The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the United States, Part 1 |
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... chosen in each State by the people thereof , in conformity to the resolves of the convention . " On the 4th of March , 1789 , the day which had been fixed for commencing the operations of Gov- ernment under the new Constitution , it had ...
... chosen in each State by the people thereof , in conformity to the resolves of the convention . " On the 4th of March , 1789 , the day which had been fixed for commencing the operations of Gov- ernment under the new Constitution , it had ...
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... chosen . Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union , according to their respective Numbers , which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of Free ...
... chosen . Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union , according to their respective Numbers , which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of Free ...
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... chosen by the qualified electors , and shall serve for the term of [ one year ] from the day of the commencement of the general election , and no longer . SEC . 3. The representatives shall be chosen [ every year ] on the first Monday ...
... chosen by the qualified electors , and shall serve for the term of [ one year ] from the day of the commencement of the general election , and no longer . SEC . 3. The representatives shall be chosen [ every year ] on the first Monday ...
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... chosen , and shall have attained to the age of twenty - seven years . [ SEC . 13 . . * The senators chosen according to the apportionment under the census ordered to be taken in one thousand eight hundred and twenty - six , when ...
... chosen , and shall have attained to the age of twenty - seven years . [ SEC . 13 . . * The senators chosen according to the apportionment under the census ordered to be taken in one thousand eight hundred and twenty - six , when ...
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... chosen thereafter , and a rotation thereby kept up perpetually . " Strike out the twenty - ninth section of the third article , which permanently locates the seat of government in this State . Strike out the word " annual " where it ...
... chosen thereafter , and a rotation thereby kept up perpetually . " Strike out the twenty - ninth section of the third article , which permanently locates the seat of government in this State . Strike out the word " annual " where it ...
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Page 9 - All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence 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...
Page 11 - Every State shall abide by the determinations of the United States in Congress assembled, on all questions which by this confederation are submitted to them. And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual...
Page 10 - States under their direction ; to appoint one of their number to preside ; provided, that no person be allowed to serve in the office of President more than one year in any term of three years ; to ascertain the necessary sums of money to be raised for the service of the United States, and to appropriate and apply the same for defraying the public expenses ; to borrow money or emit bills on the credit of the United States, transmitting every half year to the respective States an account of the sums...
Page 8 - No state shall lay any imposts or duties, which may interfere with any stipulations in treaties, entered into by the United States in congress assembled, with any king, prince or state, in pursuance of any treaties already proposed by congress, to the courts of France and Spain.
Page 8 - 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 520 - That the printing presses shall be free to every person who undertakes to examine the proceedings of the legislature or any branch of government : and no law shall ever be made to restrain the right thereof. The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man ; and every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.
Page 8 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any Court, or place out of Congress, and the members of congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests and imprisonments, during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace.
Page 9 - The United States, in Congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war. except in the cases mentioned in the sixth article; of sending and receiving ambassadors; entering into treaties and alliances, provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective States shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners, as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation...
Page 11 - The Congress of the united states shall have power to adjourn to any time within the year, and to any place within the united states, so that no period of adjournment be for a longer duration than the space of six months, and shall publish the Journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the delegates...
Page 9 - No state shall engage in any war without the consent of the united states in congress assembled, unless such state be actually invaded by enemies, or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed by some nation of Indians to invade such state, and the danger is so imminent as not to admit of a delay, till the 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...