Constitutional History of the United States from Their Declaration of Independence to the Close of the Civil War, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1889 - Constitutional history |
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... BRANCHES . -THREATENED DISSOLUTION OF THE UNION . CHAPTER XXIII . 386 FIRST GRAND COMPROMISES OF THE CONSTITUTION . - POPULATION OF THE STATES ADOPTED AS THE BASIS OF REPRESENTATION IN THE HOUSE . - RULE FOR COMPUTING THE SLAVES ...
... BRANCHES . -THREATENED DISSOLUTION OF THE UNION . CHAPTER XXIII . 386 FIRST GRAND COMPROMISES OF THE CONSTITUTION . - POPULATION OF THE STATES ADOPTED AS THE BASIS OF REPRESENTATION IN THE HOUSE . - RULE FOR COMPUTING THE SLAVES ...
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... branches thus convened , consisting of the governor , the council , and the representatives , constituted the provincial assemblies , having the power of local legislation , subject to the ratification or disapproval of the crown . The ...
... branches thus convened , consisting of the governor , the council , and the representatives , constituted the provincial assemblies , having the power of local legislation , subject to the ratification or disapproval of the crown . The ...
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... branch of which was com- posed of representatives chosen directly by the people , accustomed to the transaction of public business , and being in fact the real organs of the popular will . These bodies , by virtue of their re- lation to ...
... branch of which was com- posed of representatives chosen directly by the people , accustomed to the transaction of public business , and being in fact the real organs of the popular will . These bodies , by virtue of their re- lation to ...
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... branch of the legislature , acting for and in behalf of the people ; in others they were appointed by conven- tions of the people called for the express purpose , or by commit- tees duly authorized to make the appointment . The Congress ...
... branch of the legislature , acting for and in behalf of the people ; in others they were appointed by conven- tions of the people called for the express purpose , or by commit- tees duly authorized to make the appointment . The Congress ...
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... branch of such of the colonial legislatures as were in session at the time , the choice being afterwards ratified by con- ventions of the people ; but they were principally appointed by conventions of the people held in the various ...
... branch of such of the colonial legislatures as were in session at the time , the choice being afterwards ratified by con- ventions of the people ; but they were principally appointed by conventions of the people held in the various ...
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Page 734 - Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
Page 736 - The president shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session. SECTION 3. He shall, from time to time, give to the congress information of the state of the Union...
Page 721 - Canada, acceding to this confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union ; but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
Page 720 - The Congress of the united states shall have power to adjourn to any time within the year, and to any place within the united states, so that no period of adjournment be for a longer duration than the space of six months, and shall publish the Journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy...
Page 736 - The judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
Page 364 - RESOLVED, that each branch ought to possess the right of originating acts; that the National Legislature ought to be empowered to enjoy the legislative rights vested in Congress by the Confederation, and moreover to legislate in all cases to which the separate states are incompetent, or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation...
Page 738 - No person held to service or labour in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labour, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labour may be due. Section 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more...
Page 717 - No vessels of war shall be kept up in time of peace by any State, except such number only, as shall be deemed necessary by the United States in Congress assembled, for the defence of such State, or its trade ; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any State, in time of peace, except such number only, as in the judgment of the United States, in Congress assembled, shall be deemed requisite to garrison the forts necessary for the defence of such State...
Page 205 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared that no law ought ever to be made or have force in the said Territory that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with or affect private contracts, or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Page 242 - 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.