| Constitutional history - 1881 - 568 pages
...respecting the supreme executive, namely, — ' Resolved, That a national executive be instituted — 1 To consist of a single person ; ' To be chosen by...national legislature ; ' For the term of seven years ; ' To be ineligible a second time; ' With power to carry into execution the national laws ; ' To appoint... | |
| George Bancroft - United States - 1882 - 532 pages
...six states, against Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, with Virginia equally divided, resolved, that a national executive be instituted; to consist of a single person; who should be chosen by the national legislature ; for the term of seven years; and be ineligible a... | |
| George Bancroft - United States - 1884 - 610 pages
...by six states, against Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, with Virginia equally divided, resolved that a national executive be instituted ; to consist of a single person ; who should be chosen by the national legislature; for the term of seven years ; and be ineligible... | |
| George Bancroft - United States - 1885 - 616 pages
...by six states, against Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, with Virginia equally divided, resolved that a national executive be instituted ; to consist of a single person ; who should be chosen by the national legislature ; for the term of seven years ; and be ineligible... | |
| Israel Ward Andrews - United States - 1887 - 420 pages
...should be held a second time by the same person or persons. The vote in the committee of the whole was "That a national Executive be instituted, to consist...single person, to be chosen by the national legislature (Congress) for the term of seven years." Subsequently the committee of detail reported the same clause,... | |
| John Fiske - United States - 1888 - 406 pages
...of July, at the motion of Mason, the convention resolved that there should be a national executive, to consist of a single person, to be chosen by the national legislature for the term of seven years, and to be ineligible for a second term. He was to be styled President of the United States of America.... | |
| William Carey Jones - Constitutional history - 1889 - 98 pages
...E. 356. Resolution, agreed to, 21, July 26, E. 356 ; B. 93-95. 9- That a national executive ought to be instituted, to consist of a single person ; to...and to be removable on impeachment and conviction of malpractices or neglect of duty ; to receive a fixed stipend by which he may be compensated for the... | |
| George Ticknor Curtis - Constitutional history - 1889 - 800 pages
...states. The constitution of the executive department had been provided for, by declaring that it should consist of a single person, to be chosen by the national legislature for a period of seven years, and to be ineligible a second time; to have power to carry into execution... | |
| Jonathan Elliot - United States - 1891 - 538 pages
...branch of the national legislature ought to be accvdiitg to the rule established in the first. " 9. That a national executive be instituted, to consist...carry into execution the national laws ; to appoint to ojh'ies in cases not otherwise provided for; to be ineligible a second time, and to be removable on... | |
| Fred Abbott Baker - 1892 - 110 pages
...Deb., 363, 365. July 26, after some further discussion, the convention again adopted the resolution "that a national executive be instituted, to consist...national legislature for the term of seven years, to be ineligible a second time," &c. 5 Elliot's Deb., 369, 370. This resolution, now numbered "12th,"... | |
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