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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1824
		December 1 - U.S. presidential election, 1824: Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task to decide the winner (as stipulated by the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution).
		The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, also known as the Treaty of London (one of several), was a treaty signed between the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of the Netherlands in London on March 17, 1824.
		A despatch from Heap of March 4, 1824 (D. S., 5 Consular Despatches, Tunis), received at the Department of State August 14, lg24, enclosed a copy of the convention in English, which is with the despatch.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1824 (4257 words)

	illinois
		State government was housed at Kaskasia in a small, rented cabin that eventually was carried away by flood waters, and the state's first governor, the semiliterate Shadrach Bond, favored the introduction of slavery as a means of providing a much-needed work force.
		A new state constitution in 1970 finally provided home rule to municipalities, established more equitable tax policies, and strengthened the governor and the state supreme court; but the unorthodox system of cumulative voting was not abandoned until 1981.
		The state's Hispanic population grew by nearly 70 percent in the 1990s and comprised 12.3 percent of the population in 2000; African Americans comprised 15.1 percent of the total.
	illinois.50ustates.net (2910 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search View - South Dakota
		State government officials other than the governor who are elected are the lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer, auditor, and commissioner of school and public lands.
		In 1858 Yankton tribal leaders, in a weak position and aware that war with the whites was the only way to stop white immigration, decided instead to sell most of their land east of the Missouri River in what is now South Dakota, retaining a reservation of only 174,021 hectares (430,000 acres).
		Federal contributions to the state grew from approximately 20 percent of the state budget in 1952 to nearly 40 percent by 1994.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761573285__1/South_Dakota.html (10102 words)

	Barbados (08/05)
		The Senate's 21 members are appointed by the governor general -- 12 with the advice of the prime minister, two with the advice of the leader of the opposition, and seven at the governor general's discretion to represent segments of the community.
		Judges of the Supreme Court are appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister after consultation with the leader of the opposition.
		U.S. citizens who are long-term visitors or traveling in dangerous areas are encouraged to register their travel via the State Department’s travel registration web site at https://travelregistration.state.gov or at the Consular section of the U.S. embassy upon arrival in a country by filling out a short form and sending in a copy of their passports.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/26507.htm (2500 words)

	kentucky
		Between 1824 and 1860 a Kentuckian ran for either president or vice president in seven of the ten presidential races.
		State-funded institutions of higher education began with the present-day University of Kentucky in 1865, Kentucky State University (as a segregated school) in 1886, various teacher colleges in 1908 and again in 1922, and the University of Louisville and Northern Kentucky University at the end of the 1960s.
		By the first decade of the twenty-first century the commonwealth stood exactly in the middle of the states in population, and its 4,041,769 residents ranked high in the nation in the percentage of people who still lived in the state of their birth.
	kentucky.50ustates.net (3298 words)

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		The State places great store in the fact that the 1786 amendment which combined the virtue and education sections also modified the text of the Education Clause from its original "schools shall be established" to its current "ought to be maintained." Vt. Const.
		The State may delegate to local towns and cities the authority to finance and administer the schools within their borders; it cannot, however, abdicate the basic responsibility for education by passing it on to local governments, which are themselves creations of the State.
		nowhere states that the revenue for education must be raised locally, that the source of the revenue must be property taxes, or that such revenues must be distributed unequally in conformity with local wealth.
	dol.state.vt.us /gopher_root1/supct/166/96-502.op (7120 words)

	Whitford's History of New York Canals. Chapter II, Building the Erie.
		To it may be ascribed in New York State, besides the essays of Hawley and the report of Geddes, the writings of Dr. Hugh Williamson, and in the country at large, the excellent report of Mr.
		The commissioners were empowered to make application in behalf of the State to Congress or to the Legislature of any State or Territory to co-operate and aid in the undertaking, and aid also to the proprietors of the land, through which the contemplated canal would pass, for cessions or grants.
		The commissioners also stated in their report that on the middle section, the inside slope of the banks had generally been one foot rise to eighteen inches horizontal base, but that they had determined to use a flatter slope in the future.
	www.history.rochester.edu /canal/bib/whitford/1906/Chap02.html (17815 words)

	American Experience \| Remember the Alamo \| Maps \| PBS
		Texas was joined with the larger, more populated state of Coahuila.
		The combined state's capital city, Saltillo, was hundreds of miles from Texas.
		After Mexican independence in 1821, it was named the capital of the state of Coahuila y Texas.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/alamo/maps/maps_text_04.html (219 words)

	1824 - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		March 17 signing of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824.
		March 11 - The United States War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Ely Parker of the Seneca tribe becomes its first director.
		December 1 - U.S. presidential election, 1824: Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task to decide the winner (as stipulated by the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution).
	open-encyclopedia.com /1824 (354 words)

	C-SPAN.ORG
		Secretary of State John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts, the son of second president John Adams, was an experienced Washington diplomat with a brilliant mind but an aloof disposition.
		The extension of slavery into western states became a political issue with the passage of the Missouri Compromise.
		The presidential election of 1824 is one of the most controversial elections in United States history.
	www.c-span.org /classroom/govt/1824.asp (725 words)

	State Nicknames
		Tennesseans sometimes are referred to as “Volunteers,”“Big Benders” and “Butternuts.” The first two are derived from the nickname of the state, while the tag of “Butternuts” was first applied to Tennessee soldiers during the War Between the States because of the tan color of their uniforms.
		The beehive was chosen as the emblem for the provisional State of Deseret in 1848 and was maintained on the seal of the State of Utah when Utah became a state in 1896.
		Washington was nicknamed “The Evergreen State” by C.T. Conover, pioneer Seattle realtor and historian, for its abundant evergreen forests.
	www.50states.com /bio/nickname5.htm (779 words)

	The 1824 Flag of the Texas Revolution
		This flag was used from 1821 until 1824 at which time Agustín de Iturbide was deposed as Emperor of Mexico and the liberal Constitution of 1824 was implemented.
		During the first few months of the Revolution, many of the Texian leaders were simply trying to lend their part in the larger Federalist Revolution that was being waged against the Centralist Regime of Santa Anna in other parts of Mexico.
		Apparently, Johnson appropriated the 1824 Flag from the privateers, placed it at the head of his volunteers and attributed the action to the General Council.
	www.texianlegacy.com /1824flag.html (1749 words)

	The US50 - A guide to the fifty states
		The United States Constitution says a new states must gain approval from the original state, which never occurred in the case of West Virginia.
		The United State Senate rejected a statehood bill proposed by Carlile which did not contain the Willey Amendment and then on July 14, 1862, approved a statehood proposal which included the Willey Amendment.
		In 1871, the United States Supreme Court awarded the counties of Jefferson and Berkeley to West Virginia.
	www.theus50.com /westvirginia/history.shtml (2388 words)

	alaska
		Of 100,000 Alaska Natives in a state population of 620,000 in 2000, 30,000 were permanent urban residents.
		So dependent was the state on oil money that a contraction of the price per barrel from $40 in 1981 to $15 in 1986 eliminated thousands of jobs and led to the outmigration of 600,000 residents from the state in 1985 and 1986.
		In 1982 the state legislature mandated that about half of the earnings on the fund be paid per capita annually to all state residents.
	alaska.50ustates.net (2959 words)

	Oregon Blue Book History/Federal Interests
		In 1824 the United States negotiated an agreement permitting trade for ten years in Alaska and fixing Russia's southern boundary at 50° 40'.
		Slowly, steadily, the United States had narrowed the field among the nations vying for control of the Oregon Country.
		The nation's leaders, both public and private, took actions to help buttress claims to Oregon through discovery, diplomacy, exercise of will, and the persuasive historical research of Robert Greenhow.
	www.sos.state.or.us /bbook/cultural/history/history07.htm (1234 words)

	Plate 21: State-House
		The State House (Independence Hall), was built 1732-48 by the Province of Pennsylvania from drawings by Andrew Hamilton, Speaker of the Assembly, who superintended the construction.
		It is where the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress, British troops were quartered during the occupation of Philadelphia, and the Constitutional Convention assembled in 1787.
		In 1800, after the federal capital was moved to Washington, the use of the State House reverted to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
	www.ushistory.org /birch/plates/plate21.htm (482 words)

	Rewards and Sanctions for School Districts and Schools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		PDF - State policymakers are increasingly focusing their attention on holding school districts and schools accountable for their students' performance.
		In fact, several types of sanctions in place across the states range from a written warning to a state takeover of a school district or school.
		Also available is the statutory language for each state (Todd Ziebarth, Education Commission of the States, updated August 2002).
	www.ecs.org /html/Document.asp?chouseid=1824 (112 words)

	THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
		Delegates from the smaller states opposed direct election of the President because they feared that such an election would be dominated by the larger states.
		The concern of the smaller states was ameliorated because most delegates firmly believed that the Electoral College would rarely produce a President; that election would ultimately be thrown to the House of Representatives where the power of the small states was guaranteed because each state, regardless of size, would have one vote.
		These votes will then be certified by state authorities and sent to Washington where they will be opened and counted by the President of the Senate in the presence of all the Senators and Representatives.
	usinfo.state.gov /usa/infousa/politics/eleccol/katz.htm (2210 words)

	Mexico (09/05)
		The planned monarchy failed; a republic was proclaimed in December 1822 and established in 1824.
		In January 1994, insurgents in the state of Chiapas briefly took arms against the government, protesting alleged oppression, neglect of the concerns of Mexico’s indigenous peoples, and governmental indifference to poverty.
		The United States and Mexico have a history of cooperation on environmental and natural resource issues, particularly in the border area, where there are serious environmental problems caused by rapid population growth, urbanization, and industrialization.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/35749.htm (5445 words)

