. History of Saline County, Missouri, carefully written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources ... with a condensed history of Missouri; the state constitution; a military record of its volunteers in either army of the great civil war ... biographical sketches of prominent men .. . any civil office whatever, or act as a teacher inany public school, or to solemnize marriage as a clergyman, or to practicelaw in any of the courts. It limited the amount of land which any churchor religious society might hold to five acres of land in the country, or oneacre in town or cit
. History of Saline County, Missouri, carefully written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources ... with a condensed history of Missouri; the state constitution; a military record of its volunteers in either army of the great civil war ... biographical sketches of prominent men .. . any civil office whatever, or act as a teacher inany public school, or to solemnize marriage as a clergyman, or to practicelaw in any of the courts. It limited the amount of land which any churchor religious society might hold to five acres of land in the country, or oneacre in town or city; provided for taxing church property; and declaredvoid any will bequeathing property to any clergyman, religious teacheror religious society as such. There was a section designed to preventthe state from giving public property, lands or bonds, to railroad compa-nies. It provided that after January 1, 1876, no one could become a law-ful voter who was not sufficiently educated to be able to read and write. July 1, 1865, the governor, Thomas C. Fletcher, made proclamationthat the new constitution had been duly ratified by a lawful majority ofthe people, and was thenceforth the organic law of the slate. A fewamendments have been since adopted; but in all important points itremains the same to this 66 HISTORV OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. PART II.—PHYSICAL AND INDUSTRIAL. GEOLOGY AND MINERALS. The geological history of Missouri commences at the very bottom ofthe scale, or, in what may be termed the fire-crust period of geologictime. (See chart on page 67). Danas Manual of Geology is thegreat standard work all over the United States on this subject. In hischapter on Archgean Time he gives a map and brief sketch of our NorthAmerican continent as it existed at that remote period, which was,according to a calculation made for the Royal Society of London in 1879,*about 600,000,000 years ago. And as this is where Missouri first comesto light, we quote Prof. Danas account of the very
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