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... persons , as Penn was careful to point out , " well qualified for sence sobriety and sub- stance . " These were to compose the Congress , as the assembly was to be called , of twenty persons , to be under the presidency of the King's ...
... persons , as Penn was careful to point out , " well qualified for sence sobriety and sub- stance . " These were to compose the Congress , as the assembly was to be called , of twenty persons , to be under the presidency of the King's ...
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... persons , and which was apparently to represent the Con- gress during its recess , " to execute what shall have been enjoined thereby ; to manage the general Continental business and interests ; to receive applications from foreign ...
... persons , and which was apparently to represent the Con- gress during its recess , " to execute what shall have been enjoined thereby ; to manage the general Continental business and interests ; to receive applications from foreign ...
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... persons from each of the thirteen States , and from the thirty - nine thus chosen the names were to be struck , beginning with the defendant , until thir- teen names were left . From this list of thirteen not less than seven nor more ...
... persons from each of the thirteen States , and from the thirty - nine thus chosen the names were to be struck , beginning with the defendant , until thir- teen names were left . From this list of thirteen not less than seven nor more ...
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... persons , among whom may be mentioned Edmund Randolph , James Madison and George Mason , as commissioners to " meet such commissioners as may be appointed by the other states in the Union , at a time and place to be agreed on , to take ...
... persons , among whom may be mentioned Edmund Randolph , James Madison and George Mason , as commissioners to " meet such commissioners as may be appointed by the other states in the Union , at a time and place to be agreed on , to take ...
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... persons for their governors in those parts at their good liking ; And furthermore we give and grant to the said Governors which are in such sort to be chosen by the aforesaid merchants , as much as in us lieth , special power and ...
... persons for their governors in those parts at their good liking ; And furthermore we give and grant to the said Governors which are in such sort to be chosen by the aforesaid merchants , as much as in us lieth , special power and ...
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Page 227 - All controversies concerning the private right of soil claimed under different grants of two or more states, whose jurisdictions as they may respect such lands, and the states which passed such grants are adjusted, the said grants or either of them being at the same time claimed to have originated antecedent to such settlement of jurisdiction, shall on the petition of either party to the congress of the united states, be finally determined as near as may be in the same manner as is before prescribed...
Page 42 - ... 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...
Page 495 - ... treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall upon demand of the Governor or Executive power, of the State from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence. Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts and judicial proceedings of the courts and. magistrates of every other State.
Page 308 - That government is, or ought to be instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most...
Page 206 - ... 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...
Page 403 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity...
Page 341 - When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty ; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
Page 500 - Journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances or military operations as in their judgment require secresy; and the yeas and nays of the delegates of each state on any question shall be entered on the Journal, when it is desired by any delegate; and the delegates of a state, or any of them...
Page 537 - If any person guilty of, or charged with, treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor, in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall, upon demand of the governor or executive power of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence.
Page 284 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.