A Text Book on Civil Government in the United StatesA.S. Barnes, 1875 - 330 páginas |
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... MEANS BY WHICH LIMITED THEY ARE 24 CHAPTER V. OBLIGATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT 31 CHAPTER VI . OBLIGATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT , CONTINUED 40 CHAPTER VII . NATURE AND DUTIES OF CITIZENSHIP • 46 PART II . CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN THE STATES BEFORE ...
... MEANS BY WHICH LIMITED THEY ARE 24 CHAPTER V. OBLIGATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT 31 CHAPTER VI . OBLIGATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT , CONTINUED 40 CHAPTER VII . NATURE AND DUTIES OF CITIZENSHIP • 46 PART II . CIVIL GOVERNMENT IN THE STATES BEFORE ...
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... means of compelling the ship to take this course . These three things intelligence , will , and power - are necessary to all control , and therefore to all government . When the controlling will expresses its choice , says what it would ...
... means of compelling the ship to take this course . These three things intelligence , will , and power - are necessary to all control , and therefore to all government . When the controlling will expresses its choice , says what it would ...
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... means of the establishment and enforcement of laws . Thus a father chooses to have his children rise at a certain hour in the morning , and retire at a certain hour in the evening . He tells them plainly what he would have them do ; and ...
... means of the establishment and enforcement of laws . Thus a father chooses to have his children rise at a certain hour in the morning , and retire at a certain hour in the evening . He tells them plainly what he would have them do ; and ...
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... means of good to men , would come to be a source of evil . When men come together in society , they have com- mon wants , which they cannot satisfy as individuals . For instance , the common defence must be provided for ; roads and ...
... means of good to men , would come to be a source of evil . When men come together in society , they have com- mon wants , which they cannot satisfy as individuals . For instance , the common defence must be provided for ; roads and ...
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... well as by the legislature . 6. Laws made by the legislature are called statutes ; all others are included in the term " the unwritten law . " .CHAPTER IV . FORMS OF GOVERNMENTS , AND MEANS BY ITS FUNCTIONS AND DEPARTMENTS . 23.
... well as by the legislature . 6. Laws made by the legislature are called statutes ; all others are included in the term " the unwritten law . " .CHAPTER IV . FORMS OF GOVERNMENTS , AND MEANS BY ITS FUNCTIONS AND DEPARTMENTS . 23.
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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...