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2. The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so con- strued as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
ยง IV .- The United States shall guaranty to every State of this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and, on application of the legislature, or of the executive, (when the legislature cannot be convened,) against domestic violence.
ARTICLE V.
The Congress, whenever two-thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the appli- cation of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several States, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all interests and purposes, as part of this Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States, or by conventions in three-fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress; provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article; and that no State, without its consent, shall be deprived of its eqnal suffrage in the Senate.
ARTICLE VI.
I. All debts contracted, and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution as under the confederation.
. 2. 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
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of the land; and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby ; any thing in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwith- standing.
3. The senators and representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several State legislatures, and all executive and all judicial officers, 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.
RRTICLE 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 seven- teenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hun- dred and eighty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the twelfth. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names.
GEORGE WASHINGTON,
President, and Deputy from Virginia.
HEW HAMPSHIRE. John Langdon, Nicholas Gilman.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Nathaniel Gorham, Rufus King.
CONNECTICUT. Wm. S. Johnson,
Roger Sherman. NEW YORK.
Alexander Hamilton, NEW JERSEY.
William Livingston, David Brearley, William Patterson, Jonathan Dayton.
PENNSYLVANIA."
Benjamin Franklin,
Thomas Mifflin, Robert Morris, George Clymer, Thomas Fitzsimmons, Jared Ingersoll, James Wilson, Gouverneur Morris.
Attest :
DELAWARE. George Read, Gunning Bedford, jr., John Dickinson, Richard Bassett, Jacob Broom .
MARYLAND.
James McHenry, Daniel of St. Tho. Jenifer, Daniel Carroll.
VIRGINIA.
John Blair, James Madison, jr.,
NORTH CAROLINA.
William Blount, Rich. Dobbs Spaight, Hugh Williamson.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
John Ruthledge, Charles C. Pinckney, Charles Pinckney, Pierce Butler.
GEORGIA.
William Few, Abraham Baldwin.
WILLIAM JACKSON, Secretary.
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Amendments to the Constitution.
ART. I .- Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; orabridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances.
ART. 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.
ART. 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 man- ner to be prescribed by law.
ART. IV .- The right of the people to secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated ; and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, sup- ported by oath or affirmation, and particularly prescribing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
ART. V .- No person shall be held to answer for a capital or other- wise 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 offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled, in any criminal case, to be witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law ; nor ahall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.
VI .- In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right of 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
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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 offence.
ART. VII .- In suits of common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved ; and no fact, tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any court of the United States than according to the rules of the cammon law.
ART. VIII .- Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted.
ART. IX .- The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
ART. 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.
ART. 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 for subjects of any foreign State.
ART. 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 voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President ; and they shall make dis- tinct 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 lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit, sealed, to the seat of government of the United States, directed to the president of the Senate, The presi- dent of the Senate shall, in the 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 President, if such number shall be a majority of the whole num- ber of electors appointed ; and if no person have such a mojority, 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 votesshall be taken by States, the representation from each State having one vote ; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a mem-
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ber 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 President, 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 con- stitutional disability of the President,
2. The person having the greatest number of votes for Vice-Presi- dent shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, 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.
3. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to the office of Vice President of the United States.
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The Constitutional Amendment.
ABOLISHING SLAVERY.
ARTICLE V. of the Constitution of the United States clearly and distinctly sets forth the mode and manner in which said instrument may be amended, as follows:
"The Congress, whenever two-thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the Legislatures of two-thirds of the several States, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which in either case shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the several States, or con- ventions in three-fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress."
In accordance with this article of the Constitution, the following resolution was proposed in the Senate, on February 1, 1864, adopted April 8, 1864, by a vote of thirty-eight to six, and was proposed in the House June 15, 1864, adopted January 31, 1865, by a vote of 119 to 56:
Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of said Legislatures, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of said Constitution, namely :
Article XIII .- Ist. Neither slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment of crime, whereof the party shall have been duly con- victed, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
The amendment was now sent by the Secretary of State to the Gov- ernors of the several States for ratification by the Legislatures ; a majority vote in three-fourths being required to make it a law of the land.
On December 18, 1865, Secretary Seward officially announced to the country the ratification of the amendment, as follows :
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To all to whom these presents may come, Greeting :
KNOW YE, That, whereas the Congress of the United States, on the Ist of February last, passad a resolution, which is in the words following, namely :
"A resolution submitting to the Legislatures of the several States a proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States."
"Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses con- curring, that the following article be proposed to the Legislatures of the the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of said Legislatures, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as a part of said Constitution, namely : " 'ARTICLE VIII.
" 'SECTION I. 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.
"'SECTION 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.'""
And whereas, It appears from official documents on file in this department, that the amendment to the Constitution of the United States proposed as aforesaid, has been ratified by the Legislatures of the States of Illinois, Rhode Island, Michigan, Maryland, New York, West Virginia, Maine, Kansas, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Missouri, Nevada, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Vermont, Tennessee, Arkansas, Connecticut, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina, and Georgia, in all twenty-seven States.
And whereas, The whole number of States in the United States is thirty-six.
