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... EXECUTION OF DEEDS AND MORTGAGES . FORM OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT ........ RECORDING OF DEEDS AND MORTGAGES WILLS OF REAL ESTATE ........ THE PROBATE AND RECORDING OF WILLS ........... PAGE 7 10 13 ........ 138 164 166 168 172 173 ...
... EXECUTION OF DEEDS AND MORTGAGES . FORM OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT ........ RECORDING OF DEEDS AND MORTGAGES WILLS OF REAL ESTATE ........ THE PROBATE AND RECORDING OF WILLS ........... PAGE 7 10 13 ........ 138 164 166 168 172 173 ...
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... execution of the vast undertaking- to which he had devoted the best years of his noble manhood — of uniting all the Indian nations in a powerful con- federacy , which he was to direct and govern . After an interview with the Indian ...
... execution of the vast undertaking- to which he had devoted the best years of his noble manhood — of uniting all the Indian nations in a powerful con- federacy , which he was to direct and govern . After an interview with the Indian ...
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... executed with great spirit by the Americans , drove back the British , whilst the Indians under Tecumseh maintained their ground , fighting with the most desperate valor . Unwilling , that their Indian allies should excel them in bra ...
... executed with great spirit by the Americans , drove back the British , whilst the Indians under Tecumseh maintained their ground , fighting with the most desperate valor . Unwilling , that their Indian allies should excel them in bra ...
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... execution of the four men of his own people , attacked the Chippeways , but was de- feated , and being determined to satisfy his thirst for revenge by some means , surprised and killed several white men . Upon receiving in- telligence ...
... execution of the four men of his own people , attacked the Chippeways , but was de- feated , and being determined to satisfy his thirst for revenge by some means , surprised and killed several white men . Upon receiving in- telligence ...
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... executed , part of them imprisoned , and destined , like Red Bird himself , ingloriously to pine away within the narrow confines of a jail , whereas formerly even the vast forests of their native country had proved too limited for their ...
... executed , part of them imprisoned , and destined , like Red Bird himself , ingloriously to pine away within the narrow confines of a jail , whereas formerly even the vast forests of their native country had proved too limited for their ...
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Page 189 - The fourth section enacts that after the date there mentioned "no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate...
Page 158 - The General Assembly shall provide such revenue as may be needful by levying a tax, by valuation, so that every person and corporation shall pay a tax in proportion to the value of his, her, or its property...
Page 161 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences ; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry, against his consent ; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience ; and that no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious establishments or modes of worship.
Page 161 - That all men are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent and indefeasible rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property and reputation, and of pursuing their own happiness.
Page 281 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But hark!
Page 197 - ... any person who shall wilfully violate any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction...
Page 151 - Governor ; but in all such cases, the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, to be entered on the journal of each House respectively.
Page 161 - That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Page 139 - No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen.
Page 138 - We, the people of the State of Illinois — grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing upon our endeavors to secure and transmit the same unimpaired to succeeding generations...