The American Citizen in Pennsylvania: The Government of the State and of the Nation |
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... practically the administration of the State . Each State has its own system of local divisions and authorities , created and controlled under its own laws . Three leading types of local government are at present to be found in the ...
... practically the administration of the State . Each State has its own system of local divisions and authorities , created and controlled under its own laws . Three leading types of local government are at present to be found in the ...
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... practically the same in all townships of the same class , and is prescribed by the General Assembly . Township Officers . The laws of the Commonwealth pro- vide for township officers as follows : Justices of the peace , constable ...
... practically the same in all townships of the same class , and is prescribed by the General Assembly . Township Officers . The laws of the Commonwealth pro- vide for township officers as follows : Justices of the peace , constable ...
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... practically unlimited and irresistible . It rises from the posse comitatus or " power of the county , " to the State militia , or even to the full power of the regular army . The sheriff is the ministerial officer of the county courts ...
... practically unlimited and irresistible . It rises from the posse comitatus or " power of the county , " to the State militia , or even to the full power of the regular army . The sheriff is the ministerial officer of the county courts ...
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... Practically the whole system of primary elections has been placed under the protection of the law . Primary Elections . In every election district the voters of each party have two important duties to perform . One is to nominate their ...
... Practically the whole system of primary elections has been placed under the protection of the law . Primary Elections . In every election district the voters of each party have two important duties to perform . One is to nominate their ...
Page 204
... practically free to all students who are preparing to teach in the public schools . The State superintendent is charged with the performance of important duties in regard to the examina- tion of the graduates and other students , and is ...
... practically free to all students who are preparing to teach in the public schools . The State superintendent is charged with the performance of important duties in regard to the examina- tion of the graduates and other students , and is ...
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Page i - All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience and no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious establishments or modes of worship.
Page ii - All courts shall be open, and every man for an injury done him in his lands, goods, person, or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law, and right and justice administered without sale, denial, or delay.
Page xxviii - Municipal and other corporations and individuals invested with the privilege of taking private property for public use shall make just compensation for property taken, injured or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of their works, highways or improvements, which compensation shall be paid or secured before such taking, injury or destruction.
Page xliv - ... 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 xlii - Done in Convention, by the unanimous consent of the States present, the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the twelfth.
Page 300 - Washington a department of education for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems, and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.
Page xxxi - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the Senate or House of Representatives ; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two Houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas...
Page xxviii - The stock and indebtedness of corporations shall not be increased except in pursuance of general law, nor without the consent of the persons holding the larger amount in value of the stock first obtained at a meeting to be held after sixty days' notice given in pursuance of law.
Page xii - ... in case of disagreement between the two houses with respect to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper not beyond the day of the next annual meeting of the general assembly.
Page x - ... and shall not be permitted to withhold his testimony upon the ground that it may criminate himself or subject him to public infamy; but such testimony shall not afterwards be used against him in any judicial proceeding, except for perjury in giving such testimony...