The Government of the United StatesCharles E. Merrill, 1909 - 168 páginas |
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... meet in a body for the purpose of making laws and electing officers . In Rhode Island , for a brief period in its infancy , every man who was the head of a family was a member of the General Court ( legislature ) . And in Pennsylvania ...
... meet in a body for the purpose of making laws and electing officers . In Rhode Island , for a brief period in its infancy , every man who was the head of a family was a member of the General Court ( legislature ) . And in Pennsylvania ...
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... meet in May , 1775. Accordingly the second Continental Congress met in the State House , Philadelphia , on the 10th of that month . The Revolu- tion having now become a fact steps were taken to carry on the war . An army and a navy were ...
... meet in May , 1775. Accordingly the second Continental Congress met in the State House , Philadelphia , on the 10th of that month . The Revolu- tion having now become a fact steps were taken to carry on the war . An army and a navy were ...
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... meet in Philadelphia , in May , 1787 , for the purpose of " rendering the Constitution of the Federal Government adequate . " Congress approved the convention , and all the States , except Rhode Island , elected delegates . 5. The ...
... meet in Philadelphia , in May , 1787 , for the purpose of " rendering the Constitution of the Federal Government adequate . " Congress approved the convention , and all the States , except Rhode Island , elected delegates . 5. The ...
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Lewis Slifer Shimmell. Legislature fails to fill a vacancy in the course of a meet- ing , the Governor cannot fill it by appointment after- wards . 22. The Vice - President and the Senate . - If the Vice- President had a vote in the ...
Lewis Slifer Shimmell. Legislature fails to fill a vacancy in the course of a meet- ing , the Governor cannot fill it by appointment after- wards . 22. The Vice - President and the Senate . - If the Vice- President had a vote in the ...
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... meet at noon on each succeeding day , and take at least one vote every day until a Sen- ator shall have been chosen . The Governor must certify the election , under the seal of the State , to the Presi- Ident of the Senate of the United ...
... meet at noon on each succeeding day , and take at least one vote every day until a Sen- ator shall have been chosen . The Governor must certify the election , under the seal of the State , to the Presi- Ident of the Senate of the United ...
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Página 159 - Journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the delegates of each state on any question shall be entered on the Journal, when it is desired by any delegate; and the delegates of a state, or any of them, at his or their request shall be furnished with a transcript of the said Journal, except such parts as are above excepted, to lay before the legislatures of the...
Página 154 - If any person guilty of, or charged with treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall upon demand of the Governor or Executive power, of the State from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offense.
Página 156 - All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defense, or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several states in proportion to the value of all land within each state...
Página 80 - 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...
Página 159 - The committee of the States, or any nine of them, shall be authorized to execute, in the recess of Congress, such of the powers of Congress as the United States in Congress assembled, by the consent of nine States, shall, from time to time, think expedient to vest them with...
Página 159 - The Congress of the United States shall have power to adjourn to any time within the year, and to any place within the United States, so that no period of adjournment be for a longer duration than the space of six months ; and shall publish the journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances, or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy...
Página 156 - ... appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures, provided that no member of congress shall be appointed a judge of any of the said courts.
Página 154 - ... in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall, upon demand of the Governor, or executive power of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence. Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts and judicial proceedings of the courts and magistrates of every other State.
Página 153 - MARYLAND Samuel Chase William Paca Thomas Stone Charles Carroll, of Carrollton VIRGINIA George Wythe Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Harrison Thomas Nelson, Jr.
Página 153 - Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States in congress assembled.