United States Congressional Serial Set, Issue 9017U.S. Government Printing Office, 1929 - 253 pages Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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... Michigan , has on two occasions ( 1901 and 1902 ) introduced an amendment pro- viding that Congress shall have power to determine the qualifications requisite for electors of Members to the House of Representatives , which ...
... Michigan , has on two occasions ( 1901 and 1902 ) introduced an amendment pro- viding that Congress shall have power to determine the qualifications requisite for electors of Members to the House of Representatives , which ...
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... Michigan , objected to Congress meeting 20 days before the inauguration of the President , declar- 41 Cong . Rec . , Mar. 6 , 1928 , p . 4194 . 34240-29- 4 [ 37 ] ing that except in such cases where the electoral college PROPOSED ...
... Michigan , objected to Congress meeting 20 days before the inauguration of the President , declar- 41 Cong . Rec . , Mar. 6 , 1928 , p . 4194 . 34240-29- 4 [ 37 ] ing that except in such cases where the electoral college PROPOSED ...
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... Michigan , offered an amendment to this amendment so that instead of January 4 , the amendment would read the first Monday after the 4th of January . This would avoid the possibility of Congress having to meet on a Sunday . " 0 Mr ...
... Michigan , offered an amendment to this amendment so that instead of January 4 , the amendment would read the first Monday after the 4th of January . This would avoid the possibility of Congress having to meet on a Sunday . " 0 Mr ...
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... Michigan , presented a resolution forbidding Congress to conscript armies for foreign service to execute orders of any international body . This amendment was prompted by the possibility of the United States entering the League of ...
... Michigan , presented a resolution forbidding Congress to conscript armies for foreign service to execute orders of any international body . This amendment was prompted by the possibility of the United States entering the League of ...
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... Michigan , immediately moved an amendment that The times , places , and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the legislatures thereof ; but the Congress may at any time by law ...
... Michigan , immediately moved an amendment that The times , places , and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the legislatures thereof ; but the Congress may at any time by law ...
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Page 221 - That all fermented, distilled, or other intoxicating liquors or liquids transported into any state or territory or remaining therein for use, consumption, sale or storage therein, shall upon arrival in such state or territory be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such state or territory enacted in the exercise of its police powers, to the same extent and in the same manner as though such liquids or liquors had been produced in such state or territory, and shall not be exempt therefrom...
Page 138 - ... and value independent of the parties to them. They are not commodities to be shipped or forwarded from one state to another and then put up for sale. They are like other personal contracts between parties which are completed by their signature and the transfer of the consideration. Such contracts are not interstate transactions though the parties may be domiciled in different states.
Page 101 - ... such, by reason of unusual and pressing demands on the resources of the government, or of the inadequacy of the supply of gold and silver coin to furnish the currency needed for the uses of the government and of the people, that it is, as matter of fact, wise and expedient to resort to this means, is a political question, to be determined by Congress when the question of exigency arises, and not a judicial question, to be afterwards passed upon by the courts.
Page 143 - Concurrent with the Court of Claims, of all claims not exceeding leu thousand dollars founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the Government of the United States...
Page 245 - Men and Women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction.
Page 103 - ... there has been established in its place a monetary system based upon the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold into money at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1 by the independent action of the United States, under which system all paper money shall be issued by the Government and all such money coined or issued shall be a full legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, without exception.
Page 132 - SECTION 1. The Congress shall have power to limit, regulate, and prohibit the labor of persons under eighteen years of age. "SECTION 2. The power of the several States is unimpaired by this article except that the operation of State laws shall be suspended to the extent necessary to give effect to legislation enacted by the Congress.
Page 82 - States shall be a party; to controversies between two or more States, between a State and citizens of another State, between citizens of different States, between citizens of the same State, claiming land under grants of different states, and between a State, or the citizens thereof, and foreign states, citizens, or subjects.
Page 238 - Indians not taxed ; provided, that whenever the elective franchise shall be denied or abridged in any State on account of race or color, all persons of such race or color shall be excluded from the basis of representation.
Page 31 - Section 4 The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them...