The United States Government: Its Organization and Practical Workings. Including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and a Description of the Three Grand Divisions of the Government, Namely:--the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Departments, Their Powers and Duties, with the Number, Title and Compensation of All Persons Employed in Each, Together with Many Interesting Facts and HistoriesJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1880 - 297 страница |
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... issued from the Bureau of Education : The Library of Congress had its origin in the wants of our National Legislature for books and information . Its establish- ment dates from the year 1800. The first appropriation made by Congress for ...
... issued from the Bureau of Education : The Library of Congress had its origin in the wants of our National Legislature for books and information . Its establish- ment dates from the year 1800. The first appropriation made by Congress for ...
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... issued , and verified in foreign countries by such diplomatic or consular officers of the United States , and under such rules as the President designates and prescribes for and on behalf of the United States ; and no other person may ...
... issued , and verified in foreign countries by such diplomatic or consular officers of the United States , and under such rules as the President designates and prescribes for and on behalf of the United States ; and no other person may ...
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... issued from the Treas- ury in pursuance of appropriations made by Congress ; to report to the Senate and House in person or in writing informa- tion required by them appertaining to his office , and to perform all duties relative to the ...
... issued from the Treas- ury in pursuance of appropriations made by Congress ; to report to the Senate and House in person or in writing informa- tion required by them appertaining to his office , and to perform all duties relative to the ...
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... issued , the money cannot be drawn out of the Treasury , except upon an appropriation made by act of Congress . REPAYMENT . When a disbursing officer of the Gov- ernment has on hand funds advanced to him by the Secretary from an ...
... issued , the money cannot be drawn out of the Treasury , except upon an appropriation made by act of Congress . REPAYMENT . When a disbursing officer of the Gov- ernment has on hand funds advanced to him by the Secretary from an ...
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... issued . The acts of July 14 , 1870 , and January 20 , 1871 , authorized the issue of bonds for the purpose of refunding the five- twenty six per cents . The former act authorized the issue of fifteen hundred millions in bonds , two ...
... issued . The acts of July 14 , 1870 , and January 20 , 1871 , authorized the issue of bonds for the purpose of refunding the five- twenty six per cents . The former act authorized the issue of fifteen hundred millions in bonds , two ...
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Страница 17 - The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion ; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the...
Страница 17 - New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union ; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned, as well as of the Congress.
Страница 10 - He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
Страница 13 - Senators. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such Meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day.
Страница 15 - States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President. The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Страница 16 - President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. ARTICLE III Section 1. The judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good...
Страница 13 - 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.
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Страница 10 - He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
Страница 250 - That the Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all controversies of a civil nature, where a state is a party, except between a state and its citizens; and except also between a state and citizens of other states, or aliens, in which latter case it shall have original but not exclusive jurisdiction.