The Constitutions of the United States: According to the Latest Amendments. To which are Prefixed, the Declaration of Independence and the Federal Constitution ...John Conrad & Company, and sold at all their Book Stores on the Continent., 1804 - 391 страница |
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... shall require secrecy . SENATE . THE Senate shall consist of thirteen members , who shall hold their office for one year , from the last Wed- nesday of October next ensuing their election . And that the State may be equally represented ...
... shall require secrecy . SENATE . THE Senate shall consist of thirteen members , who shall hold their office for one year , from the last Wed- nesday of October next ensuing their election . And that the State may be equally represented ...
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... shall be required to asses taxes upon themselves towards the support of government , or shall be taxed therefor , shall have the same privilege of voting for Senators in the plantations and places wherein they re- side , as the ...
... shall be required to asses taxes upon themselves towards the support of government , or shall be taxed therefor , shall have the same privilege of voting for Senators in the plantations and places wherein they re- side , as the ...
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... shall , as soon as may be , examine the returned copies of such records , and fourteen days before the said last Wednesday of October , he shall issue his summons to such persons as appear to be chosen Senators by a ma- jority of votes ...
... shall , as soon as may be , examine the returned copies of such records , and fourteen days before the said last Wednesday of October , he shall issue his summons to such persons as appear to be chosen Senators by a ma- jority of votes ...
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... shall have been an inhabitant of this State ; shall have an estate within the district which he may be chosen to represent , of the value of one hundred pounds , one half of which to be a freehold , whereof he is seiz- ed in his own ...
... shall have been an inhabitant of this State ; shall have an estate within the district which he may be chosen to represent , of the value of one hundred pounds , one half of which to be a freehold , whereof he is seiz- ed in his own ...
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... shall be declared Governor . And no person shall be eligible to this office , unless , ́ at the time of his election , he shall have been an inhab → itant of this State for seven years next preceding , and unless he shall be of the age ...
... shall be declared Governor . And no person shall be eligible to this office , unless , ́ at the time of his election , he shall have been an inhab → itant of this State for seven years next preceding , and unless he shall be of the age ...
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Страница 121 - In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And, in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court as in other cases.
Страница 322 - States in all respects whatever ; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government. Provided the constitution and government so to be formed shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles, and, so far as it can be consistent with the general interest of the Confederacy, such admission shall be allowed at an earlier period, and when there may be a less number of free inhabitants in the State than sixty thousand. ARTICLE VI. There shall...
Страница 318 - ... representatives shall be regulated by the legislature; provided that no person be eligible or qualified to act as a representative unless he shall have been a citizen of one of the United States three years and be a resident in the district or unless he shall have resided in the district three years and in either case shall likewise hold in his own right in...
Страница 255 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; that no man can, of right, be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent ; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience ; and that no preference shall ever be given by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship.
Страница 318 - The general assembly or legislature shall consist of the governor, legislative council, and a house of representatives. The legislative council shall consist of five members, to continue in office five years unless sooner removed by Congress; any three of whom to be a quorum: and the members of...
Страница 41 - Constitution ; and to impose and levy proportional and reasonable assessments, rates, and taxes, upon all the inhabitants of, and persons resident, and estates lying, within the said Commonwealth ; and also to impose and levy reasonable duties and excises, upon any produce, goods, wares, merchandise, and commodities whatsoever, brought into, produced, manufactured, or being within the same...
Страница 41 - And while the public charges of government, or any part thereof, shall be assessed on polls and estates, in the manner that has hitherto been practised, in order that such assessments may be made with equality, there shall be a valuation of estates within the commonwealth, taken anew once in every ten years at least, and as much oftener as the general court shall order.
Страница 315 - Be it ordained, by the United States, in Congress assembled, that the said Territory, for the purposes of temporary government, be one district ; subject, however, to be divided into two districts, as future circumstances may, in the opinion of Congress, make it expedient.
Страница 317 - For the prevention of crimes and injuries the laws to be adopted or made shall have force in all parts of the district and for the execution of process criminal and civil, the governor shall make proper divisions thereof, and he shall proceed from time to time as circumstances may require to lay out the parts of the District in which the indian titles shall have been extinguished into counties and townships subject however to such alterations as may thereafter be made by the legislature...