And whereas, The before specially named States, whose Legislatures have ratified the said proposed amendment, constitute three-fourths of the whole number of States in the United States :
Now, therefore, be it known that I, William H. Seward, Secretary of State of the United States, by virtue and in pursuance of the second section of the act of Congrees approved the 20th of April, 1818, entitled "An act to provide for the publication of the laws of the United States, and for other purposes," do hereby certify that the amendment aforesaid has become valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the Constitution of the United States.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Department of State to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this 18th day of December, in the year of our Lord 1865, and of the Independence of the United States of America the ninetieth.
WILLIAM H. SEWARD,
Secretary of State.
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E
Townships in Allen County,
WITH SHORT SKETCHES OF THEIR
LOCATION, SOIL, PRODUCTIONS, MANUFACTURES, RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS, &c.
ABOITE 1
Township, situated in the western part of the county, and bounded on the north by Lake, on the east by Wayne, on the south by Lafayette, and on the west by Whitley County, was first settled in 1833 by Jesse Vermilyea, Richard Andrews, Richard Clark, Enoch Turner, William A. Gouty and Lot S. Bayless. Enoch Turner is the only one of these first settlers now residing in the Township. The surface of the Township is rolling, the soil fertile and well timbered. The Aboit river, from which the township derives its name, flows through is in a southerly direction. The most direct means of communication with the township are by the Huntington and Illinois State Roads. The former striking the township about five miles from Fort Wayne, the latter branching off from the Huntington road about four miles from the city and running in a westerly direction through the northern portion of the township. The Toledo, Wabash and Western Railroad passes through the southern portion of the township, but has no station. There is no post-master or post office, Fort Wayne being the post office address of nearly all the inhabitants. There is a Township Library of 201 volumes, Wm. A. Hamilton, Librarian. The Township contains eight School Houses, and one Church. The population of the township is, males, 361; females,, 363; total, 724.
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ADAMS
Township, bounded on the north by St. Joseph, on the east by Jefferson on the south by Marion and on the west by Wayne townships, was first settled about the year of 1823, by Jesse Adams, L. Edmonds, Charles Weeks and Israel Taylor, who were soon followed by others. The first birth in the township was that of John S. Rogers, October, 1825. The first death that of a daughter of Mrs. L. Adams, in the same month of the same year. The surface of the country is level and very heavily timbered, the soil fertile, a rich clayey loam, and well adapted to the raising of wheat, rye, oats and root crops.
The Maumee river flows through the township from east to west. The Six Mile creek also insures fertility in its immediate vicinity, and affords an excellent milling power. This township contains the village of New Haven, the largest and most enterprising village out side of Fort Wayne in Allen County. The means of transportation through and communica- tion with this township are most ample. The Toledo, Wabash and West- ern Railway passes through the northern part, the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway through the central part, and the Wabash and Erie canal through the northern part.
The old Piqua road and New Haven Pike, the latter deserving especial mention as the best road in the county, are the principal ones in the town- ship. John Rogers is probably the oldest of the first settlers now resid- ing in the township. The population of Adams township, exclusive of the village of New Haven, is as follows : males, 796; females, 640; total, 1,436.
New Haven, the only town of any note in the township, and the largest and most enterprising village in the county, is situated on the Wabash and Erie Canal and Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway, six miles east of Fort Wayne. This is a finely located and rapidly growing town, was laid out about the year 1846, by Henry Burgess, a native of the State of Con- necticut, who gave it the name of New Haven in Honor of that "City of Elms" in his native State.
As a place of buisness, a location for a fine residence, or a manufactur- ing point, New Haven has many advantages -- a good soil, good water power, facilities for transportation and travel by canal and railroad, and situated in an almost inexhaustable tract of the best timber country, which supplies the material for several large manufactorties of lumber, staves, heading, barrels, lath, shingles, etc., and gives constant employment to a great number of hands. The population of the place is, males, 510; females, 456. Making a total in Adams Township, including New Haven, of 2,057 souls.
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CEDAR CREEK
Township, is bounded on the north by DeKalb County, east by Spring- field Township, south by Milan and St. Joe, west by Perry. It was set- tled by Joseph Shields, William Shields, John Manning, Moses Siwitz, sr., P. Notestine and others. Cedar Creek, from which the Township de- rives its name, flows through the central part, from north-east, furnish- ing good water power which is being employed by Mr. John Vanzile, at the Pin Oak Mills, near the west line of the township, and by Miller, Stoner & Bro., at Cedarville, in running a first-class flouring mill, circular saw mill and plaining mill. The St. Joseph river flows through the east- ern part of the township, from north-east to south-wast. The bottom lands along this river are among the most fertile in the county. The soil in the Cedar Creek bottoms is mostly sand, that near the river loam, and on the uplands a mixture of sand, clay and loam. The timber is hickory, oak, beach, ash, elm, butternut, walnut, willow, and some cottenwood. Grain, hay, fruit, stock, etc., are raised in abundance in all parts of the township. Farms and roads are generally well kept. The township con- tains ten school houses, valued at $6,000; four churches valued at about $6,000; four flouring mills valued at $33,000; five saw mills valued at $10,- 500; a woolen factory worth $4,000; a stave factory worth $5,000, and a shingle mill worth $4,000. There are two post offices, Leo, J. W. Baird, P. M., and Cedarville, John W. Smith, P. M. Population, 1613; males 775, females, 838.
