General Laws of the State of Colorado: Comprising that Portion of the Revised Statutes of Colorado, and the General Acts of the Subsequent Legislative Assemblies of Colorado Territory for the Years 1870, 1872, 1874, and 1876, Still Remaining in Force, and the General Laws Enacted at the First Session of the General Assembly of the State of Colorado, Convened November 1, 1876, Together with the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Amendments Thereto, the Enabling Act, the Constitution of the State of Colorado, and the Proclamation of the President of the United States Declaring the Admission of the State |
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... bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives ; but the Senate may propose or concur with amend- ments , as on other bills . 2. Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representa- tives and the Senate ...
... bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives ; but the Senate may propose or concur with amend- ments , as on other bills . 2. Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representa- tives and the Senate ...
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... bill of attainder or ex - post facto law shall be passed . 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid ... bills of credit ; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in ΤΟ CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES .
... bill of attainder or ex - post facto law shall be passed . 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid ... bills of credit ; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in ΤΟ CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES .
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... BILL OF RIGHTS . In order to assert our rights , acknowledge our duties , and proclaim the principles upon which our government is founded , we declare : SECTION 1. That all political power is vested in and derived from the people ...
... BILL OF RIGHTS . In order to assert our rights , acknowledge our duties , and proclaim the principles upon which our government is founded , we declare : SECTION 1. That all political power is vested in and derived from the people ...
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... bill passed by the general assembly shall , before it becomes a law , be presented to the governor . If he approve , he shall sign it , and thereupon it shall become a law ; but if he do not approve , he shall return it , with his ...
... bill passed by the general assembly shall , before it becomes a law , be presented to the governor . If he approve , he shall sign it , and thereupon it shall become a law ; but if he do not approve , he shall return it , with his ...
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... bill making appropriations of money , embracing distinct items , and the part or parts of the bill approved shall be law , and the item or items disapproved shall be void , unless enacted in manner following : If the general assembly be ...
... bill making appropriations of money , embracing distinct items , and the part or parts of the bill approved shall be law , and the item or items disapproved shall be void , unless enacted in manner following : If the general assembly be ...
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Page 21 - ... congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But congress may, by a vote of two thirds of each house, remove such disability.
Page 10 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected. 7 The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services, a compensation, which shall neither be increased...
Page 7 - States ; 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes ; 4. To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States ; 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures ; 6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States ; 7.
Page 18 - 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...
Page 20 - 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 of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States.
Page 13 - Treason against the United 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.
Page 345 - Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page xix - When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
Page 35 - ... he shall return it, with his objections, to the house in which it originated, which house shall enter the objections at large upon its journal, and proceed to reconsider the bill.
Page 5 - 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.