Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont: Record of the Governor and Council ... 1791-1804 |
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... being sovereign and independent , have the unquestionable right to judge of the infraction ; and that a nullification by those sovereignties of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument is the rightful remedy .
... being sovereign and independent , have the unquestionable right to judge of the infraction ; and that a nullification by those sovereignties of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument is the rightful remedy .
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9 O'clock A. M. The Council according to adjournment act assessing act directing act Entitled act granting act in addition act laying Adjourned Untill Alburgh Assembly Oct Attest JAS bill Entitled cents per acre Chittenden Committee from Council concur in passing concurrence or proposals Council do concur Council met pursuant elected Eliakim Spooner Elijah Paine ELLIOT Clerk Entitled An act Esquire Gideon Olin Governor and Council hon'ble house in passing house of Representatives Isaac Tichenor John Strong join a Committee Join said Committee join the aforesaid Jonas Galusha Jonathan Arnold Jonathan Hunt laying a tax Legislature O'CLOCK P. M. P. M. 2 O'CLOCK passed the House Paul Brigham petition praying proposals of amendment pursuant to adjournment Read & Concurred Read and Concurred read and considered Read and referred referred to Mess revision &c revision and concurrence Samuel Safford sent therein mentioned Thomas Chittenden town Untill 2 Oclock Vermont
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Page 527 - Government is the exclusive judge of the extent of the powers delegated to it, stop nothing [short] of despotism — since the discretion of those who administer the government, and not the Constitution, would be the measure of their powers: That the several states who formed that instrument being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of the infraction; and, That a Nullification by those sovereignties, of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument is the...
Page 528 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the States, who are parties thereto, have the right and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Page 401 - The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice...
Page 107 - He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
Page 142 - Harlan a Senator to represent this State in the Senate of the United States, I, James W.
Page 259 - Resolved, That a committee be appointed on the part of this House, jointly with such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to...
Page 336 - ... to be duly elected a Senator to represent this State in the Senate of the United States...
Page 401 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as amendments to the Constitution of the United States...
Page 529 - ... created by this compact, was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself, since that would have made its discretion, and not the constitution, the measure of its powers ; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 401 - CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ; AT THE FIRST SESSION. Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the nineteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen. JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution extending the right of suffrage to women.
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| Title | Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont: Record of the Governor and Council ... 1791-1804 Volume 4 of Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont, Eliakim Persons Walton |
| Author | Vermont |
| Editor | Eliakim Persons Walton |
| Contributors | Vermont. Conventions, Vermont. Council of Safety, Vermont. Governor, Vermont. Supreme Executive Council, Vermont. Board of War, 1779-1783 |
| Publisher | J. & J. M. Poland, 1876 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 19 Dec 2007 |
| ISBN | 0404076009, 9780404076009 |
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