First Lessons in Civil Government: Including a Comprehensive View of the Government of the State of New-York, and an Abstract of the Laws, Showing the Rights, Duties, and Responsibilities of Citizens in the Civil and Domestic Relations : with an Outline of the Government of the United States, Adapted to the Capacities of Children and Youth, and Designed for the Use of Schools |
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... passed by parliament , all for the benefit of that country ; and the money thus obtained , was put into their own treasury for the sup port of the British government . The colonists remonstrated against these unjust laws . Petitions ...
... passed by parliament , all for the benefit of that country ; and the money thus obtained , was put into their own treasury for the sup port of the British government . The colonists remonstrated against these unjust laws . Petitions ...
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... passed a law in March , 1821 , appointing the third Tuesday of June for the election of delegates , and the last Tuesday of August for the assembling of the convention to frame a constitution . The election was acccordingly held and the ...
... passed a law in March , 1821 , appointing the third Tuesday of June for the election of delegates , and the last Tuesday of August for the assembling of the convention to frame a constitution . The election was acccordingly held and the ...
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... passed . If a committee reports against a measure , the house generally dismisses the subject : if the committee reports in favor of such measure , it usually brings in a bill with the report . A bill is a draft or form of an intended ...
... passed . If a committee reports against a measure , the house generally dismisses the subject : if the committee reports in favor of such measure , it usually brings in a bill with the report . A bill is a draft or form of an intended ...
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... passed ; but if a majority vote in the negative , the bill is lost . If the yeas and nays happen to be equal , there is said to be a tie ; in which case the chairman decides the question by his vote , which is called the casting vote ...
... passed ; but if a majority vote in the negative , the bill is lost . If the yeas and nays happen to be equal , there is said to be a tie ; in which case the chairman decides the question by his vote , which is called the casting vote ...
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... passed , if they can be , in the manner stated , by two - thirds of both houses . ยง 15. Members of the legislature are paid for their ser- vices three dollars a day ; and they are allowed three dol- lars for every twenty miles of the ...
... passed , if they can be , in the manner stated , by two - thirds of both houses . ยง 15. Members of the legislature are paid for their ser- vices three dollars a day ; and they are allowed three dol- lars for every twenty miles of the ...
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