Constitution of the United States: Jefferson's Manual, the Rules of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-fourth Congress, and a Digest and Manual of the Rules and Practice of the House of Representatives of the United StatesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1897 - 690 pages |
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... adopted a resolution in favor of a convention , and the Legislatures of those States which had not already done so ( with the exception of Rhode Island promptly appointed delegates . On the 25th of May , seven States having convened ...
... adopted a resolution in favor of a convention , and the Legislatures of those States which had not already done so ( with the exception of Rhode Island promptly appointed delegates . On the 25th of May , seven States having convened ...
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... Adoption of this Constitution , shall be eligible to the Office of President ; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years , and been fourteen Years a Resident within ...
... Adoption of this Constitution , shall be eligible to the Office of President ; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years , and been fourteen Years a Resident within ...
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... entered into , before the Adoption of this Constitution , shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution , as under the Confederation . " This Constitution , and the Laws of the United 22 Constitution .
... entered into , before the Adoption of this Constitution , shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution , as under the Confederation . " This Constitution , and the Laws of the United 22 Constitution .
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... adopted and transmitted to the Department of State a concurrent resolution declaring that " the legislatures of the States of Connecticut , Tennessee , New Jersey , Oregon , Vermont , New York , Ohio , Illinois , West Vir- ginia ...
... adopted and transmitted to the Department of State a concurrent resolution declaring that " the legislatures of the States of Connecticut , Tennessee , New Jersey , Oregon , Vermont , New York , Ohio , Illinois , West Vir- ginia ...
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... ; Nebraska , February 17 , 1870 ; Texas , February 18 , 1870. The State of Georgia also ratified the amendment February 2 , 1870 . H. Doc . 137- -3 RATIFICATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION . The Constitution was adopted by Constitution . 33.
... ; Nebraska , February 17 , 1870 ; Texas , February 18 , 1870. The State of Georgia also ratified the amendment February 2 , 1870 . H. Doc . 137- -3 RATIFICATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION . The Constitution was adopted by Constitution . 33.
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Page 433 - ... that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic ; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same ; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter : so help me God.
Page 552 - Every person who having been summoned as a witness by the authority of either House of Congress to give testimony or to produce papers upon any matter under inquiry before either House...
Page 247 - Congress assembled should fix a day on which electors should be appointed by the States which shall have ratified the same, and a day on which the electors should assemble to vote for the President, and the time and place for commencing proceedings under this Constitution; that after such publication the electors should be appointed, and the senators and representatives elected...
Page 247 - States in Congress assembled; that the senators and representatives should convene at the time and place assigned; that the senators should appoint a president of the Senate, for the sole purpose of receiving, opening, and counting the votes for President; and that after he shall be chosen, the Congress, together with the President, should without delay proceed to execute this Constitution.
Page 360 - No motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment.