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... secretary of state ] with authority to inquire whether the board of supervisors correctly canvassed the returns from the several precincts , or whether the record correctly states the result of the canvass 20 DIGEST OF ELECTION CASES .
... secretary of state ] with authority to inquire whether the board of supervisors correctly canvassed the returns from the several precincts , or whether the record correctly states the result of the canvass 20 DIGEST OF ELECTION CASES .
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... authority to canvass the election - returns of a county and to declare the result , and its action in the premises , when in due form and free from fraud , is absolutely conclusive on all persons whom- soever , except in the case of a ...
... authority to canvass the election - returns of a county and to declare the result , and its action in the premises , when in due form and free from fraud , is absolutely conclusive on all persons whom- soever , except in the case of a ...
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... authority of law or knowledge of the board , and after the board had adjourned ; that the board had ascertained , in truth and in fact , that Mr. Wigginton had received 29 votes in said precinct instead of 27 , and so declared , and ...
... authority of law or knowledge of the board , and after the board had adjourned ; that the board had ascertained , in truth and in fact , that Mr. Wigginton had received 29 votes in said precinct instead of 27 , and so declared , and ...
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... authority conferred upon it . A power of attorney authorizing an agent to sell certain lands , does not transfer the title from the principal to the agent ; and if the agent fails to make the sale which he was authorized to make , there ...
... authority conferred upon it . A power of attorney authorizing an agent to sell certain lands , does not transfer the title from the principal to the agent ; and if the agent fails to make the sale which he was authorized to make , there ...
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... authority of elections held upon or about the day fixed , its reason- ableness and propriety as a day to elect a Representative from Colorado to the Forty - fifth Congress cannot be questioned . The day is indicated by section 7 ...
... authority of elections held upon or about the day fixed , its reason- ableness and propriety as a day to elect a Representative from Colorado to the Forty - fifth Congress cannot be questioned . The day is indicated by section 7 ...
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Acklen affidavit Alachua County aldermen alleged appointed Baker County ballot-box ballots bribery candidate certificate Chicot County claimed clerk commissioners constitution contestant's contestee counting the votes court Cross-examination Darlington County Darrall day of election day of November declared Democratic ticket Donnelly elec election held election?-A electors evidence examination fact Forty-fifth Congress fraud governor Horatio Bisbee House Iberville Parish illegal votes inspectors intimidation Isanti County judges of election Kittson County large number Madison County majority member of Congress Minneapolis North Carolina number of votes October Pacheco parish party Polk County poll-list polls precinct question received Record recount registered registrar rejected Republican ticket residence returns Saint Paul sealed seat sitting member statute supervisors swear sworn testifies testimony tickets?-A tion township troops United vote the Democratic voted for contestant votes cast Walbridge Washburn Wigginton witness
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Page 509 - Words giving a joint authority to three or more public officers or other persons, are construed as giving such authority to a majority of them, unless it is otherwise expressed in the act giving the authority; 18. When the seal of a court or public officer is required by law to be affixed to any paper, the word "seal...
Page 355 - No person shall have the right to vote, or be eligible to office under the constitution of this commonwealth, who shall not be able to read the constitution in the English language, and write his name : provided, hoicever, that the provisions of this amendment shall not apply to any person prevented by a physical disability from complying with its requisitions, nor to any person who now has the right to vote...
Page 375 - For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his presence or absence while employed in the service of the United States ; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State or of the United States, or of the high seas ; nor while a student of any seminary of learning...
Page 358 - Congress, the executive and judicial officers of a state, or the members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such state, being twenty-one years of age and citizens of the United States, or in any way abridged except for participation in rebellion or other crimes, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such state.
Page 286 - President to call forth the militia of any or all the States and to employ such parts of the land and naval forces of the United States as he may deem necessary to enforce the faithful execution of the laws of the United States or to suppress such rebellion in whatever State or Territory thereof the laws of the United States may be forcibly opposed or the execution thereof forcibly obstructed.
Page 11 - That place shall be considered and held to be the residence of a person in which his habitation is fixed, and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning.
Page 44 - ... that he will support the constitution of the United States, and that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty whatever, and particularly, by name, the prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, whereof he was before a citizen or subject; which proceedings shall be recorded by the clerk of the court.
Page 44 - ... he has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same.
Page 286 - Immunities, and the constituted authorities of such State are unable to protect, or, from any cause, fail in or refuse protection of the people in such rights, such facts shall be deemed a denial by such State of the equal protection of the laws...
Page 51 - State. 7. If a person remove to another State with the intention of remaining there for an indefinite time, and as a place of present residence, he loses his residence in this State, notwithstanding he entertains an intention of returning at some future period.