A History of St. Joseph County, Indiana, Volume 1Lewis publishing Company, 1907 - Saint Joseph County (Ind.) |
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act approved afterwards Alexis Coquillard appointed attorney board aforesaid board of justices boundary bridge building built channel Chicago church circuit court city of South Clark clerk congress county commissioners county of St county seat court house east elected Elkhart Elkhart county erected Father feet George German township governor held Hoosier hundred Illinois Indiana territory Jacob James January John Joseph county Joseph river judge Kankakee Kankakee river Kaskaskia La Porte county Lake Michigan lands legislature located March marsh Marshall county ment Miamis Michigan road miles Miller Mishawaka Mississippi Momence northern Indiana northwest Ohio Oliver ordinance organized park plat Portage Portage township Pottawatomie prairie present president railroad Salle Samuel settlers side South Bend street Studebaker Subd Taylor term territory thence tion town township trade treaty valley Vincennes Virginia Wabash Ward Wayne William
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Page 79 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of said territory as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other States that may be admitted into the Confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 78 - The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and in their property, rights, and liberty they never shall be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall from time to time be made for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Page 74 - Army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become members of the confederation...
Page 79 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 79 - ... invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity, shall, from time to time, be made for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them. ART. 4th. The said territory, and the States which may be formed therein, shall forever remain a part of this confederacy of the United States of America...
Page 78 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Page 74 - States : that each State which shall be so formed shall contain a suitable extent of territory, not less than one hundred nor more than one hundred and fifty miles square...
Page 78 - Art. 2. The inhabitants of the said territory shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law. All persons shall be bailable, unless for capital offenses, where the proof shall be evident or the presumption great.
Page 27 - As far as the eye could reach, nothing was to be seen but reeds which rose five or six feet above the waters in which they bathed their roots.
Page 79 - There shall be formed in the said Territory not less than three nor more than five States; and the boundaries of the States, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession and consent to the same...