The Constitution of the United States Defined and Carefully AnnotatedW.H. & O.H. Morrison, 1868 - 407 pages |
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... Convention Manual of State Constitutions . ... Lieber's Encyclopedia Americana . Lewis , Commissioner of Internal Revenue . Lord King's Life of Locke . Marshall's Life of Washington . Mas . - Mas . Ga .. Gill . Gr . Gray . Greenlf . Ev ...
... Convention Manual of State Constitutions . ... Lieber's Encyclopedia Americana . Lewis , Commissioner of Internal Revenue . Lord King's Life of Locke . Marshall's Life of Washington . Mas . - Mas . Ga .. Gill . Gr . Gray . Greenlf . Ev ...
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... conventions , and committees , or councils of safety , and to the several commanding officers of the conti- nental troops ; that it be proclaimed in each of the United States , and at the head of the army . ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION AND ...
... conventions , and committees , or councils of safety , and to the several commanding officers of the conti- nental troops ; that it be proclaimed in each of the United States , and at the head of the army . ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION AND ...
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... Convention for proposing Amendments , which , in either Case , shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes , as Part of this Constitution , when ratified by the Legisla- tures of three fourths of the several States , or by Con- ventions ...
... Convention for proposing Amendments , which , in either Case , shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes , as Part of this Constitution , when ratified by the Legisla- tures of three fourths of the several States , or by Con- ventions ...
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... Conventions of nine States , shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Consti- tution between the States so ratifying the Same . DONE in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of Septem ...
... Conventions of nine States , shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Consti- tution between the States so ratifying the Same . DONE in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the Seventeenth Day of Septem ...
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... conventions of the people for ratification . This was the South Carolina form , offered by Mr. Rutledge in the Federal ... convention which formed the Constitution . Baldwin's Constitutional Views , 29-42 . And see Worcester v . Georgia ...
... conventions of the people for ratification . This was the South Carolina form , offered by Mr. Rutledge in the Federal ... convention which formed the Constitution . Baldwin's Constitutional Views , 29-42 . And see Worcester v . Georgia ...
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Page 16 - States, and exacting such postage on the papers passing through the same, as may be requisite to defray the expenses of the said office — appointing all officers of the land forces in the service of the United States excepting regimental officers — appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States — making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations. The United...
Page 16 - Congress for the security of the parties concerned : provided that every commissioner, before he sits in judgment, shall take an oath, to be administered by one of the judges of the Supreme or Superior Court of the State where the cause shall be tried, " well and truly to hear and determine the . matter in question, according to the best of his judgment, without favor, affection, or hope of reward :" provided also that no State shall be deprived of territory for the benefit of the United States.
Page 39 - 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...
Page 13 - ... been so declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the united states in congress assembled, unless such state be infested by pirates, in which case vessels of war may be fitted out for that occasion, and kept so long as the danger shall continue, or until the united states in congress assembled shall determine otherwise.
Page 151 - But when the terms of the stipulation import a contract, when either of the parties engages to perform a particular act, the treaty addresses itself to the political, not the judicial department; and the legislature must execute the contract before it can become a rule for the Court.
Page 36 - The president shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session. SECTION 3. He shall, from time to time, give to the congress information of the state of the Union...
Page 30 - ... 2 The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it. 3 No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4 No capitation, or other direct tax, shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 209 - I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto ; that I have neither sought nor accepted not attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States...
Page 36 - President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. ARTICLE III Section 1. The judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good...
Page 25 - Trust or Profit under the United States : but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. SECTION 4. >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.