The American's Own Book: Or, The Constitutions of the Several States in the Union ...J. R. Bigelow, 1848 - 515 páginas |
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... thereof shall be given by order of congress to the legislative or executive authority of the other state in con- troversy , and a day assigned for the appearance of the parties , by their lawful agents , who shall then be directed to ...
... thereof shall be given by order of congress to the legislative or executive authority of the other state in con- troversy , and a day assigned for the appearance of the parties , by their lawful agents , who shall then be directed to ...
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... not raise men , or should raise a smaller number than its quota , and that any other state should raise a greater number of men than the quota thereof , such extra number shall be raised , ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION . vii.
... not raise men , or should raise a smaller number than its quota , and that any other state should raise a greater number of men than the quota thereof , such extra number shall be raised , ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION . vii.
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... thereof , such extra number shall be raised , officered , clothed , armed , and equipped , in the same manner as the quota of such state , unless the legislature of such state shall judge that such extra number cannot safely be spared ...
... thereof , such extra number shall be raised , officered , clothed , armed , and equipped , in the same manner as the quota of such state , unless the legislature of such state shall judge that such extra number cannot safely be spared ...
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... thereof shall issue writs of election to fill up such vacancies . 5. The House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers , and shall have the sole power of impeachment . SECTION III . 1. The Senate of the United ...
... thereof shall issue writs of election to fill up such vacancies . 5. The House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers , and shall have the sole power of impeachment . SECTION III . 1. The Senate of the United ...
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... thereof , and of foreign coin , and fix the standard of weights and measures : 6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States : 7. To establish post offices and post roads : 8. To ...
... thereof , and of foreign coin , and fix the standard of weights and measures : 6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States : 7. To establish post offices and post roads : 8. To ...
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adjourn aforesaid amendments annually appointed ARTICLE Assembly Attorney-General authority bill chosen circuit courts citizen civil officers clerk commissioned commonwealth compensation Congress consent Constitution continuance in office convicted Council Court of Chancery declared deem delegates district duties eligible entitled established executive exercise expiration grant habeas corpus hereafter highest number hold their offices holding any office House of Representatives impeachment indictment inhabitants judges judicial jurisdiction jury justices land lature Legislature liberty Lieutenant-Governor majority manner ment militia number of votes oath or affirmation offence office of Governor oyer and terminer peace prescribed by law President privileges punishment qualified electors removal from office respective Secretary Senate and House session sheriff Speaker square miles Supreme Court term thereof thousand eight hundred tion town treason Treasurer trial trial by jury United unless vacancy vested viva voce whole number writs writs of election yeas and nays
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Página 13 - Court. 10. To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations. 11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water. 12. To raise and support armies ; but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years. 13. To provide and maintain a navy.
Página viii - ... or military operations, as in their judgment require secresy; 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...
Página iv - United States in Congress assembled, and then only against the kingdom or state, and the subjects thereof, against which war has been so declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the United States in Congress assembled, unless such State be infested by pirates, in which case vessels of war may be fitted out for that occasion, and kept so long as the danger shall continue, or until the United States in Congress assembled shall determine otherwise.
Página vii - States under their direction ; to appoint one of their number to preside ; provided that no person be allowed to serve in the office of president more than one year in any term of three years ; to ascertain the necessary sums of money to be raised for the service of the United States, and to appropriate and apply the same for defraying the public expenses ; to borrow money or emit bills on the credit of the United States, transmitting every half year to the respective States an account of the sums...
Página i - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, (paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted,) shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States...
Página 195 - That printing presses shall be free to every person who undertakes to examine the proceedings of the Legislature or any branch of Government ; and no law shall ever be made to restrain the right thereof; the free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man, and every citizen may freely speak, write, and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.
Página iii - No two or more states shall enter into any treaty, confederation or alliance whatever between them, without the consent of the united states in congress assembled, specifying accurately the purposes for which the same is to be entered into, and how long it shall continue.
Página 407 - In prosecutions for the publication of papers, investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence; and, in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.
Página 16 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Página ii - 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 offence.