Studies in Civil GovernmentSilver, Burdett & Company, 1890 - 250 páginas |
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... measures , etc. SUMMARY OF TOWN OFFICERS . - The moderator , town clerk , selectmen , town treasurer , school committee , surveyors of highways , assessors of taxes , collectors of taxes , overseers of the poor , field - drivers , pound ...
... measures , etc. SUMMARY OF TOWN OFFICERS . - The moderator , town clerk , selectmen , town treasurer , school committee , surveyors of highways , assessors of taxes , collectors of taxes , overseers of the poor , field - drivers , pound ...
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... measures as will best conduce to the highest welfare , to the greatest happiness of the people , constantly bearing in mind that we of the present generation , in view of the blessings received from the past , are in duty bound to ...
... measures as will best conduce to the highest welfare , to the greatest happiness of the people , constantly bearing in mind that we of the present generation , in view of the blessings received from the past , are in duty bound to ...
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... measures in which that welfare can be better secured by the government than by individual , private enterprise . SUMMARY . - Let us then summarize the great duties of the government . They may be stated as follows : ( 1 ) To provide for ...
... measures in which that welfare can be better secured by the government than by individual , private enterprise . SUMMARY . - Let us then summarize the great duties of the government . They may be stated as follows : ( 1 ) To provide for ...
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... measures for a general resistance . - THE CONGRESS OF 1765. Hence it came to pass that in 1765 a congress of delegates from nine of the colonies was held in New York . The immediate cause of this congress was the Stamp Act , which had ...
... measures for a general resistance . - THE CONGRESS OF 1765. Hence it came to pass that in 1765 a congress of delegates from nine of the colonies was held in New York . The immediate cause of this congress was the Stamp Act , which had ...
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... measures which they had adopted , if supported by the American people , as indeed they were , would produce a wholesome redress of their grievances . In this view they were disap- pointed . They adjourned after recommending that another ...
... measures which they had adopted , if supported by the American people , as indeed they were , would produce a wholesome redress of their grievances . In this view they were disap- pointed . They adjourned after recommending that another ...
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Página 235 - ... the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective states — fixing the standard of weights and measures throughout the united states — regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the states, provided that the legislative right of any state within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Página 75 - 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 170 - 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 76 - The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion, and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...
Página 220 - That the foundation of English liberty, and of all free government, is a right in the people to participate in their legislative council...
Página 236 - ... appointing all officers of the land forces, in the service of the united states, excepting regimental officers — appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the united states — making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations. The united states in congress assembled shall have authority to appoint a committee, to sit in the recess of congress, to be denominated "A...
Página 75 - 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 58 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a Convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several States be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States render the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of Government and the preservation of the Union.
Página 228 - MARYLAND Samuel Chase William Paca Thomas Stone Charles Carroll, of Carrollton VIRGINIA George Wythe Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Harrison Thomas Nelson, Jr.
Página 72 - 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.