Manual of the Constitution of the United StatesVan Antwerp, Bragg & Company, 1887 - 340 Seiten |
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... approve of a clause in the constitution , but their disapprobation passes for nothing until the obnoxious clause is constitutionally removed from the constitution . The same is true of the laws of a country . They are supposed to be ...
... approve of a clause in the constitution , but their disapprobation passes for nothing until the obnoxious clause is constitutionally removed from the constitution . The same is true of the laws of a country . They are supposed to be ...
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... approval either of the colonies or the mother country . " It had the singular fate of being rejected in England because it left too much power in the hands of the colonists , and it was disapproved in America because it trans- ferred ...
... approval either of the colonies or the mother country . " It had the singular fate of being rejected in England because it left too much power in the hands of the colonists , and it was disapproved in America because it trans- ferred ...
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... approved of the Congress , but from the peculiar situation of the colony it was judged not prudent to send delegates . Virginia , North Carolina , and Georgia were not represented because the governors of those colonies refused to call ...
... approved of the Congress , but from the peculiar situation of the colony it was judged not prudent to send delegates . Virginia , North Carolina , and Georgia were not represented because the governors of those colonies refused to call ...
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... approval till March 1st , 1781. This was nearly five years after the Declaration of Independence . During this time the war had been carried on and all the affairs of the Nation had been conducted by Congress . A treaty had been made ...
... approval till March 1st , 1781. This was nearly five years after the Declaration of Independence . During this time the war had been carried on and all the affairs of the Nation had been conducted by Congress . A treaty had been made ...
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... approved in 1792 , making the number of Representatives 105 , according to a ratio of one member to 33,000 persons in each State . Dividing the whole population by 33,000 would give 110 . In 1842 the law pro- This plan was followed for ...
... approved in 1792 , making the number of Representatives 105 , according to a ratio of one member to 33,000 persons in each State . Dividing the whole population by 33,000 would give 110 . In 1842 the law pro- This plan was followed for ...
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Seite xl - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury ; and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Seite xxxviii - Term, be elected as follows: 2. Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress...
Seite 40 - Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union.
Seite xxxix - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Seite xxix - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared, that no law ought ever to be made or have force in the said territory, that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with or affect private contracts, or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Seite 308 - An act to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof...
Seite 132 - RESOLVED, that each branch ought to possess the right of originating acts; that the National Legislature ought to be empowered to enjoy the legislative rights vested in Congress by the Confederation, and moreover to legislate in all cases to which the separate states are incompetent, or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation...
Seite 267 - That the said report with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same be transmitted to the several legislatures in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each state by the people thereof in conformity to the resolves of the convention made and provided in that case.
Seite xxii - ... office ; appointing all officers of the land forces in the service of the United States, excepting regimental officers ; appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States; making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations. The United States, in Congress assembled, shall have authority to appoint a committee, to sit in the recess of Congress, to be denominated...
Seite xli - States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.