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... representatives sent by How long before meeting must the king's writ be issued ? How often must he convene the Parliament ? What can the king also do at his pleasure ? What is the difference between a prorogation and dissolution of a ...
... representatives sent by How long before meeting must the king's writ be issued ? How often must he convene the Parliament ? What can the king also do at his pleasure ? What is the difference between a prorogation and dissolution of a ...
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... representatives of cities and bor- oughs ? What inequalities arise from this rule ? What is said of the qualifications of electors of citizens and bur- gesses ? What of those of legal voters ? What universities are represented ? and why ...
... representatives of cities and bor- oughs ? What inequalities arise from this rule ? What is said of the qualifications of electors of citizens and bur- gesses ? What of those of legal voters ? What universities are represented ? and why ...
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... representative of any city or borough may reside any where in the kingdom . 11. British writers acknowledge these improprie- ties ; but they attempt to excuse or lessen them , by saying that if a property qualification were not re ...
... representative of any city or borough may reside any where in the kingdom . 11. British writers acknowledge these improprie- ties ; but they attempt to excuse or lessen them , by saying that if a property qualification were not re ...
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... publics of Greece and Rome ? And of the check which one legisla- tive body holds over another ? What of Great Britain and France ? SEC . 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed 68 CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES . ARTICLE I. ...
... publics of Greece and Rome ? And of the check which one legisla- tive body holds over another ? What of Great Britain and France ? SEC . 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed 68 CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES . ARTICLE I. ...
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... Representatives , their age , and other qualifications , as well as the qualifications of electors of Representatives , produced no remarkable discussion . Some proposed three years as their term of service ; and others thought they ...
... Representatives , their age , and other qualifications , as well as the qualifications of electors of Representatives , produced no remarkable discussion . Some proposed three years as their term of service ; and others thought they ...
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Page 47 - ... of Congress for the security of the parties concerned : provided that every commissioner, before he sits in judgment, shall take an oath to be administered by one of the judges of the Supreme or Superior Court of the State where the cause shall be tried, "well and truly to hear and determine the matter in question, according to the best of his judgment, without favor, affection, or hope of reward :" provided also that no State shall be deprived of territory for the benefit of the United States.
Page 44 - Congress assembled, and then only against the kingdom or state, and the subjects thereof, against which war has been so declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the United States, in Congress assembled, unless such state be infested by pirates, in which case vessels of war may be fitted out for that occasion, and kept so long as the danger shall continue, or until the United States, in Congress assembled, shall determine otherwise.
Page 48 - ... appointing all officers of the land forces, in the service of the United States, excepting regimental officers — appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States — making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations. The United States, in Congress assembled, shall have authority to appoint a committee to sit in the recess of Congress, to be denominated
Page 38 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare ; binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Page 46 - States shall be divided or appropriated ; of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace, appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures, provided that no member of Congress shall be appointed a judge of any of the said courts.
Page 46 - The United States in congress assembled shall also be the last resort on appeal in all disputes and differences now subsisting or that hereafter may arise between two or more states concerning boundary, jurisdiction, or any other cause whatever...
Page 42 - No state without the Consent of the united states in congress assembled, shall send any embassy to, or receive any embassy from, or enter into any conference, agreement, alliance or treaty with any King prince or state; nor shall any person holding any office of profit or trust under the united states, or any of them, accept of any present, emolument, office or title of any kind whatever from any king prince or foreign state ; nor shall the united states in congress assembled, or any of them, grant...
Page 51 - 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 40 - For the more convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each State shall direct, to meet in congress on the first Monday in November, in every year, with a power reserved to each State...
Page 82 - 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.