Manual of the Constitution of the United States: Designed for the Instruction of American Youth in the Duties, Obligations, and Rights of CitizenshipVan Antwerp, Bragg & Company, 1874 - 370 sider |
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... February 22 , 1779. Maryland withheld her approval till March 1st , 1781 . This was nearly five years after the Declaration of Inde- pendence . During this time , the war had been carried on and all the affairs of the nation had been ...
... February 22 , 1779. Maryland withheld her approval till March 1st , 1781 . This was nearly five years after the Declaration of Inde- pendence . During this time , the war had been carried on and all the affairs of the nation had been ...
Side 56
... February , 1856 , having balloted 133 times . Mr. N. P. Banks was the successful candidate . In the case of the Thirty - sixth Congress , in the winter of 1859-60 , there was a delay nearly as long . Mr. William Pennington was elected ...
... February , 1856 , having balloted 133 times . Mr. N. P. Banks was the successful candidate . In the case of the Thirty - sixth Congress , in the winter of 1859-60 , there was a delay nearly as long . Mr. William Pennington was elected ...
Side 65
... February , when the House of Representatives voted to impeach him , to the twenty - sixth of May , when the final vote was taken . There have been seven cases of impeachment : Wil- liam Blount , Senator from Tennessee , in 1798 ; John ...
... February , when the House of Representatives voted to impeach him , to the twenty - sixth of May , when the final vote was taken . There have been seven cases of impeachment : Wil- liam Blount , Senator from Tennessee , in 1798 ; John ...
Side 66
... ( February 28th ) , Congress enacted that all votes for Representatives in Congress should be by written or printed ballots , any law of any State to the contrary notwithstanding . In 1872 ( February 2d ) , provision was made that ...
... ( February 28th ) , Congress enacted that all votes for Representatives in Congress should be by written or printed ballots , any law of any State to the contrary notwithstanding . In 1872 ( February 2d ) , provision was made that ...
Side 73
... February , 1817 , having been operative only during the Fourteenth Congress . - In 1818 January 22d - the per - diem system was re- stored , to be operative from March 4th , 1817 , the rate being established at eight dollars a day , and ...
... February , 1817 , having been operative only during the Fourteenth Congress . - In 1818 January 22d - the per - diem system was re- stored , to be operative from March 4th , 1817 , the rate being established at eight dollars a day , and ...
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Manual of the Constitution of the United States: Designed for the ... Israel Ward Andrews Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1874 |
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Side xvi - ... hereafter shall be formed in the said territory; to provide also for the establishment of states, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original states, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest...
Side xix - 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.
Side 41 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a Convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several States be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States render the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of Government and the preservation of the Union.
Side xi - ... the United States, in Congress assembled. The United States, in Congress assembled, shall never engage in a war, nor grant letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace...
Side xii - And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Side xxv - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Side xx - ... 3. 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.
Side xi - 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...
Side xi - All bills of credit emitted, moneys borrowed, and debts contracted by or under the authority of Congress, before the assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the present Confederation, shall be deemed and considered as a charge against the United States, for payment and satisfaction whereof the said United States and the public faith are hereby solemnly pledged.
Side xxi - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.