Sources of the Constitution of the United States, Considered in Relation to Colonial and English HistoryMacmillan and Company, 1894 - 277 páginas |
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... statutes of this our realm of England . " But in the year following the grant of the charter , by a bold stroke on the part of the com- pany the document was transferred to Massachusetts ; and it became thenceforth , until its ...
... statutes of this our realm of England . " But in the year following the grant of the charter , by a bold stroke on the part of the com- pany the document was transferred to Massachusetts ; and it became thenceforth , until its ...
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... statutes of this our realm of England , as the present state and condition of our subjects inhabiting within the limits 1 Palfrey , History of New England , II . 174 ; Hutchinson , His- tory , I. 145 , 146 . aforesaid , and the ...
... statutes of this our realm of England , as the present state and condition of our subjects inhabiting within the limits 1 Palfrey , History of New England , II . 174 ; Hutchinson , His- tory , I. 145 , 146 . aforesaid , and the ...
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... statute law lay at the foundation . The same general system prevailed as in the Caroli- nas , from whence it sprung . " Story , Commentaries on the Consti- tution of the United States , I. 99 , § 145 . mand invariably was made by the ...
... statute law lay at the foundation . The same general system prevailed as in the Caroli- nas , from whence it sprung . " Story , Commentaries on the Consti- tution of the United States , I. 99 , § 145 . mand invariably was made by the ...
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... of Towns of New England ; Massa- chusetts Historical Society , 1866-67 , etc. See also Statutes of New England States , Law Reports , etc. are all copies , some immediate , some mediate , I. 25 THE ANGLO - AMERICAN COLONIES .
... of Towns of New England ; Massa- chusetts Historical Society , 1866-67 , etc. See also Statutes of New England States , Law Reports , etc. are all copies , some immediate , some mediate , I. 25 THE ANGLO - AMERICAN COLONIES .
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... statutes made prior to the Revolution continued also in force , unless expressly repealed . ” - The Critical Period , etc. , 69 . - in New Hampshire in 1784.1 Connecticut and Rhode Island were II . 37 MAKING OF THE CONSTITUTION .
... statutes made prior to the Revolution continued also in force , unless expressly repealed . ” - The Critical Period , etc. , 69 . - in New Hampshire in 1784.1 Connecticut and Rhode Island were II . 37 MAKING OF THE CONSTITUTION .
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Página 255 - Presidt. and Deputy from Virginia New Hampshire John Langdon Nicholas Gilman Massachusetts Nathaniel Gorham Rufus King Connecticut Wm. Saml. Johnson Roger Sherman New York Alexander Hamilton New Jersey Wil : Livingston David Brearley Wm.
Página 250 - No person except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Página 245 - SEC. 4. 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.
Página 260 - States, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such state.
Página 249 - Congress, lay any duty of tonnage, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another state or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay. ARTICLE II. SECTION I. The executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and. together with the vice president, chosen for the same...
Página 243 - States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Página 254 - ... states concerned, as well as of the Congress. 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. Sec. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union, a republican form of government, and shall protect each...
Página 245 - Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honour, trust, or profit under the United States; but the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment, and punishment, according to law.
Página 211 - Resolved, 6. That they are entitled to the benefit of such of the English statutes, as existed at the time of their colonization ; and which they have, by experience, respectively found to be applicable to their several local and other circumstances.
Página 251 - The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session. SEC. 3. He shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the Union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may on extraordinary occasions convene both houses, or either of them, and in case of disagreement between them with respect to...