The Constitution of the United States of America: Approved by the Continental Congress, Transmitted to the State Legislatures for Ratification and Ratified by Conventions of the Original Thirteen States. Literal Print, with AmendmentsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1961 - 94 páginas |
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... CONGRESS ASSEMBLED ( ARTHUR ST . CLAIR ) , SEPTEMBER 17 , 1787 . · RESOLUTION OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED , SEPTEMBER 28 , 1787 . RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION • Page I 19 · 21 ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION ...
... CONGRESS ASSEMBLED ( ARTHUR ST . CLAIR ) , SEPTEMBER 17 , 1787 . · RESOLUTION OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED , SEPTEMBER 28 , 1787 . RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION • Page I 19 · 21 ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION ...
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... Senate of the United States shall be com- posed of two senators from each state , [ chosen by the legislature thereof , ] 3 for six years ; and each senator shall have one vote . Immediately after they shall be assembled in con ...
... Senate of the United States shall be com- posed of two senators from each state , [ chosen by the legislature thereof , ] 3 for six years ; and each senator shall have one vote . Immediately after they shall be assembled in con ...
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... States in Congress assembled . Resolved , That it is the opinion of this Convention , that as soon as the Conventions of nine states shall have ratified this Constitution , the United States in Congress assembled should fix a day on ...
... States in Congress assembled . Resolved , That it is the opinion of this Convention , that as soon as the Conventions of nine states shall have ratified this Constitution , the United States in Congress assembled should fix a day on ...
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Approved by the Continental Congress, Transmitted to the State Legislatures for Ratification and Ratified by ... Congress assembled , that Constitu- tion which has appeared to us the most adviseable . The friends of our country ...
Approved by the Continental Congress, Transmitted to the State Legislatures for Ratification and Ratified by ... Congress assembled , that Constitu- tion which has appeared to us the most adviseable . The friends of our country ...
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Approved by the Continental Congress, Transmitted to the State Legislatures for Ratification and Ratified by Conventions of the Original Thirteen States ... Congress . United States in Congress assembled , FRIDAY , September 28 [ 22 ]
Approved by the Continental Congress, Transmitted to the State Legislatures for Ratification and Ratified by Conventions of the Original Thirteen States ... Congress . United States in Congress assembled , FRIDAY , September 28 [ 22 ]
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Página 35 - Section 4 The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them...
Página 50 - Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union.
Página 21 - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view, that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Página 19 - Resolved, — That the preceding Constitution be laid before the United States in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this Convention that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent and ratification...
Página 22 - Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each state in the Convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected ; and thus the Constitution, which we now present, is the result of a spirit of amity, and of that mutual deference and concession which the peculiarity of our political situation rendered indispensible.
Página 21 - ... individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance, as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered, and those which may be reserved ; and on the present occasion this difficulty was increased by a difference among the several states as to their situation, extent, habits and particular...
Página 35 - SECTION 3. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or If the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President...
Página 32 - ... vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.
Página 33 - Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. Sec. 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Página 23 - That the said report with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same be transmitted to the several legislatures in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each state by the people thereof in conformity to the resolves of the convention made and provided in that case.