The history of Delaware county, Iowa, containing a history of its county, its cities, towns &c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers, Part 29

Author: Western historical company, Chicago, pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Chicago, Western historical company
Number of Pages: 700


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This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land ; and the Judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding.


The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the mem-


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bers of the several state Legislatures, and all executive and judicial offi- cers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support this Constitution ; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.


ARTICLE VII.


The ratification of the Conventions of nine states shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution between the states so ratifying the same.


Done in convention by the unanimous consent of the states present, the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and of the independence of the United States of America the twelfth. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names.


GEO. WASHINGTON, President and Deputy from Virginia.


New Hampshire. JOHN LANGDON, NICHOLAS GILMAN.


Massachusetts. NATHANIEL GORHAM, RUFUS KING.


Connecticut. WM. SAM'L JOHNSON, ROGER SHERMAN.


New York. ALEXANDER HAMILTON.


New Jersey. WIL. LIVINGSTON, WM. PATERSON, DAVID BREARLEY, JONA. DAYTON.


Pennsylvania.


B. FRANKLIN,


ROBT. MORRIS,


THOS. FITZSIMONS, JAMES WILSON, THOS. MIFFLIN, GEO. CLYMER, JARED INGERSOLL, GOUV. MORRIS.


Delaware. GEO. READ,


JOHN DICKINSON, JACO. BROOM, GUNNING BEDFORD, JR., RICHARD BASSETT.


Maryland. JAMES M'HENRY, DANL. CARROLL, DAN. OF ST. THOS. JENIFER.


Virginia. JOHN BLAIR, JAMES MADISON, JR.


North Carolina. WM. BLOUNT, HU. WILLIAMSON, RICH'D DOBBS SPAIGET.


South Carolina.


J. RUTLEDGE,


CHARLES PINCKNEY, CHAS. COTESWORTH PINCKNEY, PIERCE BUTLER.


Georgia. WILLIAM FEW, ABR. BALDWIN.


WILLIAM JACKSON, Secretary.


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AND ITS AMENDMENTS.


ARTICLES IN ADDITION TO AND AMENDATORY OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.


Proposed by Congress and ratified by the Legislatures of the several states, pursuant to the fifth article of the original Constitution.


ARTICLE I.


Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment cf religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.


ARTICLE II.


A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.


ARTICLE III.


No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war but in a manner to be pre- scribed by law.


ARTICLE IV.


The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be vio- lated ; and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.


ARTICLE V.


No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia when in actual service in time of war or public danger ; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb ; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.


ARTICLE VI.


In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation ; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor; and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.


ARTICLE VII.


In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact


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tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United States than according to the rules of the common law.


ARTICLE VIII.


Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.


ARTICLE IX.


The enumeration, in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.


ARTICLE X.


The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.


ARTICLE XI.


The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or sub- jects of any foreign state.


ARTICLE XII.


The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person to be voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice- President, and of the number of votes for each, which list they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted. The person having the greatest number of votes for President shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed ; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest number not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by States, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two- thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a Presi- dent whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice- President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be the majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a major-


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ity, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.


ARTICLE XIII.


SECTION 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their juris- diction.


SEC. 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appro- priate legislation.


ARTICLE XIV.


SECTION 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States, and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.


SEC. 2. Representatives shall be appointed among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of per- sons in each state, excluding Indians not taxed; but when the right to vote at any election for the choice of Electors for President and Vice- President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the execu- tive 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 num- ber of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such state.


SEC. 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or Elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previ- ously taken an oath as a Member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state Legislature, or as an execu- tive or judicial officer of any state to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each house, remove such disability.


SEC. 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States author- ized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and boun- ties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be ques- tioned. But neither the United States nor any state shall pay any debt or obligation incurred in the aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any loss or emancipation of any slave, but such debts, obligations, and claims shall be held illegal and void.


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CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES


tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United States than according to the rules of the common law.


ARTICLE VIII.


Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.


ARTICLE IX.


The enumeration, in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.


ARTICLE X.


The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.


ARTICLE XI.


The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or sub- jects of any foreign state.


ARTICLE XII.


The Electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person to be voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice- President, and of the number of votes for each, which list they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted. The person having the greatest number of votes for President shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed ; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest number not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by States, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two- thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a Presi- dent whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice- President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be the majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a major-


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ity, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.


ARTICLE XIII.


SECTION 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their juris- diction.


SEC. 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appro- priate legislation.


ARTICLE XIV.


SECTION 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States, and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.


SEC. 2. Representatives shall be appointed among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of per- sons in each state, excluding Indians not taxed ; but when the right to vote at any election for the choice of Electors for President and Vice- President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, the execu- tive 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 num- ber of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such state.


SEC. 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or Elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previ- ously taken an oath as a Member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state Legislature, or as an execu- tive or judicial officer of any state to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each house, remove such disability.


SEC. 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States author- ized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and boun- ties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be ques- tioned. But neither the United States nor any state shall pay any debt or obligation incurred in the aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any loss or emancipation of any slave, but such debts, obligations, and claims shall be held illegal and void.


