The Governmental Instructor, Or, A Brief and Comprehensive View of the Government of the United States, and of the State Governments: In Easy Lessons : Designed for the Use of SchoolsCollins, Brother & Company, 1846 - 182 páginas |
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... exercise the executive authority in his name . The colonies were therefore not only subject to the laws passed by their own colonial legislatures , but also were bound to obey the acts of parliament , which were expressly applied to ...
... exercise the executive authority in his name . The colonies were therefore not only subject to the laws passed by their own colonial legislatures , but also were bound to obey the acts of parliament , which were expressly applied to ...
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... exercise of the remainder ; that the sovereign power in a nation is the united will of the people ; that the people of each nation owe allegiance to the sov- ereignty of their own nation and to no other ; that a What had taken place ...
... exercise of the remainder ; that the sovereign power in a nation is the united will of the people ; that the people of each nation owe allegiance to the sov- ereignty of their own nation and to no other ; that a What had taken place ...
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... exercise of their own sovereignty , adopted a con- stitution , and thus united the states under one Na- Under what government are the inhabitants of the territories be- longing to the United States ? How can the people of a territory be ...
... exercise of their own sovereignty , adopted a con- stitution , and thus united the states under one Na- Under what government are the inhabitants of the territories be- longing to the United States ? How can the people of a territory be ...
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... exercise of so im- portant a trust . 2. He must have been seven years a citizen of the United States . For persons born under foreign gov- ernments and becoming citizens of the United States , by naturalization , cannot reasonably be ...
... exercise of so im- portant a trust . 2. He must have been seven years a citizen of the United States . For persons born under foreign gov- ernments and becoming citizens of the United States , by naturalization , cannot reasonably be ...
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... exercises exclusive legislation over this District , and has the same power in regard to the citizens of it that legislatures have over the several states . AUXILIARY AND IMPLIED POWERS OF CONGRESS . The several specified powers of ...
... exercises exclusive legislation over this District , and has the same power in regard to the citizens of it that legislatures have over the several states . AUXILIARY AND IMPLIED POWERS OF CONGRESS . The several specified powers of ...
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Página 171 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Página 172 - States. 2 A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
Página 168 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Página 165 - ... 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.
Página 158 - That it will meet the full and entire approbation of every state is not perhaps to be expected; but each will doubtless consider, that had her interest been alone consulted, the consequences might have been particularly disagreeable or injurious to others; that it is liable to as few exceptions as could reasonably have been expected, we hope and believe; that it may promote the lasting welfare of that country so dear to us all, and secure her freedom and happiness, is our most ardent wish.
Página 172 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Página 165 - ... 6. No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. 7. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States, and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign...
Página 58 - Each house shall be the judge of the election,, returns, and qualifications of its own members...
Página 164 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of 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, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings : and, 17.
Página 174 - All debts contracted, and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the confederation. 2. -This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be...