American Constitutions: Comprising the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution of the United States, and the State Constitutions, Volume 1Argus Company, printers, 1894 - Constitutional law |
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... delegated to the United States in Congress assembled . ' ARTICLE III . The said States hereby severally enter into a ... delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the Legislature of each State 8 ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION .
... delegated to the United States in Congress assembled . ' ARTICLE III . The said States hereby severally enter into a ... delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the Legislature of each State 8 ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION .
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... delegates , or any of them , at any time within the year , and to send others in their stead , for the remainder of the ... delegate , be capable of holding any office under the United States , for which he , or any other for his benefit ...
... delegates , or any of them , at any time within the year , and to send others in their stead , for the remainder of the ... delegate , be capable of holding any office under the United States , for which he , or any other for his benefit ...
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... delegate from each State ; and to appoint such other com- mittees and civil officers as may be necessary for managing the general affairs of the United States under their direction ; to appoint one of their number to preside ; provided ...
... delegate from each State ; and to appoint such other com- mittees and civil officers as may be necessary for managing the general affairs of the United States under their direction ; to appoint one of their number to preside ; provided ...
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... delegate ; and the delegates of a State , or any of them , at his or their request , shall be fur- nished with a transcript of the said journal , except such parts as are above excepted , to lay before the Legislatures of the several ...
... delegate ; and the delegates of a State , or any of them , at his or their request , shall be fur- nished with a transcript of the said journal , except such parts as are above excepted , to lay before the Legislatures of the several ...
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... delegates , by virtue of the power and authority to us given for that purpose , do by these presents , in the name and in behalf of our respective constituents , fully and entirely ratify and confirm each and every of the said articles ...
... delegates , by virtue of the power and authority to us given for that purpose , do by these presents , in the name and in behalf of our respective constituents , fully and entirely ratify and confirm each and every of the said articles ...
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Page 27 - 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; 14 To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces...
Page 12 - ... or judges to constitute a court for hearing and determining the matter in question; but if they cannot agree, congress shall name three persons out of each of the United States, and from the list of such persons each party shall alternately strike out one, the petitioners beginning, until the number shall be reduced to thirteen; and from that number not less than seven, nor more than nine names as congress shall direct, shall...
Page 905 - In the government of this commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them : the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them: the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them : to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.
Page 14 - Congress assembled; but if the United States, in Congress assembled, shall, on consideration of circumstances, judge proper that any state should not raise men, or should raise a smaller number than its quota, and that any other state should raise a greater number of men than the quota thereof, such extra number shall be raised, officered, clothed, armed and equipped in the same manner as the quota of such state, unless the legislature of such state shall judge that such extra number cannot be safely...
Page 14 - ... the United States, in Congress assembled. The United States, in Congress assembled, shall never engage in a war, nor grant letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace, nor enter into any treaties or alliances, nor coin money, nor regulate the value thereof, nor ascertain the sums and expenses necessary...
Page 15 - 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.
Page 33 - Section 3. 1 New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union ; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
Page 13 - States, and exacting such postage on the papers passing through the same as may be requisite to defray the expenses of the said office; appointing all officers of the land forces in the service of the United States, excepting regimental officers; appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States; making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations. The United States...
Page 10 - United States in Congress assembled can be consulted ; nor shall any State grant commissions to any ships or vessels of war, nor letters of marque or reprisal, except it be after a declaration of war by the United States in Congress assembled, and then only against the kingdom or state, and the subjects thereof, against which war has been so declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the United States in Congress assembled, unless such State be infested by pirates, in which case...
Page 11 - All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defense, or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several States in proportion to the value of all land within each State, granted to or surveyed for, any person, as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated, according to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled shall...