the Constitution of the State [etc.]C. Desilver, 1858 - 308 páginas |
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... distance ; but with many advantages over those same old Israelites he does not go with an army with banners — he has no Jebusite to drive away ; scarce a solitary red - skin is left to add the picturesque to the landscape - all have ...
... distance ; but with many advantages over those same old Israelites he does not go with an army with banners — he has no Jebusite to drive away ; scarce a solitary red - skin is left to add the picturesque to the landscape - all have ...
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... distance of nearly two hundred miles , affording many noble harbors , from which a commerce , sustained from her vast internal resources , must at no distant day be carried on . Lake Superior washes her northern shores for one hundred ...
... distance of nearly two hundred miles , affording many noble harbors , from which a commerce , sustained from her vast internal resources , must at no distant day be carried on . Lake Superior washes her northern shores for one hundred ...
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... distance with but comparatively few tributaries to swell its current . The French voyageur called it Ouisconsin , the first syllable of which comes nearer to the sound of the Indian than does Wis . An attempt was made , a few years ...
... distance with but comparatively few tributaries to swell its current . The French voyageur called it Ouisconsin , the first syllable of which comes nearer to the sound of the Indian than does Wis . An attempt was made , a few years ...
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... distances too great for cattle . The prairies of Wisconsin are not as extensive as those of Illinois , Iowa or Minnesota , but , as they are skirted and belted by timber , are adapted to immediate and profitable occupation . The soil of ...
... distances too great for cattle . The prairies of Wisconsin are not as extensive as those of Illinois , Iowa or Minnesota , but , as they are skirted and belted by timber , are adapted to immediate and profitable occupation . The soil of ...
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... distance of from five to ten miles will convey the ore to the shipping port . It is a burning disgrace to our country that so many thousand pounds of copper are yearly imported from England , and other parts of Europe , when we have ...
... distance of from five to ten miles will convey the ore to the shipping port . It is a burning disgrace to our country that so many thousand pounds of copper are yearly imported from England , and other parts of Europe , when we have ...
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Página 284 - The Governor shall have the power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction, for all offenses except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations as he may think proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons.
Página 294 - All city, town and village officers, whose election or appointment is not provided for by this Constitution, shall be elected by the electors of such cities, towns and villages, or of some division thereof, or appointed by such authorities thereof, as the Legislature shall designate for that purpose.
Página 285 - ... shall enter the objections at large upon the journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, two-thirds of the members present shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, together with the...
Página 290 - ... the five hundred thousand acres of land to which the state is entitled by the provisions of an act of congress, entitled "An act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the public lands...
Página 281 - The legislatures of those districts or new states, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers. No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
Página 291 - On the final passage, in either house of the Legislature, of any act which imposes, continues or revives a tax, or creates a debt or charge, or makes, continues or revives any appropriation of public or trust money...
Página 287 - The Circuit Courts shall have original jurisdiction in all matters, civil and criminal, within this State, not excepted in this Constitution, and not hereafter prohibited by law, an appellate jurisdiction from all inferior courts and tribunals, and a supervisory control over the same.
Página 284 - In case of the impeachment of the governor, or his removal from office, death, inability from mental or physical disease, resignation, or absence from the state...
Página 284 - He shall annually communicate to the legislature each case of reprieve, commutation, or pardon granted, stating the name of the convict, the crime of which he was convicted, the sentence and its date, and the date of the commutation, pardon, or reprieve, with his reasons for granting the same.
Página 282 - ... business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide. Section 8. Each house may determine the rules of its own proceedings, punish for contempt and disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members elected, expel a member, but no member shall be expelled a second time for the same cause.