The Political Grammar of the United States: Or, A Complete View of the Theory and Practice of the General and State Governments, with the Relations Between ThemHarper & brothers, 1834 - 275 páginas |
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... necessary to political liberty ; that the establish- ment of constitutional rights pre - supposed in the people a knowledge of the elementary terms , defi- nitions , and principles , expressed in written consti- tutions ; and that ...
... necessary to political liberty ; that the establish- ment of constitutional rights pre - supposed in the people a knowledge of the elementary terms , defi- nitions , and principles , expressed in written consti- tutions ; and that ...
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... necessary to do business.3 Thus , when it is said there shall be eleven directors of any institution , and seven shall constitute a'quorum , seven is the number neces- sary to do business ; and unless the contrary is ex- pressed , a ...
... necessary to do business.3 Thus , when it is said there shall be eleven directors of any institution , and seven shall constitute a'quorum , seven is the number neces- sary to do business ; and unless the contrary is ex- pressed , a ...
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... necessary to the early colonists . This was given in the form of grants and charters , to companies and large proprietors . Such was the grant of the territory of Massachusetts to the Plymouth Company , and of Maryland to Lord Baltimore ...
... necessary to the early colonists . This was given in the form of grants and charters , to companies and large proprietors . Such was the grant of the territory of Massachusetts to the Plymouth Company , and of Maryland to Lord Baltimore ...
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... necessary for their preservation . They proposed a general plan of federal government , which , however , was not adopted . § 8. In October , 1768 , a congress2 of delegates from nine states assembled at New - York , and digested a bill ...
... necessary for their preservation . They proposed a general plan of federal government , which , however , was not adopted . § 8. In October , 1768 , a congress2 of delegates from nine states assembled at New - York , and digested a bill ...
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... necessary to all acts of the council , and that it is his duty to see them executed . 4. That the president and council may hold treaties , make peace , and declare war with the several Indian tribes . 5. That for these purposes they ...
... necessary to all acts of the council , and that it is his duty to see them executed . 4. That the president and council may hold treaties , make peace , and declare war with the several Indian tribes . 5. That for these purposes they ...
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Página 161 - President, chosen for the same term, be elected as follows: 2. Each State shall appoint, in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress; but no Senator or Representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be appointed an elector.
Página 71 - Congress shall have power to promote the progress of science and the useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries, and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers.
Página 157 - 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.
Página 160 - ... 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 159 - 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 156 - Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided. 5. The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a president pro tempore, in the absence of the Vice-President, or when he shall exercise the office of President of the United States. 6. The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments: when sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath or affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief-Justice shall preside; and no person shall be convicted...
Página 162 - Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law; but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Página 62 - States, be considered as citizens thereof; and the children of persons who now are, or have been, citizens of the United States, shall, though born out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States...
Página 178 - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view, that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Página 157 - The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the congress may at any time, by law, make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.