HAMILTON, Leo Post Office, is situated on the west bank of the St. Joe river, about fourteen miles north-east of Fort Wayne. It contains three churches, one Methodist Episcopal, one United Brethren, one Catholic; a two story brick school house, one flouring mill, one steam saw mill, one tannery, a stave factory, a shingle factory, a woolen factory, three stores, one saloon, two blacksmith shops, a manufactory of horse rakes, three boot and shoe shops, one tin shop and two wagon shops. There is one physician in that place, and a pastor to each of the churches. A lodge of F. & A. M. meets monthly. There is also a flourishing lodge of Good Templars. Population about 240.
CEDARVILLE is pleasantly situated between the St. Joe river and Cedar Creek, near the mouth of the latter. It contains one church, (Methodist Episcopal,) one saw mill, one grist mill, a planing machine, a shingle factory, one store, one grocery, in which the post office is kept, a black- smith shop, and one wagon shop. Cedarville, though its name has long been on the connty map, is in fact, now only in the third year of its exist-
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ence, is rapidly growing, and its inhabitants feel sanguine that it will be- come one of the first villages of the county. They are encouraged in this belief by the fact that it is accessible by steamboats on the St. Joe river, even at the lowest water mark.
EEL RIVER
Township, situated in the north-western part of the county, is bounded on the north and west by Noble County, on the east by Perry, and on the south by Lake and Washington townships. It was first settled in the year 1823 by F. S. Shoaff, Wm Mooney, Oliver Potter, Geo. Hand, and others. The surface of the township is generally level. The southern and eastern part being almost entirely prairie. The soil is a rich loam, well adapted to the raising of corn and grass. The principal streams are Eel River and Willow Creek. The township contains nine school houses, and one in the course of construction, two of which are brick, and the remaining seven are wooden structures; three churches, one Methodist, one Baptist and one United Brethren ; two post offices, one Heller's Corners, west of the centre of the township, Thomas R. Morrison, post master, another in the western part of the township, on the Goshen road, Norris Heller, post master ; one steam saw mill, one dry goods store, one boot and shoe establishment, two gunsmith shops, and one lodge of Good Templars. There are two ministers, two physicians, and one lawyer residing in the township, from which any inference may be drawn that will suit the taste of the reader. The number of scholars enrolled the last enumeration was 526. The oldest citizens residing in the township are William Bennett, 88 years old; Samuel Harrison, 72 ; Nathan Bennett, 72. The population of the township is as follows: Males, 570 ; females, 521 ; total, 1,091.
JACKSON
Township, situated in the eastern (or south-eastern) part of Allen county, is bounded on the north by Maumee, on the south by Monroe, on the west by Jefferson and on the east by Paulding county.
The surface of the county is flat and very heavily timbered, the lumber which it affords finding a very ready and convenient market at Monroe- ville. Flat Rock Creek and an unnamed tributary are the only streams in the county. The soil is strong and well adapted to the growing of grains and grasses, and fruit and root crops. Some of the land, however, would be greatly improved by a thorough system of drainage. The first settle-
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ment was made in the year 1840 by George Bale, George Hollinger and Robert Mooney. The oldest settler now living in the township is George Hollinger.
The township contains three school houses, the last one being erected in 1868 ; no church, and one township library, in care of the Trustee, Samuel Balyard. The principal roads traversing the township are the Sugar Ridge Road, from Fort Wayne to Van Wert, Ohio, the Paulding and Van Wert and the Paulding and Monroeville roads.
Monroeville and New Haven are the principal shipping points and post office address for citizens of this township.
The township is very sparsely settled as yet, most of the land being owned by capitalists in Fort Wayne and other points abroad. The num- ber of males in the township is 102 ; females, 85 ; total population, 187.
JEFFERSON
Township is bounded on the north by Milan, on the east by Jackson, on the south by Madison, and on the west by Adams townships. The sur- face is generally level, with a few good ridges of excellent land. The level land lying on the eastern part of the township is well timbered and only requires drainage to make it the most productive in the county, for grasses especially. The first settlement was made by Messrs. Whitney and Blackmore, in the year 1833. This was once a favorite Indian hunting ground, the streams abounding in fish, and to this day traces of the beaver are plain in many of the creeks, and arrows and tomahawks of rude man- ufacture are frequently upturned by the plowshare. Wolves are said to have been a great pest to the early settlers, frequently committing serious depredations on their smaller stock. The oldest inhabitants in the townshtp are Joseph Gronauer, A. Whitney, A. Wolf, Aretas Powers and William Harper. The first birth was that of Reuben Powers, in the year 1837. The first marriage was that of Reuben Powers, sr., to Miss Eveline Whit- ney, in 1838, by William Brown, Esq .; first death was that of a child (drowned), in the year 1836. The Maumee river flows through the northwestern part of the township. The Wabash & Erie canal and the Toledo, Wabash & Western railway pass through the northern and the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago railway through the southeastern cor- ner of the township.
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