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CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.


ARTICLE XV.


SECTION 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by any State, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.


VOTE FOR GOVERNOR, 1877, AND PRESIDENT, 1876.


1877. Governor.


1876. President.


1877. Governor.


1876. President.


Rep.


Dem.


Gr.


Pro.


Rep.


Dem.


Rep.


Dem.


Gr


Pro.


Rep.


Dem.


Adair ..


982


161


581


15


1334


593


Johnson.


1884


2345


18


273


2345


3563


Adams ..


876


397


485


1376


626 Jones


1868


1218


14


68


2591


1763


Allamakee


1547


1540


69


36


1709


1646 Keokuk


1772


1526


322


105


2364


1862


Appanoose


1165


1049


729


32


1711


1419


Kossuth


463


236


13


89


638


227


Audubon


410|


352


2€


427


352


Lee


2157


2863


350


299


3160


3682


Benton


1432


712


567


449


2901


1356


Linn


2524


2316


75


585


4331


2917


Black Hawk


1780


1111


95


244


2979


1592 Louisa


1328


817


89


108


1920


1008


Boone ..


1612


981


466


10


2018


1305 Lucas


1203


804


103


12


1478


1044


Bremer


1180


582


196


1


1737


757 Lyon


261


17


9


14


262


46


Buchanan


1290


769


725


223


2227


1416


Madison


1792


1077


616


56


2246


1538


Buena Vista.


747


192


161


20


770


200


Mahaska


1823


1086


1011


596


3221


1701


Butler


1453


758


19


95


1828


780


Marion.


1976


1866


760


95


2736


2304


Calhoun


418


75


171


74


622


196


Marshall


1448


837


389


504


3056


1189


Carroll.


633


744


141


11


771


Mills ..


1435


1102


98


28


1452


1165


Cass


1592


839


116


30


1876


979 |Mitchell


1396


459


35


36


1663


671


Cedar ...


1315


1093


206


446


2328


1445


Monona


580


119


432


9


713


304


Cerro Gordo.


903


348


72


40


1274


448 Monroe


1034


928


247


26


1418


1246


Cherokee ...


74


383


86


864


175


Montgomery


1122


441


532


47


1749


759


Chickasaw


1279


1107


37


94


1574


1090 Muscatine.


1753


1775


171


387


2523


2075


Clark


1054


267


813


19


1405


816 O'Brien


306


21


201


14


463


116


Clay


517


16


20


67


567


94 Osceola.


295


40


13


33


329


59


Clinton


2444


2327


286


66


3654


3398, Palo Alto


311


357


3


343


333


Crawford


898


651


19


111


1043


638 Plymouth.


779


487


77


39


835


502


Dallas.


1541


215


1241


80


2136


752 Pocahontas


370


93


44


36


374


141


Davis


893


1231


803


12


1586


1631


Polk


3171


1885


1353


94


4321


2382


Decatur


1269


961


310


19


1647


1282


Potta wattamie.


2223


2059


218


121


2565


2414


Delaware


1226


1143


32


525


2233


1466. Pow eshiek


1496


882


420


346


2509


1083


Des Moines


2315


1381


767


3325


2917


Ringgold ..


964


71


671


47


1246


422


Dickinson


197


8


12


259


48 Sac ..


656


128


177


13


661


166


Dubuque


1587


3415


406


53


2798


4977


Scott


3031


1963


309


37


3819


2853


Emmett


213


28


889


27


3029


1709 Sioux


436


132


49


439


220


Floyd ..


1233


208


162


30


2032


751 Story


1260


344


644


187


1843


579


Franklin


1311


336


16


10


1178


379


Tama


1426


833


196


133


2337


1317


Fremont.


1250


1331


334


1658


1682 Taylor


1325


293


868


830


63


1238


795


Grundy


909


504


8


1099


417 Van Buren


1490


1305


301


130


2113


1661


Guthrie


1160


496


364


21


1434


629 Wapello.


17:0


1029


1265


296


2582


2412


Hamilton


842


263


422


57


1187


425


Warren


1726


944


742


101


2439


1315


Hancock


340


95


29


2


281


99


Washington


1687


1221


303


112


2467


1508


Harrison.


1348


86;


523


19


1557


1386 Webster


850


127


1421


47


1299


987


Henry


1770


424


1041


140


2809


1485


Winnebago


544


40


498


39


Howard


551


647


201


519


1194


600


Winneshiek


2074


1009


279


238


2759


1617


Humboldt


382


149


115


6-1


523


183!


Woodbury


1109


867


226


9


1034


997


Iowa


1132


1120


642


228


1870


1348


Wright


391


166


117


98


574


t84


Ja-per.


1977


1154


1018


268


3375


1804


Totals


121546


79353


34228


10639


171332 112121


Jefferson


1396


753


576


109


2166


1449


Majorities.


42193


Total vote, 1877, 245,766, 1876 (includingj949 Greenback), 292,943.


