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... entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several states ; and the people of each state shall have free in- gress and regress to and from any other state , and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and ...
... entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several states ; and the people of each state shall have free in- gress and regress to and from any other state , and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and ...
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... entitled to all the advantages of this union : but no other colony shall be admitted into the same , unless such admission be agreed to by nine states . ARTICLE XII . All bills of credit emitted , monies borrowed and debts contracted by ...
... entitled to all the advantages of this union : but no other colony shall be admitted into the same , unless such admission be agreed to by nine states . ARTICLE XII . All bills of credit emitted , monies borrowed and debts contracted by ...
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... entitled to chuse three , Massachusetts eight , Rhode - Island and Providence Plantations one , Connecticut five , New- York six , New Jersey four , Pennsylvania eight , Dela- ware one , Maryland six , Virginia ten , North Carolina five ...
... entitled to chuse three , Massachusetts eight , Rhode - Island and Providence Plantations one , Connecticut five , New- York six , New Jersey four , Pennsylvania eight , Dela- ware one , Maryland six , Virginia ten , North Carolina five ...
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... equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress : but no Senator or Representative , or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under 32 CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES .
... equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress : but no Senator or Representative , or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under 32 CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES .
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... entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States . ' 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 38 ...
... entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States . ' 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 38 ...
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Page 218 - And the said records and judicial proceedings authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States, as they have by law or usage in the courts of the state from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Page 31 - No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation ; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal ; coin Money ; emit Bills of Credit ; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts ; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
Page 39 - 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. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...
Page 14 - ... ..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...
Page 37 - The Trial of all Crimes, except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury ; and such Trial shall be held in the State where the said Crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Congress may by Law have directed.
Page 18 - ... ascertain the sums and expenses necessary for the defence and welfare of the United States, or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war, to be built or purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a commander in chief of the army or navy, unless nine States assent to the same...
Page 5 - He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy, scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
Page 10 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, (paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted,) shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States...
Page 34 - The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
Page 36 - 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. SECTION 3. He shall, from time to time, give to the congress information of the state of the Union...