Senate Manual: Containing the Standing Rules and Orders of the United States Senate, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Ordinance of 1787, Jefferson's Manual, EtcU.S. Government Printing Office, 1903 - 574 pages |
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... John Hotham a traitor . 4 Rushw . , 586. So , when a member stood indicted for felony , it was adjudged that he ought to remain of the House till conviction ; for it may be any man's case , who is guiltless , to be accused and indicted ...
... John Hotham a traitor . 4 Rushw . , 586. So , when a member stood indicted for felony , it was adjudged that he ought to remain of the House till conviction ; for it may be any man's case , who is guiltless , to be accused and indicted ...
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... John Cheyney and Sir William Sturton , and in 15 H. , 6. Sir John Tyrrel , in 1656 , January 27 ; 1658 , March 9 ; 1659 , January 13 . Sir Job Charlton ill , Seymour chosen , 1673 , February 18 . Seymour being ill , Sir Robert Sawyer ...
... John Cheyney and Sir William Sturton , and in 15 H. , 6. Sir John Tyrrel , in 1656 , January 27 ; 1658 , March 9 ; 1659 , January 13 . Sir Job Charlton ill , Seymour chosen , 1673 , February 18 . Seymour being ill , Sir Robert Sawyer ...
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... John Trevor , was then ( 1679 ) newly introduced into parliamentary usage , by the Lords . 7 Grey , 94. It was cer- tainly a happy innovation , as it multiplies the opportunities of trying modifications which may bring the Houses to a ...
... John Trevor , was then ( 1679 ) newly introduced into parliamentary usage , by the Lords . 7 Grey , 94. It was cer- tainly a happy innovation , as it multiplies the opportunities of trying modifications which may bring the Houses to a ...
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... JOHN LANGDON NATHANIEL GORHAM RUFUS KING Connecticut . WM SAMI . JOHNSON ROGER SHERMAN New York . ALEXANDER HAMILTON New Jersey . WIL : LIVINGSTON DAVID BREARLEY . B. FRANKLIN ROBT . MORRIS THOS . FITZSIMONS JAMES WILSON GEO : READ JOHN ...
... JOHN LANGDON NATHANIEL GORHAM RUFUS KING Connecticut . WM SAMI . JOHNSON ROGER SHERMAN New York . ALEXANDER HAMILTON New Jersey . WIL : LIVINGSTON DAVID BREARLEY . B. FRANKLIN ROBT . MORRIS THOS . FITZSIMONS JAMES WILSON GEO : READ JOHN ...
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... JOHN HANCOCK . New Hampshire . JOSIAH BARTLETT , MATTHEW THORNTON . WM . WHIPPLE , Massachusetts Bay . SAML . ADAMS , JOHN ADAMS , ROBT . TREAT PAINE , ELBRIDGE GERRY . Rhode Island , etc. STEP . HOPKINS , WILLIAM ELLERY . Connecticut ...
... JOHN HANCOCK . New Hampshire . JOSIAH BARTLETT , MATTHEW THORNTON . WM . WHIPPLE , Massachusetts Bay . SAML . ADAMS , JOHN ADAMS , ROBT . TREAT PAINE , ELBRIDGE GERRY . Rhode Island , etc. STEP . HOPKINS , WILLIAM ELLERY . Connecticut ...
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Page 428 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed In any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 414 - All bills of credit emitted, monies borrowed and debts contracted by, or under the authority of Congress, before the assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the present confederation, shall be deemed and considered as a charge against the United States, for payment and satisfaction whereof the said United States, and the public faith are hereby solemnly pledged.
Page 428 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government: provided, the constitution and government, so to be formed, shall be republican and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles...
Page 426 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 406 - States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings, of the courts and magistrates of every other State. ARTICLE V. For the more convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each State shall direct...
Page 405 - 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 405 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, (paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted,) shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States...
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Page 186 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Page 425 - The inhabitants of the said territory shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writs of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law. All persons shall be bailable, unless for capital offences, where the proof shall be evident, or the presumption great.