The American's GuideM. Polock, 1855 - 636 páginas |
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... Congress may at any time , by law , make or alter such regulations , except as to the place of choosing senators . 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year , and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December ...
... Congress may at any time , by law , make or alter such regulations , except as to the place of choosing senators . 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year , and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December ...
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... Congress shall , without the consent of the other , adjourn for more than three days , nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting . SECTION VI . 1. The senators and representatives shall receive a ...
... Congress shall , without the consent of the other , adjourn for more than three days , nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting . SECTION VI . 1. The senators and representatives shall receive a ...
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... Congress by their adjournment prevent its return , in which case it shall not be a law . 3. Every order , resolution , or vote to which the concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary , ( except a ques- tion ...
... Congress by their adjournment prevent its return , in which case it shall not be a law . 3. Every order , resolution , or vote to which the concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary , ( except a ques- tion ...
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... Congress , become the seat of government of the United States , and to exercise like authority over all places purchased , by the consent of the legislature of the state in which the same shall be , for the erection of forts , magazines ...
... Congress , become the seat of government of the United States , and to exercise like authority over all places purchased , by the consent of the legislature of the state in which the same shall be , for the erection of forts , magazines ...
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... Congress ; but no senator or representative , or person holding any office of trust or profit under the United States , shall be appointed an elector . 3. The electors shall meet in their respective states , and vote by ballot for two ...
... Congress ; but no senator or representative , or person holding any office of trust or profit under the United States , shall be appointed an elector . 3. The electors shall meet in their respective states , and vote by ballot for two ...
Términos y frases comunes
adjourn aforesaid annually appointed ARTICLE attorney-general authority ballot bill chosen circuit courts citizen clerk commissions commonwealth compensation Congress consent continue in office convicted corporation court of chancery debt declared deem delegates direct dollars duties eligible entitled established executive exercise expiration grant habeas corpus hereafter hold his office hold their offices house of representatives impeachment inhabitants judges judicial jurisdiction jury justices land lature legislature liberty lieutenant-governor majority manner members elected militia Monday number of votes oath or affirmation offence office of governor peace person prescribed by law president privileges prosecutions provided by law punishment qualified electors qualified voters removal from office Republic of Texas returns secretary senate session sheriff supreme court term therein thereof thousand eight hundred tion town treason treasurer trial trial by jury two-thirds United unless vacancy vested viva voce writs writs of election yeas and nays
Pasajes populares
Página 554 - 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.
Página 8 - Court. 10. To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations. 11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water. 12. To raise and support armies ; but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years. 13. To provide and maintain a navy.
Página 555 - No State shall be represented in Congress by less than two nor by more than seven members ; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years...
Página 215 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Página 560 - And whereas it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures we respectively represent in Congress to approve of, and to authorize us to ratify, the said articles of confederation and perpetual union: KNOW YE, That we, the undersigned delegates, by virtue of the power and authority to us given for that purpose, do by these presents. In the name and in behalf of our respective constituents, fully and entirely ratify and confirm each and every of the said articles...
Página 559 - Congress assembled, by the consent of nine states, shall, from time to time, think expedient to vest them with; provided, that no power be delegated to the said committee, for the exercise of which, by the articles of confederation, the voice of nine states, in the Congress of the United States assembled, is requisite.
Página 556 - All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several states in proportion to the value of all land within each state granted to or surveyed for any person, as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated, according to such mode as the United States in congress assembled shall from...
Página 554 - If any person guilty of, or charged with, treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor in any State shall flee from justice and be found in any of the United States, he shall, upon demand of the governor or executive power of the State from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offense.
Página 560 - Confederation, are submitted to them. And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State ; and the Union shall be perpetual. Nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to, in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Página 555 - No two or more states shall enter into any treaty, confederation or alliance whatever between them, without the consent of the United States in congress assembled, specifying accurately the purposes for which the same is to be entered into, and how long it shall continue.