The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, as Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia in 1787, Volume 1Lippincott, 1881 - Constitutional history |
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... meet in their respective States , and vote by ballot for two persons , of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves . And they shall make a list of all the persons voted for , and of the number of ...
... meet in their respective States , and vote by ballot for two persons , of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves . And they shall make a list of all the persons voted for , and of the number of ...
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... meet on the day fixed for the election of the President , and should transmit their votes certified , signed , sealed , and directed , as the Constitution requires , to the Secretary of the United States in Congress assembled 16 ...
... meet on the day fixed for the election of the President , and should transmit their votes certified , signed , sealed , and directed , as the Constitution requires , to the Secretary of the United States in Congress assembled 16 ...
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... meet the full and entire approbation of every state , is not perhaps to be expected ; but each will doubtless consider that , had her interest alone been consulted , the consequences might have been particu- larly disagreeable or ...
... meet the full and entire approbation of every state , is not perhaps to be expected ; but each will doubtless consider that , had her interest alone been consulted , the consequences might have been particu- larly disagreeable or ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... meet in their respective States , and vote by ballot for two persons , of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves . And they shall make a list of all the persons voted for , and of the number of ...
... meet in their respective States , and vote by ballot for two persons , of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves . And they shall make a list of all the persons voted for , and of the number of ...
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Page 54 - ... defend their claim or cause, the court shall nevertheless proceed to pronounce sentence, or judgment, which shall in like manner be final and decisive, the judgment or sentence and other proceedings being in either case transmitted to Congress, and lodged among the acts 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...
Page 53 - 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; which authority shall always be exercised in the manner following : whenever the legislative or executive authority or lawful agent of any state in controversy with another...
Page 199 - ... or executive authority of the other state in controversy, and a day assigned for the appearance of the parties by their lawful agents, who shall then be directed to appoint, by joint consent, commissioners or judges to constitute a court for hearing and determining the matter in question...
Page 84 - 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 200 - ... final and decisive, the judgment or sentence and other proceedings being in either case transmitted to congress, and lodged among the acts 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...
Page 306 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience, and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.
Page 310 - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Page 52 - 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 56 - All bills of credit emitted, moneys borrowed, and debts contracted by or under the authority of Congress, before the assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the present Confederation, shall be deemed and considered as a charge against the United States, for payment and satisfaction whereof the said United States and the public faith are hereby solemnly pledged.
Page 278 - States, with a request that it might " be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the. recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification.