Manual of Laws of the United States on the Subjects of Naturalization, Passengers and Passenger Ships: To which are Added Directions to Persons Requiring Passports, the Laws of the Several States in Relation to Emigrants, Foreign Paupers, Convicts, &c., Extracts from the Constitutions of the States, Defining the Right of Suffrage in Each, and Other Valuable and Interesting Matter |
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... to be laws if not returned in ten days ... ........ 234 Joint orders or resolutions to be approved by the President ....... Powers of Congress ....... 234 235 CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES . Importation of slaves allowed vi INDEX .
... to be laws if not returned in ten days ... ........ 234 Joint orders or resolutions to be approved by the President ....... Powers of Congress ....... 234 235 CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES . Importation of slaves allowed vi INDEX .
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United States. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES . Importation of slaves allowed till 1808 ...... Habeas corpus , attainder and ex post facto laws ........ Direct taxes ...... ........ No exportation duty to be laid , nor preference to ...
United States. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES . Importation of slaves allowed till 1808 ...... Habeas corpus , attainder and ex post facto laws ........ Direct taxes ...... ........ No exportation duty to be laid , nor preference to ...
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... allowed ...... 87 87 87 109 109 Act of New Jersey of January 28 , 1797 .............. Masters of vessels prohibited from landing them ............... ... Penalty in case masters import or bring them in ... Masters to bond to carry them ...
... allowed ...... 87 87 87 109 109 Act of New Jersey of January 28 , 1797 .............. Masters of vessels prohibited from landing them ............... ... Penalty in case masters import or bring them in ... Masters to bond to carry them ...
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... allowed to carry .. 85 Health to bring suit for violation ...... ........... 85 , 86 Penalty in case of violation - vessel liable for ......... 86 Cause of forfeiture of penalty , manner in which they are recoverable ........... 86 ...
... allowed to carry .. 85 Health to bring suit for violation ...... ........... 85 , 86 Penalty in case of violation - vessel liable for ......... 86 Cause of forfeiture of penalty , manner in which they are recoverable ........... 86 ...
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... allowed by payment of head tax ........ Especial commutation in other cases ...... Salary of Health Commissioner for duties under this act ........ Other officers to discharge certain duties at the option of the Commissioners of ...
... allowed by payment of head tax ........ Especial commutation in other cases ...... Salary of Health Commissioner for duties under this act ........ Other officers to discharge certain duties at the option of the Commissioners of ...
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Page 235 - States ; 5 To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures ; 6 To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States...
Page 252 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. But the constitution which at any time exists, until changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Page 258 - The great rule of conduct for us. in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connexion as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop.
Page 257 - In the execution of such a plan, nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded : and that in place of them, just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated. The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is, in some degree, a slave.
Page 238 - 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...
Page 3 - ... bona fide his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, and particularly by name the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, of which the alien may be at the time a citizen or subject.
Page 253 - They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force, to put in the place of the delegated will of the nation, the will of a party, often a small, but artful and enterprising minority of the community : and, according to the alternate triumphs of different parties, to make the public administration the mirror of the ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction, rather than the organ of consistent and wholesome plans, digested by common councils, and modified by mutual...
Page 225 - States — regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the States, provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated — establishing and regulating post-offices from one State to another, throughout all the United States, and exacting such postage on the papers passing thro...
Page 236 - Congress prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight ; but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person. 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed...
Page 251 - Hence likewise they will avoid the necessity of those overgrown military establishments, which under any form of government are inauspicious to liberty, and which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty : in this sense it is...