History of Michigan, Civil and Topographical: In a Compendious Form : with a View of the Surrounding Lakes

Přední strana obálky
E. French, 1839 - Počet stran: 397

Vyhledávání v knize

Další vydání - Zobrazit všechny

Běžně se vyskytující výrazy a sousloví

Oblíbené pasáže

Strana 396 - 17. No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall be passed. 18. Excessive bail shall not be required ; excessive fines shall not be imposed ; and cruel and unjust punishments shall not be inflicted. 19. The property of no person shall be taken for public use without just
Strana 394 - people; and they have the right at all times to alter or reform the same, and to abolish one form of government and establish another whenever the public good requires it. 3. No man or set of men are entitled to exclusive or separate privileges. 4. Every person has a right to worship Almighty God according to
Strana 248 - Government, which the people of Michigan have formed for themselves, be, and the same is hereby accepted, ratified, and confirmed ; and that the said State of Michigan shall be, and is hereby declared to be one of the United States of America, and is hereby admitted into the Union upon an equal
Strana 249 - as soon as the assent herein required shall be given, the President of the United States shall announce the same by proclamation, and thereupon, and without any further proceeding on the part of Congress, the admission of the said State into the Union as one of the United States of America, on an equal footing with the
Strana 396 - The people shall have the right freely to assemble together, to consult for the common good, to instruct their representatives, and to petition the legislature for redress of grievances. 21. All acts of the legislature, contrary to this or any other article of this

Bibliografické údaje