A Text Book on Civil Government in the United StatesA.S. Barnes, 1875 - 330 страница |
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... issue did not exceed forty shillings . A town clerk was also to be chosen . New Haven Colony . In 1638 a company of persons from England , under the lead of John Davenport and Theophi- lus Eaton , formed a settlement at New Haven . It ...
... issue did not exceed forty shillings . A town clerk was also to be chosen . New Haven Colony . In 1638 a company of persons from England , under the lead of John Davenport and Theophi- lus Eaton , formed a settlement at New Haven . It ...
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... issue . In 1764 the celebrated Declaratory Resolves were presented in the House of Commons . Declaratory Resolves . These resolutions announced the intention of the government to raise a revenue in the colonies by a stamp tax . This met ...
... issue . In 1764 the celebrated Declaratory Resolves were presented in the House of Commons . Declaratory Resolves . These resolutions announced the intention of the government to raise a revenue in the colonies by a stamp tax . This met ...
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George Henry Martin. tion of the account by the auditor , and the issue of his certificate ; ( 3 ) the signature of the governor , with consent of the council , to a warrant drawn on the treasury ; ( 4 ) the presenting of the warrant to ...
George Henry Martin. tion of the account by the auditor , and the issue of his certificate ; ( 3 ) the signature of the governor , with consent of the council , to a warrant drawn on the treasury ; ( 4 ) the presenting of the warrant to ...
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... issue is small , and in criminal causes where the law allows but a small fine or a short imprisonment . In all these cases , appeals are allowed to the Superior Court . District Courts are established in different parts of the ...
... issue is small , and in criminal causes where the law allows but a small fine or a short imprisonment . In all these cases , appeals are allowed to the Superior Court . District Courts are established in different parts of the ...
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... issue writs in its name . The clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth is appointed by that court for a term of five years . An assistant clerk is also appointed in the same way for three years . In each county a clerk ...
... issue writs in its name . The clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth is appointed by that court for a term of five years . An assistant clerk is also appointed in the same way for three years . In each county a clerk ...
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Страница 75 - Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod, the llth of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France and Ireland the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini 1620.
Страница 323 - 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 of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
Страница 233 - Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Страница 310 - Sect. 4. The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to th.e places of choosing senators.
Страница 75 - Faith, &c., 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, do by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in.
Страница 233 - When your Lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own. For myself, I must declare and avow that in all my reading and observation...
Страница 37 - It is admitted that the power of taxing the people and their property is essential to the very existence of government, and may be legitimately exercised on the objects to which it is applicable, to the utmost extent to which the government may choose to carry it.
Страница 309 - No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen. The Vice-President of the United States shall be president of the senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.
Страница 20 - We have repeatedly said, and we once more insist, that the great principle embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, ' that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed...
Страница 75 - Virginia, do by these presents, solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission...