The Constitutional Text Book: A Practical and Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United StatesG.W. Childs, 1865 - 384 էջ |
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... majority of the delegates : for instance , if a colony had seven delegates in Congress , they would cast but one vote , which was determined by a majority of the seven delegates . If the delegates of a colony were equally divided , no ...
... majority of the delegates : for instance , if a colony had seven delegates in Congress , they would cast but one vote , which was determined by a majority of the seven delegates . If the delegates of a colony were equally divided , no ...
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... majority of the States in Congress . § 31. This Confederation was intended to be perpetual ; nor was any alteration in the articles to be made , unless agreed to in Congress and afterward confirmed by the legislature of every State ...
... majority of the States in Congress . § 31. This Confederation was intended to be perpetual ; nor was any alteration in the articles to be made , unless agreed to in Congress and afterward confirmed by the legislature of every State ...
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... majority of the States not being represented , the members present ad- journed from day to day until Friday , May 25. Upon , organizing , George Washington , who was a delegate from Virginia , was unanimously elected to preside over ...
... majority of the States not being represented , the members present ad- journed from day to day until Friday , May 25. Upon , organizing , George Washington , who was a delegate from Virginia , was unanimously elected to preside over ...
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... Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business ; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day , and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members , a such Manner , and under such 28 CONSTITUTIONAL TEXT - BOOK .
... Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business ; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day , and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members , a such Manner , and under such 28 CONSTITUTIONAL TEXT - BOOK .
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... Majority and have an equal number of Votes , then the House of Re- presentatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President ; and if no Person have a Majority , then from the five highest on the List the said House ...
... Majority and have an equal number of Votes , then the House of Re- presentatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President ; and if no Person have a Majority , then from the five highest on the List the said House ...
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Էջ 273 - ... ..of establishing rules for deciding in all cases, what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces in the service of the United States shall be divided or appropriated.. ..of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace... .appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas...
Էջ 281 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned...
Էջ 274 - ... absent or refusing ; and the judgment and sentence of the court, to be appointed in the manner before prescribed, shall be final and conclusive ; and if any of the parties shall refuse to submit to the...
Էջ 42 - 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 Executive...
Էջ 69 - When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies. The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers ; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
Էջ 35 - State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress : but no Senator or Representative, or. Person holding an Office of Trust • or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector. 3 ["The electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same...
Էջ 292 - I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish — that they will control the usual current of the passions, or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations: but ,if I may even flatter myself, that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good, that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of...
Էջ 291 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?
Էջ 276 - The United States, in Congress assembled, shall never engage in a war, nor grant letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace, nor enter into any treaties or alliances, nor coin money, nor regulate the value thereof, nor ascertain the sums and expenses necessary for the defense and welfare of the United States...
Էջ 269 - NEW YORK William Floyd Philip Livingston Francis Lewis Lewis Morris NEW JERSEY Richard Stockton John Witherspoon Francis Hopkinson John Hart Abraham Clark PENNSYLVANIA Robert Morris Benjamin Rush Benjamin...