 The committee of the States, or any nine of them, shall be authorized to execute, in the recess of Congress, such of the powers of Congress as the United States, in Congress assembled, by the consent of nine States, shall, from time to time, think expedient...  Secret Journals of the Acts and Proceedings of Congress, from the First ... - Page 399by United States. Continental Congress - 1821 - 464 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional law - 1847 - 384 pages
...Confederation, the voice of nine States in the Congress of the United States assembled is requisite. ARTICLE XL Canada, acceding to this Confederation, and joining...and entitled to all the advantages of, this Union. Cut no other Colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine States.... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1847 - 558 pages
...specified powers. But there is another view still more conclusive on this point. By the llth article — "Canada acceding to this confederation and joining in the measures of the United States, shall he admitted into and entitled to all the advantages of this Union ; but no other colony shall be admitted... | |
 | John Bigelow - Constitutions - 1848 - 538 pages
...congress assembled, by the consent of nine states, shall, from time to time, think expedient to vest them with ; provided that no power be delegated to...congress of the United States assembled is requisite. ART. 11. Canada, acceding to this confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States,... | |
 | Daniel Parker - Constitutional law - 1848 - 174 pages
...Congress assembled, by the consent of nine States, shall from time to time think expedient to vest them with ; provided that no power be delegated to...Congress of the United States assembled is requisite. ART. XI. Canada, acceding to this Confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States,... | |
 | James A. Williams - Constitutional history - 1848 - 188 pages
...Congress assembled, by the consent of nine states, shall from time to time think expedient to vest them with ; provided that no power be delegated to...Congress of the United States assembled is requisite. ART. XI. Canada, acceding to this confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States,... | |
 | Daniel Parker - Constitutional law - 1848 - 172 pages
...Confederation, the voice of nine States in the Congress of the United States assembled is requisite. ART. XI. Canada, acceding to this Confederation, and joining...United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to the advantages of this Union ; but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission... | |
 | John Arthur Roebuck - Canada - 1849 - 276 pages
...in the north added strength to the abolitionists. the ninth article of the Act of Confederation, " acceding to this confederation, and joining in the...of the United States, shall be admitted into, and be entitled to all the advantages of this Union. But no other colony shall be admitted to the same,... | |
 | James Finlay Weir Johnston - Agriculture - 1851 - 534 pages
...the States of this Union, it was provided that Canada, acceding to this Confederation, and joining the measures of the United States, shall be admitted...and entitled to all the advantages of this Union. " And whereas , recent occurrences in the Provinces of Canada indicate a strong and growing desire... | |
 | James Finlay Weir Johnston - Agriculture - 1851 - 816 pages
...the States of this Union, it was provided that Canada, acceding to this Confederation, and joining the measures of the United States, shall be admitted...and entitled to all the advantages of this Union. "And whereas, recent occurrences in the Provinces of Canada indicate a strong and growing desire on... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1851 - 582 pages
...Canada, which was altogether a stranger to the existing union. " Canada," says the eleventh article, " acceding to this Confederation, and joining in the...measures of the United States, shall be admitted into the Union." Having thus used the terms ratify and confirm, even in regard to the old Confederation,... | |
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