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... Convention , " elected by the people . The first constitution of Virginia , adopted in June , 1776 , is of considerable historical interest . The Bill of Rights prefixed to it was the work of George Mason . It con- tained an admirable ...
... Convention , " elected by the people . The first constitution of Virginia , adopted in June , 1776 , is of considerable historical interest . The Bill of Rights prefixed to it was the work of George Mason . It con- tained an admirable ...
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... Convention stipulated that the British soldiers should embark on transports to be provided by their government , and should not serve again in North America until exchanged . Weakness or good - nature had induced Gates to grant these ...
... Convention stipulated that the British soldiers should embark on transports to be provided by their government , and should not serve again in North America until exchanged . Weakness or good - nature had induced Gates to grant these ...
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... conventions , and congresses . It has been generally held that these guarantees were in the nature of a compact between the United States and the people of the new territory , and of the states formed from it , and could not be ...
... conventions , and congresses . It has been generally held that these guarantees were in the nature of a compact between the United States and the people of the new territory , and of the states formed from it , and could not be ...
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... Convention , well illustrates , however , upon what extraneous circumstances the fate of nations sometimes depends . The southern boundary of Maryland , according to the The Alexan- dria and An- napolis Con- ventions , 1785-6 . charter ...
... Convention , well illustrates , however , upon what extraneous circumstances the fate of nations sometimes depends . The southern boundary of Maryland , according to the The Alexan- dria and An- napolis Con- ventions , 1785-6 . charter ...
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... convention to con- sider the trade and commerce of the United States as a whole . This convention met at Annapolis in 1786. Only five States were represented and no New England or southernmost States were among them . Instead of ...
... convention to con- sider the trade and commerce of the United States as a whole . This convention met at Annapolis in 1786. Only five States were represented and no New England or southernmost States were among them . Instead of ...
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Page 313 - The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective States.
Page 313 - 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...
Page 329 - The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion ; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the...
Page 309 - 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 309 - 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 307 - NEW JERSEY. RICHARD STOCKTON, JOHN WITHERSPOON, FRANCIS HOPKINSON, JOHN HART, ABRAHAM CLARK. PENNSYLVANIA. ROBERT MORRIS, BENJAMIN RUSH, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, JOHN MORTON, GEORGE CLYMER, JAMES SMITH, GEORGE TAYLOR, JAMES WILSON, GEORGE ROSS.
Page 329 - No person held to service or labour in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labour, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labour may be due. Section 3. New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more...
Page 313 - ... 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 favor, affection, or hope of reward :" provided also that no State shall be deprived...
Page 313 - The United States, in Congress assembled, shall have authority to appoint a committee to sit in the recess of Congress, to be denominated " a Committee of the States," and to consist of one delegate from each State; and to appoint such other committees and civil officers as may be necessary for managing the general affairs of the United States under their direction ; to appoint one of their number to preside, provided that no person be allowed to serve in the office of president more than one year...
Page 310 - No state shall lay any imposts or duties, which may interfere with any stipulations in treaties, entered into by the united states in congress assembled, with any king, prince or state, in pursuance of any treaties already proposed by congress, to the courts of France and Spain.