Laws, Joint Resolutions and Memorials Passed at the ... Session of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of NebraskaRobert W. Furnas, Territorial Printer, 1860 |
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... amount in controversy , to be ascertained by the oath or affirmation of either party , or other competent witness , shall exceed one thousand dollars ; except only that in all cases involving title to slaves , the said writs of error ...
... amount in controversy , to be ascertained by the oath or affirmation of either party , or other competent witness , shall exceed one thousand dollars ; except only that in all cases involving title to slaves , the said writs of error ...
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... amount , to be expended under the direction of the said governor of the territory of Nebraska , not exceeding the sums heretofore appropriated for similar objects , for the erection of suitable public build- ings at the seat of ...
... amount , to be expended under the direction of the said governor of the territory of Nebraska , not exceeding the sums heretofore appropriated for similar objects , for the erection of suitable public build- ings at the seat of ...
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... amount in controversy , to be ascertained by the oath or affirmation of either party , or other competent witness , shall exceed one thousand dollars ; except only that in all cases involving titles to slaves , Exception . the said ...
... amount in controversy , to be ascertained by the oath or affirmation of either party , or other competent witness , shall exceed one thousand dollars ; except only that in all cases involving titles to slaves , Exception . the said ...
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... amount , to be expended under the direction of the said governor of the Territory of Kansas , not exceeding the sums heretofore appropriated for similar objects , for the erection of suitable public buildings at the seat of goverment ...
... amount , to be expended under the direction of the said governor of the Territory of Kansas , not exceeding the sums heretofore appropriated for similar objects , for the erection of suitable public buildings at the seat of goverment ...
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... amount of road tax , in their respective districts , with at least two sureties , to be approved by the county commissioners . § 2. All moneys and labor performed in lieu thereof by the actual re- sidents of the several districts ...
... amount of road tax , in their respective districts , with at least two sureties , to be approved by the county commissioners . § 2. All moneys and labor performed in lieu thereof by the actual re- sidents of the several districts ...
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Page 10 - States. 2. A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall, on demand of the Executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
Page 17 - That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said Territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians...
Page 34 - March sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty, which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the states and territories, as recognized by the legislation of eighteen hundred and fifty, commonly called the compromise measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate...
Page 27 - Indians in said territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians, or to include any territory which, by treaty with any Indian tribe, is not, without the consent of said tribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any state or territory...
Page 21 - of said Territory shall be vested in a supreme court, district courts, probate courts, and in justices of the peace. The supreme court shall consist of a chief justice and two associate justices, any two of whom shall constitute a quorum...
Page 21 - The jurisdiction of the several courts herein provided for, both appellate and original, and that of the probate courts and of justices of the peace, shall be as limited by law: Provided, That justices of the peace shall not have jurisdiction of any matter in controversy, when the title or boundaries of land may be in dispute, or where the debt or sum claimed shall exceed one hundred dollars ; and the said supreme and district courts, respectively, "shall possess chancery as well as common law jurisdiction.
Page 21 - The governor shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the legislative council, appoint all officers not herein otherwise provided for ; and in the first instance the governor alone may appoint all said officers, who shall hold their offices until the end of the first session of the legislative assembly...
Page 11 - ... of the independence of the United States of America the twelfth. In witness whereof, we have hereunto subscribed our names.
Page 29 - ... the time, place, and manner of holding and conducting all elections by the people, and the apportioning the representation in the several counties or districts to the Council...
Page 30 - The said Territory' shall be divided into three judicial districts, and a district court shall be held in each of said districts by one of the justices of the Supreme Court...