Cases of Contested Elections in Congress: From 1834 to 1865, InclusiveU.S. Government Printing Office, 1865 - 660 էջ |
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... committee . The petitioner and sitting member appeared before the committee on the 15th day of December last , and an objection having been made by the sitting member to the said depositions as inadmissible evidence of the facts stated ...
... committee . The petitioner and sitting member appeared before the committee on the 15th day of December last , and an objection having been made by the sitting member to the said depositions as inadmissible evidence of the facts stated ...
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... committee , however , deemed this species of evidence inadmissible , and did not , therefore , investigate the votes of the sitting member objected to under this head . This decision confined the inquiry to cases of bad or illegal votes ...
... committee , however , deemed this species of evidence inadmissible , and did not , therefore , investigate the votes of the sitting member objected to under this head . This decision confined the inquiry to cases of bad or illegal votes ...
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... committee , if not impossible , from the testimony , to determine accurately how many of the five or six proven to have been for the petitioner should be taken from his poll , if it should be thought that any should be deducted , as it ...
... committee , if not impossible , from the testimony , to determine accurately how many of the five or six proven to have been for the petitioner should be taken from his poll , if it should be thought that any should be deducted , as it ...
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... Committee of Elections . On the 18th of September , in the House , on motion of Mr. Gholson , it was Resolved , That the Committee of Elections be instructed to report upon the certificate of election of Massrs . Claiborne and Gholson ...
... Committee of Elections . On the 18th of September , in the House , on motion of Mr. Gholson , it was Resolved , That the Committee of Elections be instructed to report upon the certificate of election of Massrs . Claiborne and Gholson ...
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... committee should be in error , still their opin- ion would induce them to give Mr. Doty the seat , because , as the committee believe , that act has nothing to do with the present contest . It is nothing but an act of Congress , and ...
... committee should be in error , still their opin- ion would induce them to give Mr. Doty the seat , because , as the committee believe , that act has nothing to do with the present contest . It is nothing but an act of Congress , and ...
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Էջ 560 - Indians, or to include any territory which, by treaty with any Indian tribe, is not, without the consent of said tribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any. State or Territory...
Էջ 433 - I did file such a bill in the Supreme Court of the United States. The Supreme Court of the United States...
Էջ 140 - That in every case where a State is entitled to more than one Representative, the number to which each State shall be entitled under this apportionment shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory equal in number to the number of Representatives to which said State may be entitled, no one district electing more than one Representative.
Էջ 49 - The government of the United States, then, though limited in its powers, is supreme; and its laws, when made in pursuance of the Constitution, form the supreme law of the land, ' ' anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Էջ 252 - That a delegate to the House of .Representatives of the United States, to serve for the term of two years, who shall be a citizen of the United States, may be elected by the voters qualified to elect members of the Legislative Assembly...
Էջ 438 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states and the fact that any state or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Էջ 90 - Queretaro, and every male naturalized citizen thereof, who shall have become such ninety days prior to any election, of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of the State one year next preceding the election, and of the county in which he claims his vote ninety days, and in the election precinct thirty days, shall be entitled to vote at all elections...
Էջ 176 - Those who shall prefer to remain in the said territories may either retain the title and rights of Mexican citizens or acquire those of citizens of the United States...
Էջ 635 - I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America ; that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the rules and articles of war.
Էջ 638 - And when the senators and representatives of a State are admitted into the councils of the Union, the authority of the government under which they are appointed, as well as its republican character, is recognized by the proper constitutional authority. And its decision is binding on every other department of the government, and could not be questioned in a judicial tribunal.