Opinion of Attorney General Bates on CitizenshipU.S. Government Printing Office, 1863 - 30 páginas |
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Opinion of Attorney General Bates on Citizenship (Classic Reprint) Edward Bates Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
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Página 14 - That any woman who might lawfully be naturalized under the existing laws, married, or who shall be married to a citizen of the United States, shall be deemed and taken to be a citizen.
Página 11 - And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned? When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest; for this man is a Roman.
Página 5 - IV. [Every male person, being twenty-one years of age, and resident in any particular town in this Commonwealth, for the space of one year next preceding, having a freehold estate within the same town, of the annual income of three pounds, or any estate of the value of sixty pounds, shall have a right to vote in the choice of a representative or representatives for the said town.
Página 11 - And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
Página 14 - That persons heretofore born, or hereafter to be born, out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, whose fathers were, or shall be at the time of their birth, citizens of the United States...
Página 24 - ... shall be entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly and all officers elective by the people...
Página 27 - Amendment, declared that a child born in the United States is a citizen of the United States even though his parents are aliens and ineligible for citizenship by naturalization.
Página 13 - ... jurisdiction of the United States, whose fathers were or may be at the time of their birth citizens thereof, are declared to be citizens of the United States; but the rights of citizenship shall not descend to children whose fathers never resided in the United States.
Página 27 - Upon the whole, therefore, it is the judgment of this court, that it appears by the record before us that the plaintiff in error is not a citizen of Missouri, in the sense in which that word is used in the Constitution; and that the Circuit Court of the United States, for that reason, had no jurisdiction in the case, and could give no judgment in it. Its judgment for the defendant must, consequently, be reversed, and a mandate issued directing the suit to be dismissed for...
Página 6 - In all elections, all white male inhabitants above the age of twenty-one years, having resided in the State one year next preceding the election, and who have paid or are charged with a State or county tax, shall enjoy the right of an elector...