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... unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained ; and when so suspended , he has utterly neglected to attend to them . He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people , unless ...
... unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained ; and when so suspended , he has utterly neglected to attend to them . He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people , unless ...
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... unless such state be actually invaded by enemies , or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed by some nation of Indians to invade such state , and the danger is so imminent as not to admit of a delay , till the ...
... unless such state be actually invaded by enemies , or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed by some nation of Indians to invade such state , and the danger is so imminent as not to admit of a delay , till the ...
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... the same manner as the quota of such state , unless the legislature of such state shall judge that such extra number cannot be safely spared out of the same , in which case they shall raise officer , Articles of Confederation . 21.
... the same manner as the quota of such state , unless the legislature of such state shall judge that such extra number cannot be safely spared out of the same , in which case they shall raise officer , Articles of Confederation . 21.
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... unless nine states assent to the same : nor shall a question on any other point , except for adjourning from day to day be determined , unless by the votes of a majority of the united states in congress assembled . The Congress of the ...
... unless nine states assent to the same : nor shall a question on any other point , except for adjourning from day to day be determined , unless by the votes of a majority of the united states in congress assembled . The Congress of the ...
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... unless such admission be agreed to by nine states . ARTICLE XII . 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 ...
... unless such admission be agreed to by nine states . ARTICLE XII . 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 ...
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1893 By Legislature adjourn Amendments Articles of Confederation bill citizens CLASS Clerk Commence committee Connecticut consent Constitution debate declared delegates district duties election electors appointed executive Expiration of term February fill unexpired term fill vacancy caused Georgia Governor Grey Hakew Hampshire Hats House of Representatives impeachment James January John July June June 25 March Maryland Massachusetts ment of service motion Names of Senators oath Pennsylvania person Presiding Officer previous question privileges proceedings proposed ratified Resigned resolution Rhode Island rules Scob Secretary Sergeant-at-Arms session signed South Carolina South Dakota Speaker succeed TABLE OF SENATORS Tennessee Territory of Dakota thereof tion treaty two-thirds United unless Vice-President Virginia vote Wall whole number William XLII XLIV XLIX XLVI XLVIII XXII XXIV XXIX XXVI XXXI XXXIV XXXIX XXXV XXXVIII ΙΟ
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Page 51 - Term, be elected as follows: 2. Each 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...
Page 34 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free...
Page 15 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, paupers, vagabonds and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States; and the people of each State shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties,...
Page 32 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land ; and should the public exigencies make it necessary, for the common preservation, to take any person's property, or to demand his particular services, full compensation shall be made for the same.
Page 23 - 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.
Page 35 - And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever ; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government : Provided, The constitution and government, so to be formed, shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles...
Page 15 - States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings, of the courts and magistrates of every other State. ARTICLE V. For the more convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each State shall direct...
Page 15 - 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.
Page 39 - Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New- York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina...
Page 51 - States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice-President.