The Western Journal, of Agriculture, Manufactures, Mechanic Arts, Internal Improvement, Commerce, and General Literature, Band 2M. Tarver and T.F. Risk, 1849 Agriculture and the mechanic arts are the basis of civilization. |
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Seite 192 - The public roads were accurately divided by milestones, and ran in a direct line from one city to another, with very little respect for the obstacles either of nature or private property. Mountains were perforated, and bold arches thrown over the broadest and most rapid streams. The middle part of the road was raised into a terrace which commanded the adjacent country, consisted of several strata of sand, gravel, and cement, and was paved with large stones, or, in some places near the capital, with...
Seite 364 - Every officer or agent of any such company, who shall neglect to make any proper entry in such book, or shall refuse or neglect to exhibit the same, or allow the same to be inspected, and extracts to be taken therefrom, as provided by this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and the company shall...
Seite 364 - ... have a right to make extracts from such book; and no transfer of stock shall be valid for any purpose whatever, except to render the person to whom it shall be transferred liable for the debts of the company, according to the provisions of this act, until it shall have been entered therein as required by this section, by an entry showing to and from whom transferred.
Seite 364 - ... taken therefrom, as provided by this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and the company shall forfeit and pay to the party injured a penalty of fifty dollars for every such neglect or refusal, and all the damages resulting therefrom ; and every company that shall neglect to keep such book open for inspection, as aforesaid, shall forfeit to the people the sum of fifty dollars for every day it shall so neglect, to be sued for and recovered in the name of the people...
Seite 194 - An American road to India, through the heart of our country, will revive upon its line all the wonders of which we have read - and eclipse them. The western wilderness, from the Pacific to the Mississippi, will start into life under its touch. A long line of cities will grow up. Existing cities will take a new start. The state of the world calls for a new road to India, and it is our destiny to give it - the last and greatest. Let us act up to the greatness of the occasion, and show ourselves worthy...
Seite 382 - Territory to improve the navigation of the Des Moines River from its mouth to the Racoon Fork, (so called,) in said Territory, one equal moiety, in alternate sections, of the public lands, (remaining unsold, and not otherwise disposed of, encumbered, or appropriated,) in a strip five miles in width on each side of said river ; to be selected within said Territory by an agent or agents to be appointed by the governor thereof, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.
Seite 360 - The trustees of such company shall have power to make such prudential bylaws as they shall deem proper for the management and disposition of the stock and business affairs of such company, not inconsistent with the laws of this...
Seite 172 - The position is simply this — a mere apprenticeship is not a good education. ' Whatever system of tuition is solely adapted to enable the pupil to play a certain part in the world's drama, whether for his own earthly advantage, or for that of any other man or community of men, is a mere apprenticeship. It matters not whether that part be high or low — the hero or the fool.
Seite 193 - Never did so great an object present itself to the acceptance of a nation. We own the country from sea to sea— from the Atlantic to the Pacific— and upon a breadth equal to the length of the Mississippi— and embracing the whole temperate zone. Three thousand miles across, and half that breadth, is the magnificent parallelogram of our domain.
Seite 54 - The constitution provides that " there shall be a superintendent of public education, to hold office for two years. Free public schools shall be established throughout the State ; the proceeds of lands granted for the purpose, and of lands escheated to the State, shall be held as a permanent fund, on which six per cent, interest shall be paid by the State for the support of these schools.