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... elected by them , or any six of them , but he was to be a presiding officer , not an execu- tive . The eighth article has some prophetic provisions . Thus , the commissioners were to " endeavoure to frame and establish Agreements and ...
... elected by them , or any six of them , but he was to be a presiding officer , not an execu- tive . The eighth article has some prophetic provisions . Thus , the commissioners were to " endeavoure to frame and establish Agreements and ...
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... elected annually and to meet at such time and place as should be agreed to in the next preceding Congress by rotation in the different colonies . In addition there was to be an executive council , appointed by the Congress out of its ...
... elected annually and to meet at such time and place as should be agreed to in the next preceding Congress by rotation in the different colonies . In addition there was to be an executive council , appointed by the Congress out of its ...
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... elected President , but , absenting himself in Virginia to attend to matters of the province , he was , on May 24 , 1775 , succeeded by John Hancock of Massachusetts . Finding themselves in the midst of war , the colonies in Congress ...
... elected President , but , absenting himself in Virginia to attend to matters of the province , he was , on May 24 , 1775 , succeeded by John Hancock of Massachusetts . Finding themselves in the midst of war , the colonies in Congress ...
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... elected by ballot " to prepare a declaration to the effect of the said first resolution . " On the 28th of June the committee brought in a draft of a Declaration of Independ- ence , written by Thomas Jefferson with slight emendations on ...
... elected by ballot " to prepare a declaration to the effect of the said first resolution . " On the 28th of June the committee brought in a draft of a Declaration of Independ- ence , written by Thomas Jefferson with slight emendations on ...
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... elected by ballot " to prepare a declaration to the effect of the said first resolution . " On the 28th of June the committee brought in a draft of a Declaration of Independ- ence , written by Thomas Jefferson with slight emendations on ...
... elected by ballot " to prepare a declaration to the effect of the said first resolution . " On the 28th of June the committee brought in a draft of a Declaration of Independ- ence , written by Thomas Jefferson with slight emendations on ...
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Page 227 - All controversies concerning the private right of soil claimed under different grants of two or more states, whose jurisdictions as they may respect such lands, and the states which passed such grants are adjusted, the said grants or either of them being at the same time claimed to have originated antecedent to such settlement of jurisdiction, shall on the petition of either party to the congress of the united states, be finally determined as near as may be in the same manner as is before prescribed...
Page 42 - ... 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, nor enter into any treaties or alliances, nor coin money, nor...
Page 495 - ... treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall upon demand of the Governor or Executive power, of the State from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence. Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts and judicial proceedings of the courts and. magistrates of every other State.
Page 308 - That government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most...
Page 206 - ... of establishing rules for deciding in all cases, what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces in the service of the United States, shall be divided or appropriated...
Page 403 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity...
Page 341 - When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty ; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
Page 500 - Journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances or military operations as in their judgment require secresy; 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...
Page 537 - If any person guilty of, or charged with, treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor, in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall, upon demand of the governor or executive power of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence.
Page 284 - 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.