A Brief Exposition of the Constitution of the United States: With an Appendix, Containing the Declaration of Independence, and the Articles of Confederation, and a Copious IndexHogan & Thompson, 139 1/2 Market Street, 1834 - 178 pàgines |
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Pàgina 16
... congress of delegates , from nine colonies , assembled at New York , prepared a bill of rights , in which , among other things , the power of taxation was declared to belong solely to their own colonial legislatures ; and when it was ...
... congress of delegates , from nine colonies , assembled at New York , prepared a bill of rights , in which , among other things , the power of taxation was declared to belong solely to their own colonial legislatures ; and when it was ...
Pàgina 17
... Congress assembled at Philadelphia , issued that Declaration , which marks the era of our separate political existence . The new States were now en- gaged in war with a powerful enemy , and all their efforts were directed to bring it to ...
... Congress assembled at Philadelphia , issued that Declaration , which marks the era of our separate political existence . The new States were now en- gaged in war with a powerful enemy , and all their efforts were directed to bring it to ...
Pàgina 21
... Congress , who adopted a resolution on the 21st of February , 1787 ... assembled in Philadelphia , in the month of May , and having chosen General ... Congress , to be submitted to the people of the se- veral States , for their ...
... Congress , who adopted a resolution on the 21st of February , 1787 ... assembled in Philadelphia , in the month of May , and having chosen General ... Congress , to be submitted to the people of the se- veral States , for their ...
Pàgina 22
... Congress , to the people of each State , assembled in conventions , called for this purpose . In this respect , it differed essentially from the former articles of con- federation ; which were formed and ratified by the State ...
... Congress , to the people of each State , assembled in conventions , called for this purpose . In this respect , it differed essentially from the former articles of con- federation ; which were formed and ratified by the State ...
Pàgina 26
... assembled in consequence of the first election , they shall be divided , as equally as may be , into three classes ... Congress may at any time , by law , make or alter such regulations , except as to the place of choosing senators . 2. The ...
... assembled in consequence of the first election , they shall be divided , as equally as may be , into three classes ... Congress may at any time , by law , make or alter such regulations , except as to the place of choosing senators . 2. The ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 33 - 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.
Pàgina 169 - All bills of credit emitted, moneys borrowed, and debts contracted by or under the authority of Congress, before the assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the present Confederation, shall be deemed and considered as a charge against the United States, for payment and satisfaction whereof the said United States and the public faith are hereby solemnly pledged.
Pàgina 37 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Pàgina 30 - 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 term, be elected as follows : 2. Each State shall appoint...
Pàgina 164 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress...
Pàgina 22 - 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.
Pàgina 166 - ... of establishing rules for deciding in all cases what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces in the service of the United States shall be divided or appropriated — of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace — appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas...
Pàgina 30 - Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors and the day on which they shall give their votes; which day shall be the same throughout the United States. 5. 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...
Pàgina 164 - For the more convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each State shall direct, to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November, in every year...
Pàgina 165 - No vessels of war shall be kept up in time of peace by any State, except such number only, as shall be deemed necessary by the United States in Congress assembled, for the defence of such State, or its trade; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any State, in time of peace, except such number only, as in the judgment of the United States, in Congress assembled, shall be deemed requisite to garrison the forts necessary for the defence of such State...