Congressional Serial Set, Issue 3069U.S. Government Printing Office, 1893 Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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... decision seems to have been generally acquiesced in since that time ; nor is it in- tended by the committee to call its correctness in question . The principle asserted in that case is that the legislature of a State by making elections ...
... decision seems to have been generally acquiesced in since that time ; nor is it in- tended by the committee to call its correctness in question . The principle asserted in that case is that the legislature of a State by making elections ...
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... decision had been regarded by the Senate as final ; that the case of Mr. Sevier ( see page 7 ) , in which it was claimed that the Senate had departed from the rule in Lanman's case , was in all material points dif- ferent from the one ...
... decision had been regarded by the Senate as final ; that the case of Mr. Sevier ( see page 7 ) , in which it was claimed that the Senate had departed from the rule in Lanman's case , was in all material points dif- ferent from the one ...
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... decision is clearly in accord with the spirit and meaning of the article of the Constitution already quoted . This section confers upon the legislature the right , and imposes upon it the duty , of choosing Senators who are to serve for ...
... decision is clearly in accord with the spirit and meaning of the article of the Constitution already quoted . This section confers upon the legislature the right , and imposes upon it the duty , of choosing Senators who are to serve for ...
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... decision in Lan- man's case was regarded as final and conclusive of the question . The following are cases of this ... decision in Lanman's case , say : " The decision seems to have been generally acquiesced in , nor is it intended by ...
... decision in Lan- man's case was regarded as final and conclusive of the question . The following are cases of this ... decision in Lanman's case , say : " The decision seems to have been generally acquiesced in , nor is it intended by ...
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... decision in the Lanman case ; that that case proceeded on the ground " that the legislature should provide for all vacancies which must occur at stated and known periods , and that the expiration of a regular term of service is not such ...
... decision in the Lanman case ; that that case proceeded on the ground " that the legislature should provide for all vacancies which must occur at stated and known periods , and that the expiration of a regular term of service is not such ...
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Page 224 - West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued.
Page xxi - No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen. The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.
Page 480 - SECTION 1. The Supreme Executive power of this State shall be vested in a Chief Magistrate who shall be styled the Governor of the State of Iowa.
Page 277 - It is difficult at this day to realize the state of public opinion in relation to that unfortunate race which prevailed in the civilized and enlightened portions of the world at the time of the Declaration of Independence and when the Constitution of the United States was framed and adopted.
Page 123 - ... that he will support the constitution of the United States, and that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, whatever, and particularly, by name, the prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, whereof he was before a citizen or subject ; which proceedings shall be recorded by the clerk of the court.
Page xxi - The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the places of chusing Senators.
Page 204 - 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.
Page xxii - No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time ; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.
Page 436 - ... shall have authority to summon and call to their aid the bystanders or posse comitatus of the proper county, or such portion of the land or naval forces of the United States, or of the militia, as may be necessary to the performance of the duty with which they are charged...
Page 311 - ... the joint assembly shall meet at twelve o'clock, meridian, of each succeeding day during the session of the legislature, and take at least one vote until a senator shall be elected.