 | Joseph Story - 1999 - 374 Seiten
...behavior. The Governor and Judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the District, such laws of the original States, criminal and civil,...necessary, and best suited to the circumstances of the Districted report them to Congress, from time to time ; which laws shall be in force in the District... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 2000 - 1220 Seiten
...757.5 SEC. 5. The governor and judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the district such laws of the original States, criminal and civil,...and report them to Congress from time to time, which laws shall be in force in the district until the organization of the general assembly therein, unless... | |
 | Chris J. Magoc - 2002 - 324 Seiten
...Congress. . . . The governor and judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the district, such laws of the original states, criminal and civil,...district, and report them to Congress, from time to time . . . For the prevention of crimes and injuries, the laws to be adopted or made shall have force in... | |
 | Norman K. Risjord - 2002 - 460 Seiten
...secretary, all appointed by Congress. The laws for the "territory" would be enacted by Congress, adapting "such laws of the original States, criminal and civil,...best suited to the circumstances of the district." The Ordinance then established the hurdles to be leaped to statehood. When the adult male population... | |
 | United States. National Archives and Records Administration - 2006 - 257 Seiten
...office SEC. 5. The governor and judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the district such laws of the original States, criminal and civil,...and report them to Congress from time to time: which laws shall be in force in the district until the organization of the General Assembly therein, unless... | |
 | Michael Les Benedict, John F. Winkler - 2004 - 959 Seiten
...functions. They devised laws (or rather, they were supposed to "adopt and publish in the district . . . such laws of the original states criminal and civil...best suited to the circumstances of the district"), supervised their enforcement, and adjudicated conflicts over and under them. Of the five territorial... | |
 | Michael G. Chiorazzi, Marguerite Most - 2005 - 706 Seiten
...governor and a majority of the judges were given the authority to "adopt and publish in the district such laws of the original States, criminal and civil,...best suited to the circumstances of the district," subject to the veto of Congress. When the territory's population included 5,000 white males, the governors... | |
 | Lawrence M. Friedman - 2005 - 642 Seiten
...of land. The governor and a majority of the judges had power to "adopt and publish in the district such laws of the original States, criminal and civil,...necessary, and best suited to the circumstances of the district."2 Congress had the power to disallow these laws. This was a striking — and by no means... | |
 | James Warren Oberly - 2005 - 326 Seiten
...The Sachem and the five Counsellors or a majority of them, shall adopt such of their original laws, criminal and civil, as may be necessary and best suited to the circumstances of the tribe. They also shall have the authority to make other laws in all cases for the good government of... | |
 | George Anastaplo - 2006 - 285 Seiten
...[Section 5.] The governor and judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the district, such laws of the original states, criminal and civil,...report them to Congress, from time to time, which laws shall be in force in the district until the organization of the general assembly therein, unless... | |
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The governor and judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the district such laws of the original States, criminal and civil, as may be necessary and best suited to the circumstances of the district... 
