A Text Book on Civil Government in the United StatesA.S. Barnes, 1875 - 330 páginas |
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... in Congress , before they can become laws . The Senate must consent to all treaties , and to all im- portant appointments made by the President . Without Term . such consent they are not valid . The FORMS OF GOVERNMENTS . 27.
... in Congress , before they can become laws . The Senate must consent to all treaties , and to all im- portant appointments made by the President . Without Term . such consent they are not valid . The FORMS OF GOVERNMENTS . 27.
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... Senate , and they decide upon the constitutionality of laws made by Congress . If either branch of the government attempts to violate the constitution , the others may in this way prevent it . But the most effective way of preventing ...
... Senate , and they decide upon the constitutionality of laws made by Congress . If either branch of the government attempts to violate the constitution , the others may in this way prevent it . But the most effective way of preventing ...
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... Senate , Mem- bers of . The Senate consists of forty members . Each mem- ber must have been an inhabitant of the Commonwealth for five years , at least , immediately preceding his election , and at the time of his election must be an ...
... Senate , Mem- bers of . The Senate consists of forty members . Each mem- ber must have been an inhabitant of the Commonwealth for five years , at least , immediately preceding his election , and at the time of his election must be an ...
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... senate . Quorum . Each house is the final judge of the election and qualification of its own members : that Privileges of is , if a question arises between two or each House . more persons as to which is legally elected to either house ...
... senate . Quorum . Each house is the final judge of the election and qualification of its own members : that Privileges of is , if a question arises between two or each House . more persons as to which is legally elected to either house ...
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... senate may propose or Money Bills . concur in amendments as on other bills . This provision was copied from the English constitution , which gives to the house of commons the exclusive right to legislate respecting revenue . The house ...
... senate may propose or Money Bills . concur in amendments as on other bills . This provision was copied from the English constitution , which gives to the house of commons the exclusive right to legislate respecting revenue . The house ...
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Página 75 - Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod, the llth of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France and Ireland the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini 1620.
Página 323 - 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 of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
Página 233 - Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Página 310 - Sect. 4. The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to th.e places of choosing senators.
Página 75 - Faith, &c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in.
Página 233 - When your Lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own. For myself, I must declare and avow that in all my reading and observation...
Página 37 - It is admitted that the power of taxing the people and their property is essential to the very existence of government, and may be legitimately exercised on the objects to which it is applicable, to the utmost extent to which the government may choose to carry it.
Página 309 - No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen. The Vice-President of the United States shall be president of the senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.
Página 20 - We have repeatedly said, and we once more insist, that the great principle embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, ' that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed...
Página 75 - Virginia, do by these presents, solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission...