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according administrator amount appear application appoint approved Assistant authorized bond cause certificate charge Cherokee Nation circuit citizen claim clerk condition constitution conviction criminal death deemed deemed guilty defendant Delawares district dollars duties election enacted enter evidence examination exceeding execution felony fined five fund furnish further give grand hereby high sheriff holding hundred imprisoned improvements Indian instituted interest issue judge jury keep lands less license limits manner mark ment months National Council necessary oath obtain otherwise paid party payment person possession present presiding Principal Chief prison proceedings reason receive record RELATING removal respective returns rules senate served session sheriff solicitor suit summons supreme court term testimony thence thereof town treasurer trial United unless vote warrants witnesses
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Page 87 - You, as foreman of this grand jury, shall diligently inquire and true presentment make, of all such matters and things as shall be given you in charge ; the counsel of the people of this state, your fellows...
Page 102 - ... for denoting the tax hereby imposed thereon, or without having thereupon an adhesive stamp to denote said tax, such person or persons shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall pay a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, at the discretion of the court, and such instrument, document, or paper, as aforesaid, shall not be competent evidence in any court.
Page 45 - ... deliver over to his successor in office or to any other person authorized by law to receive the same, all moneys...
Page 26 - ... five years, one for four years, one for three years, one for two years, and one for one year, and thereafter as the terms of office expire in each year one member for a term of five years.
Page 132 - ... be fined in a sum not less than five hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, at the discretion of the court taking cognizance thereof.
Page 20 - The people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and possessions, from unreasonable searches and seizures ; and no warrant to search any place, or to seize any person or things, shall issue, without describing them as nearly as may be, nor without probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, subscribed to by the affiant.
Page 20 - ... to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and in prosecutions by indictment or information, a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the vicinage...
Page 17 - State, to advise the Governor in the executive part of government, whom the Governor shall have full power, at his discretion, to assemble; and he with the councillors, or a majority of them,' may from time to time, hold and keep a Council, for ordering and directing the affairs of State, according to law.
Page 176 - ... misdemeanor, for which the owner or owners, agent or agents, master or pilot of the vessel so offending shall be separately or collectively responsible, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not exceeding three months, or by both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
Page 22 - Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government, the preservation of liberty, and the happiness of mankind, schools, and the means of education, shall forever be encouraged in this state.