The Constitutional Conventions of Virginia from the Foundation of the Commonwealth to the Present TimeJ. T. West, 1901 - 180 páginas |
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... hundred acres of uncultivated land " were allowed to vote . For complete details and references to the Royal Charters and ordinances of the House of Burgesses touching these matters , see 1 Revised Code 1819 , pp . 37 , 38 , where ...
... hundred acres of uncultivated land " were allowed to vote . For complete details and references to the Royal Charters and ordinances of the House of Burgesses touching these matters , see 1 Revised Code 1819 , pp . 37 , 38 , where ...
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... hundred and thirty - two members , elected in 1776 , pursuant to an ordinance of the Convention of 1775 , passed July , 1775. ( See Hening's Statutes at Large , Vol . IX , p . 54. ) Edmund Pendleton was made president of the body ...
... hundred and thirty - two members , elected in 1776 , pursuant to an ordinance of the Convention of 1775 , passed July , 1775. ( See Hening's Statutes at Large , Vol . IX , p . 54. ) Edmund Pendleton was made president of the body ...
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... Hundred and Thirty - two Members . ) Accomac - Southey Simpson and Isaac Smith . Albemarle - Charles Lewis and George Gilmer , for Thomas Jefferson . Amelia - John Tabb and John Winn . Augusta - Thomas Lewis and Samuel McDowell . West ...
... Hundred and Thirty - two Members . ) Accomac - Southey Simpson and Isaac Smith . Albemarle - Charles Lewis and George Gilmer , for Thomas Jefferson . Amelia - John Tabb and John Winn . Augusta - Thomas Lewis and Samuel McDowell . West ...
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... hundred and seventy members , elected March , 1788 , pursuant to the Resolutions of the General Assembly enacted October 25 , 1787 . Edmund Pendleton was unanimously elected President of the body . Rev. Abner Waugh was unanimously ...
... hundred and seventy members , elected March , 1788 , pursuant to the Resolutions of the General Assembly enacted October 25 , 1787 . Edmund Pendleton was unanimously elected President of the body . Rev. Abner Waugh was unanimously ...
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... hundred ; after which that number shall be continued or increased , as Congress shall direct , upon the principles fixed in the Constitution , by apportioning the 42 The proposed Amendments to the Constitution of United States.
... hundred ; after which that number shall be continued or increased , as Congress shall direct , upon the principles fixed in the Constitution , by apportioning the 42 The proposed Amendments to the Constitution of United States.
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Página 42 - 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 131 - 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.
Página 43 - ... delegate ; and the delegates of a state or any of them, at his or their request, shall be furnished with a transcript of the said journal, except such...
Página 140 - ... and if, in the Legislature so next chosen as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each House, then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
Página 131 - I have neither sought, nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States; that I have not yielded a voluntary support to any pretended government, authority, power, or constitution within the United States, hostile or inimical thereto.
Página 175 - That, in all capital or criminal prosecutions, a man hath a right to demand the cause and nature of his accusation...
Página 140 - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the senate and assembly; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to the legislature to be chosen at the next general election of senators...
Página 41 - ... they should, at fixed periods, be reduced to a private station, return into that body from which they were originally taken, and the vacancies be supplied by frequent, certain, and regular elections, in which all, or any part of the former members to be again eligible or ineligible, as the laws shall direct.
Página 12 - That the delegates appointed to represent this colony in General Congress, be instructed to propose to that respectable body to declare the United Colonies free and independent states, absolved from all allegiance to, or dependence upon, the crown or parliament of Great Britain...
Página 45 - Virginia, declare and make known, that the powers granted under the Constitution, being derived from the people of the United States, may be resumed by them, whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression, and that every power not granted thereby remains with them, and at their will...