The Government of the United StatesCharles E. Merrill, 1908 - 168 էջ |
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... amount of money asked of the States from 1781 to 1788 was about $ 16,000,000 . The returns were only about $ 500,000 ... amounts of paper money , and Congress could not restrain them . The paper money depreciated . Debts could not be ...
... amount of money asked of the States from 1781 to 1788 was about $ 16,000,000 . The returns were only about $ 500,000 ... amounts of paper money , and Congress could not restrain them . The paper money depreciated . Debts could not be ...
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... amount to be raised , divides it by the popula- tion of the United States , and multiplies the quotient by the population of each State . The result is the amount each State must pay . 13. Apportionment of Representatives . - In the ...
... amount to be raised , divides it by the popula- tion of the United States , and multiplies the quotient by the population of each State . The result is the amount each State must pay . 13. Apportionment of Representatives . - In the ...
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... amounts to a veto . This is called " a pocket veto . " It was first employed by President Jackson . In order to avoid " pocket vetoes " of bills which the President wants to become laws he has to work very hard during the last hours ...
... amounts to a veto . This is called " a pocket veto . " It was first employed by President Jackson . In order to avoid " pocket vetoes " of bills which the President wants to become laws he has to work very hard during the last hours ...
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... amounts only . The silver coins below the dollar are legal tender up to ten dollars ; the minor coins up to twenty - five cents . All gold coins and silver dollars are legal tender to any amount . 53. The Value of Coin . - In 1900 the ...
... amounts only . The silver coins below the dollar are legal tender up to ten dollars ; the minor coins up to twenty - five cents . All gold coins and silver dollars are legal tender to any amount . 53. The Value of Coin . - In 1900 the ...
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... amount of gold or silver in them and comparing it with the amount in our standard . 54. Weights and Measures . - Congress never exercised much authority over weights and measures . It adopted the English Troy pound and made the metric ...
... amount of gold or silver in them and comparing it with the amount in our standard . 54. Weights and Measures . - Congress never exercised much authority over weights and measures . It adopted the English Troy pound and made the metric ...
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Էջ 159 - Journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the delegates of each state on any question shall be entered on the Journal, when it is desired by any delegate; and the delegates of a state, or any of them, at his or their request shall be furnished with a transcript of the said Journal, except such parts as are above excepted, to lay before the legislatures of the...
Էջ 154 - If any person guilty of, or charged with treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall upon demand of the Governor or Executive power, of the State from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offense.
Էջ 80 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Էջ 153 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare; binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Էջ 160 - All bills of credit emitted, moneys borrowed, and debts contracted, by or under the authority of congress, before the assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the present confederation, shall be deemed. and considered as a charge against the United States, for payment and satisfaction whereof, the said United States, and the public faith, are hereby solemnly pledged.
Էջ 156 - States in proportion to the value of all land within each State, granted to or surveyed for, any person, as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated, according to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled shall from time to time direct and appoint.
Էջ 156 - All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defense or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury...
Էջ 160 - Canada acceding to this confederation, and joining in the measures of the united states, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this union : but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
Էջ 158 - States; regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians not members of any of the states ; provided that the legislative right of any state within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Էջ 38 - ... and if, in the Legislature so next chosen as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each House, then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...