 | United States - 1839 - 586 pages
...members, to con- &ctinue in office five years, unless sooner removed by congress ; any three of whom shall be a quorum : and the members of the council shall...in the district, and each possessed of a freehold in five hundred acres of land, and return their names to congress ; five of whom congress shall appoint... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1840 - 394 pages
...Representatives. The Legislative Council shall consist of five members, to continue in office five years, unless sooner removed by Congress ; any three of whom to...in the District, and each possessed of a freehold in five hundred acres of land, and return their names to Congress ; five of whom Congress shall appoint... | |
 | William Alexander Duer - 1843 - 436 pages
...representatives. The legislative council shall consist of five members, to continue in office five years, unless sooner removed by Congress, any three of whom to be...in the district, and each possessed of a freehold in five hundred acres of land, and return their names to Congress; five of whom Congress shall appoint... | |
 | John Brown Dillon - 1843 - 482 pages
...representatives. The legislative council shall consist of five members, to continue in office five years, unless sooner removed by Congress ; any three of whom to...meet together, and when met, they shall nominate ten persona, residents in the district, and each possessed of a freehold in five hundred acres of land,... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1844 - 440 pages
...he it further enacted. That the members of the council shall be appointed in the following manner: As soon as representatives shall be elected, the governor...appoint a time and place for them to meet together; and they shall elect five persons, having the same qualifications as a representative, who shall constitute... | |
 | Illinois - 1845 - 766 pages
...representatives. The legislative council shall consist of five members, to continue in office five years, unless sooner removed by Congress ; any three of whom to...in the district, and each possessed of a freehold in five hundred acres of land, and return their names to Congress ; five of whom Congress shall appoint... | |
 | 1845 - 436 pages
...representatives. The legislative council shall consist of five members, to continue in office five years, unless sooner removed by Congress, any three of whom to be...in the district, and each possessed of a freehold in five hundred acres of land, and return their names to Congress ; five of whom Congress shall appoint... | |
 | United States - 1845 - 816 pages
...representatives. The legislative council shall consist of five members, to continue in office five years, unless sooner removed by Congress ; any three of whom to...and place for them to meet together, and, when met, thev shall nominate ten persons, residents in the district, and each possessed of a freehold in five... | |
 | James Handasyd Perkins - 1846 - 638 pages
...representatives. The legislative council shall consist of five members, to continue in office five years, unless sooner removed by Congress ; any three of whom to...in the district, and each possessed of a freehold in 500 acres of land, and return their names to Congress ; five of whom Congress shall appoint and... | |
 | John Arthur Roebuck - 1849 - 276 pages
...Representatives. The Legislative Council shall consist of five members, to continue in office five years, unless sooner removed by Congress, any three of whom to be...in the district, and each possessed of a freehold in five hundred acres of land, and return their names to Congress, five of whom Congress shall appoint... | |
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The general assembly or legislature shall consist of the governor, legislative council, and a house of representatives. The legislative council shall consist of five members, to continue in office five years unless sooner removed by Congress; any three... 