VOTE FOR CONGRESSMEN, 1876.


District.


B.p.


Dem. R. Maj.


Total.


Maj. '74.


District.


Rep.


Dem.


R. Maj.


Total.


Maj. '74.


1


17188


14814


2371


32002


D. 1863


VII


19496


11688


7808


31184


R. 2300


II


16439


14683


1756


31122


R. 657 VIII


D. 63


1X


19563


10583


8980


30146


R. 5849


IV


20770


9379


11391


30149


R. 3824


10274


11154


8120


30428


R. 6213


168289 118356


49933


*292111


VI


1×778


14719


4059


33497


R. 2724


-


i


8


14


703


149


Jackson


1619


1966


224


15


2126


2485


57


Worth


628


832


404


3


1692


1341


Hardin.


1492


661


238


154


2152


980


Wayne


888


639


3


16


897


631


Fayette .


Greene


1031


215


551


27


1310


510 Union


899


516


348


293


2243


861


Clayton


1873


1770


66


167


2662


2621|Page


1166


508


6


246


36 Sh-lby


Ida ...


321


54


10.1


212


132


15236


4122


34594


R. 2127


17123


16100


1323


33523


Total vote, 1874, 184,640 ; aggregate Republican majority, 24,524. * Including 5,466 Greenback votes.


COUNTIES.


COUNTIES.


592111


1933


1067


1727


676


799


562


1316


19358


PRACTICAL RULES FOR EVERY DAY USE.


How to find the gain or loss per cent. when the cost and selling price are given.


RULE .- Find the difference between the cost and selling price, which will be the gain or loss.


Annex two ciphers to the gain or loss, and divide it by the cost price ; the result will be the gain or loss per cent.


How to change gold into currency.


RULE .- Multiply the given sum of gold by the price of gold.


How to change currency into gold.


Divide the amount in currency by the price of gold.


How to find each partner's share of the gain or loss in a copartnership business.


RULE .- Divide the whole gain or loss by the entire stock, the quo- tient will be the gain or loss per cent.


Multiply each partner's stock by this per cent., the result will be each one's share of the gain or loss.


How to find gross and net weight and price of hogs.


A short and simple method for finding the net weight, or price of hogs, when the gross weight or price is given, and vice versa.


NOTE .- It is generally assumed that the gross weight of Hogs diminished by 1-5 or 20 per cent. of itself gives the net weight, and the net weight increased by x4 or 25 per cent. of itself equals the gross weight.


To find the net weight or gross price.


Multiply the given number by .8 (tenths.)


To find the gross weight or net price.


Divide the given number by .8 (tenths.)


How to find the capacity of a granary, bin, or wagon-bed.


RULE .- Multiply (by short method) the number of cubic feet by 6308, and point off ONE decimal place-the result will be the correct nswer in bushels and tenths of a bushel.


For only an approximate answer, multiply the cubic feet by 8, and point off one decimal place.


How to find the contents of a corn-crib.


RULE .- Multiply the number of cubic feet by 54, short method, or


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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.


by 4} ordinary method, and point off ONE decimal place-the result will be the answer in bushels.


NOTE .- In estimating corn in the ear, the quality and the time it has been cribbed must be taken into consideration, since corn will shrink considerably during the Winter and Spring. This rule generally holds good for corn measured at the time it is cribbed, provided it is sound and clean.


How to find the contents of a cistern or tank.


RULE .- Multiply the square of the mean diameter by the depth (all in feet) and this product by 5681 (short method), and point off ONE decimal place-the result will be the contents in barrels of 31} gallons.


How to find the contents of a barrel or cask.


RULE .- Under the square of the mean diameter, write the length (all in inches) in REVERSED order, so that its UNITS will fall under the TENS ; multiply by short method, and this product again by 430 ; point off one decimal place, and the result will be the answer in wine gallons.


How to measure boards.


RULE .- Multiply the length (in feet) by the width (in inches) and divide the product by 12-the result will be the contents in square feet.


How to measure scantlings, joists, planks, sills, etc.


RULE .- Multiply the width, the thickness, and the length together (the width and thickness in inches, and the length in feet), and divide the product by 12-the result will be square feet.


How to find the number of acres in a body of land.


RULE .- Multiply the length by the width (in rods), and divide the product by 160 (carrying the division to 2 decimal places if there is a remainder) ; the result will be the answer in acres and hundredths.


When the opposite sides of a piece of land are of unequal length, add them together and take one-half for the mean length or width.


How to find the number of square yards in a floor or wall.


RULE .- Multiply the length by the width or height (in feet), and divide the product by 9, the result will be square yards.


How to find the number of bricks required in a building.


RULE .- Multiply the number of cubic feet by 222.


The number of cubic feet is found by multiplying the length, height nd thickness (in feet) together.


Bricks are usually made 8 inches long, 4 inches wide, and two inches thick ; hence, it requires 27 bricks to make a eubic foot without mortar, but it is generally assumed that the mortar fills 1-6 of the space.




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