A Chorographical and Statistical Description of the District of Columbia: The Seat of the General Government of the United States

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Smith, 1816 - 212 páginas

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Página 91 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Página 71 - Books hath or have been already printed, and published, unless he shall first deposit, and in all other cases, unless he shall before publication deposit a printed Copy of the title of such Map, Chart, Book or Books in the Clerk's Office of the District Court, where the Author or Proprietor shall reside...
Página 112 - Society, be, and shall be for ever hereafter able and capable in law to sue, and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended in all...
Página 32 - Rome ! Where tribunes rule, where dusky Davi bow, And what was Goose-Creek once is Tiber now ! This famed metropolis, where fancy sees Squares in morasses, obelisks in trees ; Which travelling fools and gazetteers adorn With shrines unbuilt and heroes yet unborn...
Página 26 - And whereas many Foreigners and Strangers from the Lenity of our Government, the Purity of our Religion, the Benefit of our Laws, the Advantages of our Trade, and the Security of our Property, might be induced to come and settle in some of His Majesty's Colonies in America, if they were made Partakers of the Advantages and Privileges which the natural born Subjects of this Realm do enjoy...
Página 110 - ... and constituted a corporation and body politic, in law, and in fact, to have continuance for...
Página 112 - Title aforesaid, shall be able and capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any Court or Courts, before any Judge or Judges, Justice or Justices, in all manner of suits, complaints, pleas, causes, matters and demands...
Página 30 - ... that, situated as we are in this western hemisphere, more than three thousand miles from any fixed or known meridian, it would be proper, in a national point of view, to establish a first meridian for ourselves; and that measures should be taken for the eventual establishment of such a meridian in the United States. " In examining the maps and charts of the United States, and the particular states, or their...
Página 112 - That the said Corporation shall have full power and authority to make, have, and use a common seal...
Página 112 - That the said corporation by the name, style and title aforesaid be and shall be forever hereafter able and capable in law to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended in any court or courts or...

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