 | Claudia L. Bushman, Harold Bell Hancock, Elizabeth Moyne Homsey - Political Science - 1988 - 1040 pages
...Wright. On Motion, Resolved, That the Recommendation of Congress of the 16th of September last, to pass Laws for preventing the Transportation of convicted...Malefactors from foreign Countries into the United States be referred to a Committee of five to report thereon. The Members appointed are Mr. James, Mr. Bishop,... | |
 | Marilyn C. Baseler - Immigrants - 1998 - 380 pages
...than protest.34 Recognizing the weakness of its position, Congress resolved, on September 16, 1788, "That it be and it is hereby recommended to the several...malefactors from foreign countries into the United States." The timing of this recommendation suggests that the Continental Congress was seeking a stronger position... | |
 | Bill Ong Hing - History - 2004 - 344 pages
...servants. In 1788, the Congress of the Confederation adopted a resolution recommending that states "pass proper laws for preventing the transportation...convicted malefactors from foreign countries into the US"7 Within a year, several states responded. Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia... | |
 | Andreas Fahrmeir, Olivier Faron, Patrick Weil - Law - 2005 - 340 pages
...US Constitution of 1787) adopted a resolution in September 1788, recommending that the states 'pass laws for preventing the transportation of convicted...malefactors from foreign countries into the United States'.2 Within a year, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia enacted... | |
 | Aristide R. Zolberg - History - 2006 - 686 pages
...Indies, in September 1788, the Congress, still operating under the Articles of Confederation, urged the states "to pass proper laws for preventing the transportation...malefactors from foreign countries into the United States." Thus encouraged, several acted expeditiously and most of the remaining followed suit after the federal... | |
 | Virginia - 1833 - 532 pages
...their country become entitled to the gratitude as well as the approbation of their fellow citizens, Resolved, That it be and it is hereby recommended to the several States that have not already adopted measures for that purpose, to make such further provision for the officers... | |
 | American literature - 1875 - 980 pages
...negotiating a Peace ; therefore, no public measures can, or ought to be, taken upon it in its present form. Resolved, That it be, and it is hereby recommended to the several States in the Union not to remit of their exertions for carrying on the war with vigor as the only effectual... | |
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Resolved, That it be, and it is hereby, recommended to the several States to pass proper laws for preventing the transportation of convicted malefactors from foreign countries into the United States. 
