Trial of Charles A. Edmonds: Commissioner of the State of Michigan Before the Senate of Said State, on an Impeachment, Preferred by the House of Representatives Against Him, for Corrupt Conduct in Office, Crimes and Misdemeanors ...W. S. George & Company, state printers, 1872 - 1891 страница |
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... committee is hereby authorized and empow- ered to send for persons and papers , and examine witnesses touching the matter of such complaint . Mr. Fenton moved to amend the resolution by making the committee five instead of three ; Which ...
... committee is hereby authorized and empow- ered to send for persons and papers , and examine witnesses touching the matter of such complaint . Mr. Fenton moved to amend the resolution by making the committee five instead of three ; Which ...
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... committee to investigate the charges against Charles A. Edmonds , Commis- sioner of the State Land Office . Lansing , Wednesday , March 27 , 1872 . The select committee of the House of Representatives , appointed to consider the ...
... committee to investigate the charges against Charles A. Edmonds , Commis- sioner of the State Land Office . Lansing , Wednesday , March 27 , 1872 . The select committee of the House of Representatives , appointed to consider the ...
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... committee ; yet , when taken with the facts , as shown in the evidence , that in company with certain of his favorite clerks , he would , in a public manner , engage with them in drinking , carousing , and visiting places of disre- pute ...
... committee ; yet , when taken with the facts , as shown in the evidence , that in company with certain of his favorite clerks , he would , in a public manner , engage with them in drinking , carousing , and visiting places of disre- pute ...
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... committee would seem to allow ; and we find that he , with his clerks , or some of them , particularly with his Deputy , William A. Barnard , and his clerks , Clark , Dunham , Robinson , Knight , Bowen , and Gris- wold , have from time ...
... committee would seem to allow ; and we find that he , with his clerks , or some of them , particularly with his Deputy , William A. Barnard , and his clerks , Clark , Dunham , Robinson , Knight , Bowen , and Gris- wold , have from time ...
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... committee , have occasioned serious loss and damage to honest settlers , inuring to the benefit and advantage of the land speculators and salaried officers . Your committee do not hesi- tate to condemn this practice as a violation of ...
... committee , have occasioned serious loss and damage to honest settlers , inuring to the benefit and advantage of the land speculators and salaried officers . Your committee do not hesi- tate to condemn this practice as a violation of ...
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