Advanced Civics; the Spirit, the Form, and the Functions of the American GovernmentCentury Company, 1905 - 456 Seiten |
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... Direct and Indirect Taxation 268 The Principles which should Govern in the Levying of Taxes 269 XXXVI NATIONAL FINANCE The Extent of the Federal Taxing Power . National Expenditures . Federal Taxation- ( Indirect ) The Collection of ...
... Direct and Indirect Taxation 268 The Principles which should Govern in the Levying of Taxes 269 XXXVI NATIONAL FINANCE The Extent of the Federal Taxing Power . National Expenditures . Federal Taxation- ( Indirect ) The Collection of ...
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... direct and permanent . The Evolution of the State . The governments of the earth as we see them to - day are the product of thousands of years of growth , revolution , and change . History does not give a clear account of the beginnings ...
... direct and permanent . The Evolution of the State . The governments of the earth as we see them to - day are the product of thousands of years of growth , revolution , and change . History does not give a clear account of the beginnings ...
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... direct living descendant of this ancestor was the king of the nation by divine right . As society developed , however , and as social interests multiplied and social necessities grew more press- ing , the claims of birth gave way to the ...
... direct living descendant of this ancestor was the king of the nation by divine right . As society developed , however , and as social interests multiplied and social necessities grew more press- ing , the claims of birth gave way to the ...
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... direct participation in government . A government of this kind was called a de- mocracy . An ancient democracy was really only an enlarged aristocracy , for in the ancient state there were large numbers of slaves with no rights of any ...
... direct participation in government . A government of this kind was called a de- mocracy . An ancient democracy was really only an enlarged aristocracy , for in the ancient state there were large numbers of slaves with no rights of any ...
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... direct vote , the majority of votes ruling . When the body of freemen was small democracy in this pure form was practicable ; but how was the principle of popular rule to be applied to large bodies ? How was the will of a state ...
... direct vote , the majority of votes ruling . When the body of freemen was small democracy in this pure form was practicable ; but how was the principle of popular rule to be applied to large bodies ? How was the will of a state ...
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Seite 418 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, 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. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Seite 406 - The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them. Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation...
Seite 434 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Seite 397 - All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested In a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. SECTION 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several States, and the electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State Legislature.
Seite 419 - ... or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two thirds of each house, remove such disability.
Seite 399 - President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided. 'The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore...
Seite 432 - Indians ; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent, and in their property, rights, and liberty, they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars, authorized by congress; but laws, founded in justice and humanity, shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Seite 433 - Pennsylvania, and the said territorial line; provided however, and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three states shall be subject so far to be altered, that, if congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of lake Michigan.
Seite 29 - ... that the habits of thinking, in a free country, should inspire caution in those intrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding, in the exercise of the powers of one department, to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.
Seite 409 - 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.