Introduction to the Science of Government: And Compend of the Constitutional and Civil Jurisprudence of the United States. With a Brief Treatise on Political Economy. Designed for the Use of Families and SchoolsRelates the amusing adventures of a family of inventors. |
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... THE USE OF FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS . By ANDREW W. YOUNG . TENTH EDITION . ROCHESTER : LIBR OF TRO UNIVERSITY CALIFOR WILLIAM ALLING , PRINTER AND PUBLISHER . Y7 57199 [ Entered according to the Act of Congress 1843 . INTRODUCTION.
... THE USE OF FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS . By ANDREW W. YOUNG . TENTH EDITION . ROCHESTER : LIBR OF TRO UNIVERSITY CALIFOR WILLIAM ALLING , PRINTER AND PUBLISHER . Y7 57199 [ Entered according to the Act of Congress 1843 . INTRODUCTION.
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... according to the Act of Congress , in the year 1839 , by WARREN WEBSTER , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Northern District of New - York . ] P. R. S. UNIVERSIT CALIFORNIA PREFACE . Ir is the JK221.
... according to the Act of Congress , in the year 1839 , by WARREN WEBSTER , in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Northern District of New - York . ] P. R. S. UNIVERSIT CALIFORNIA PREFACE . Ir is the JK221.
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... according to established constitutions , laws , and usages : and some- times it signifies the persons or officers who make and ad- minister the laws of a state or nation . §2 . Government presupposes that man is a social being . He is ...
... according to established constitutions , laws , and usages : and some- times it signifies the persons or officers who make and ad- minister the laws of a state or nation . §2 . Government presupposes that man is a social being . He is ...
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... according to the laws of nature ; that they do not abuse this liberty to the injury of other men ; and that they practise towards others those moral duties which these laws enjoin . §15 . It is a common sentiment , that mankind , in a ...
... according to the laws of nature ; that they do not abuse this liberty to the injury of other men ; and that they practise towards others those moral duties which these laws enjoin . §15 . It is a common sentiment , that mankind , in a ...
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... According to established principles in nature , all matter tends to decay ; all ponderous bodies determine towards the centre of the earth ; heat and moisture promote the growth of plants . This invariable tendency of all species of ...
... According to established principles in nature , all matter tends to decay ; all ponderous bodies determine towards the centre of the earth ; heat and moisture promote the growth of plants . This invariable tendency of all species of ...
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Page 332 - In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury, that the matter charged as libelous, is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Page 322 - Island Stephen Hopkins William Ellery Connecticut Roger Sherman Samuel Huntington William Williams Oliver Wolcott New York William Floyd Philip Livingston Francis Lewis Lewis Morris New Jersey Richard Stockton John Witherspoon Francis Hopkinson John Hart Abraham Clark Pennsylvania Robert Morris Benjamin Rush Benjamin...
Page 159 - 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 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...
Page 334 - Legislature so next chosen, as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each house, then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people, in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
Page 323 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and publish the same, except such parts as may require secrecy. The doors of each house shall be kept open, except when the public welfare shall require secrecy.
Page 331 - ... before they enter on the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation : " I do solemnly swear (or affirm...
Page 120 - ... he has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same.
Page 63 - Having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Page 55 - No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or other infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger...
Page 324 - ... shall be so altered by the Legislature, at the first session after the return of every enumeration, that each Senate district shall contain, as nearly as may be, an equal number of inhabitants...