	Facts - Office of Cultural & Historical Programs
		As a result, Tallahassee was chosen as the capital of American Florida in 1824, primarily because it was the midway point between the two principal cities.
		There arose a demand for a suitable state house or public building for the use of the Territorial Legislature.
		The first major alteration to the Capitol came in 1902 when the addition of two wings provided more room for the growing State government, and the familiar dome was added.
	dhr.dos.state.fl.us /facts/reports/capitol (453 words)

	Secretary of State - Know Rhode Island
		There shall continue to be one seal for the public use of the state; the form of an anchor shall be engraven thereon; the motto thereof shall be the word "Hope"; and in a circle around the outside shall be engraven the words, "Seal of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, 1636".
		The total area of the state is 1,214 square miles, of which 1,045 are land and 169 are water.
		The greatest length of the state is 48 miles and the greatest width is 37 miles.
	www.sec.state.ri.us /library/riinfo/riinfo/knowrhode (6446 words)

	1824 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Robert Jackson; Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer Denver Rocky Mountain News 09-30-1997 1824 CONSTITUTION OUTLAWED SLAVERY, NOBLE TITLES The Central American Federation, which governed the states of Guatemala, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua, abolished all noble and royal titles by...
		close precedent is what happened in the 1824 race, and it's a fascinating tale.
		Jackson was only the plurality leader in the 1824 popular vote, his successful 1828 campaign...
	hallencyclopedia.com /1824 (617 words)

	List of state leaders in 1824 - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		1823 state leaders - Events of 1824 - 1825 state leaders - State leaders by year
		Heinrich Ernst, Minister of State of Denmark (1818-1824)
		Otto Joachim, Minister of State of Denmark (1824-1842)
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/List_of_state_leaders_in_1824 (476 words)

	The US50 - a guide to the state of California - History
		The original California natives inhabited an isolated corner of North america, with mountains to the east and deserts to the south.
		Political leaders seized the moment to obtain a constitution and voter's ratification by November 1849, with recognition by the U.S. congress in October 1850.
		The State of California, a chaotic mix of ethnicity’s and incomes, hopes and cynicism, was born.
	www.theus50.com /california/history.shtml (682 words)

	Oklahoma State History and Information
		The highest point in the state is Black Mesa in Cimarron County (4,973 feet); the lowest is due east of Idabel in McCurtain County (287 feet).
		Oklahoma is bordered by six states: Texas to the south and west, Arkansas and Missouri to the east, Kansas to the north and Colorado and New Mexico at the tip of the northwestern Oklahoma panhandle.
		The official song and anthem of the State of Oklahoma is "Oklahoma," composed and written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein.
	www.state.ok.us /osfdocs/stinfo2.html (3802 words)

	Historic places in Arkansas - Historic Washington State Park
		Established on George Washington's birthday in 1824, the town of Washington today is one of America's premier historic villages.
		Historic Washington State Park is a National Historical Landmark, a National Register of Historic Places site, and an Arkansas state park you'll want to visit.
		This historic Arkansas community and state park is conserved and interpreted by Arkansas State Parks in conjunction with the Pioneer Washington Restoration Foundation.
	www.historicwashingtonstatepark.com (538 words)

	ALBERT G. PATRICK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		ALBERT G. PATRICK, of Jefferson and Calhoun counties Kansas, was one of the free-state leaders and, although he finally died full of years and honor, had a most narrow escape from death in the most exciting period of the border troubles.
		He was an Indiana native, born at Salem, Washington County, in 1824, and a settler at Leavenworth, February 12, 1856.
		He wrote an account of the robbery and stuffing of the ballot box in the Currier-Beck contest for a seat in the Council, which was published in an Indiana paper and aroused the pro-slavery men of the town.
	skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/1918ks/biop/patricag.html (396 words)

	Dawn at the Alamo: The 1824 Alamo Flag (color version) - Texas State Library
		Dawn at the Alamo: The 1824 Alamo Flag (color version) - Texas State Library
		Painted Reproduction of the Alamo Flag, 1824 (Color Version)
		Painted Reproduction of the Alamo Flag, 1824 (Color Version), The McArdle Notebooks, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
	www.tsl.state.tx.us /mcardle/alamo/1824flag.html (110 words)

	1824 article - 1824 1821 1822 1823 1825 1826 1827 Decades 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		1824 article - 1824 1821 1822 1823 1825 1826 1827 Decades 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s - What-Means.com
		Frontier treaty between United States and Russia is signed.
		1824 article - 1824 definition - what means 1824
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/1824 (343 words)

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		State of New York Comptroller's annual report to the Legislature on state funds in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, with auditor's report thereon (Pursuant to sec.
		The new revision of the statutes of the state of New York.
		State of New York Comptroller's annual report to the Legislature on state funds cash basis of accounting (in accordance with sec.8(9) of the State Finance Law) fiscal year ended March 31...
	www.nysl.nysed.gov /scandoclinks (7457 words)

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