Senate Manual: Embracing the Standing Rules and Orders of the Senate, the Constitution of the U.S., Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and the Ordinance of 1787, Jefferson's Manual, Etc. ; Revised to March 1, 1890, Under the Direction of the Committee on Rules, U.S. SenateU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 - 529 pages |
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... Resolved , That copies of the Declaration be sent to the several assemblies , conventions , and committees or councils of safety , and to the several commanding officers of the Continental Troops : That it be PROCLAIMED in each of the ...
... Resolved , That copies of the Declaration be sent to the several assemblies , conventions , and committees or councils of safety , and to the several commanding officers of the Continental Troops : That it be PROCLAIMED in each of the ...
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... Resolved , That a committee be appointed to prepare and digest the form of a confederation to be entered into between these Colonies ; " which com- mittee was appointed the next day , June 12 , and consisted of a member from each Colony ...
... Resolved , That a committee be appointed to prepare and digest the form of a confederation to be entered into between these Colonies ; " which com- mittee was appointed the next day , June 12 , and consisted of a member from each Colony ...
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... 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 united states in congress assembled can be consulted : nor shall any state grant commissions to ...
... 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 united states in congress assembled can be consulted : nor shall any state grant commissions to ...
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... resolutions of the 23d of April , 1784 , relative to the subject of this ordinance , be , and the same are hereby , repealed , and declared null and void . Done by the United States , in Congress assembled , the 13th day of July , in ...
... resolutions of the 23d of April , 1784 , relative to the subject of this ordinance , be , and the same are hereby , repealed , and declared null and void . Done by the United States , in Congress assembled , the 13th day of July , in ...
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... resolution providing for the appointment of five com- missioners , who , or any three of them , should meet such commissioners as might be appointed in the other States of the Union , at a time and place to be agreed upon , to take into ...
... resolution providing for the appointment of five com- missioners , who , or any three of them , should meet such commissioners as might be appointed in the other States of the Union , at a time and place to be agreed upon , to take into ...
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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 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 52 - The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
Page 17 - State or its trade; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any State in time of peace, except such number only as, in the judgment of the United States in congress assembled, shall be deemed requisite to garrison the forts necessary for the defence of such State...
Page 51 - ... 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.] 'The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes ; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Page 32 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Page 41 - 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 17 - When land forces are raised by any state for the common defence, all officers of or under the rank of colonel shall be appointed by the legislature of each state respectively, by whom such forces shall be raised, or in such manner as such state shall direct ; and all vacancies shall be filled up by the state which first made the appointment.
Page 18 - ... that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective States shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any species of goods or commodities whatsoever...
Page 32 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared that no law ought ever to be made, or have force in the said territory, that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with or affect private contracts or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud, previously formed.