The American Government, National and StateWerner Company, 1891 - 488 páginas |
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... grants of a king , as Magna Charta was , but this is rarely the case unless they are sternly demanded by the state . The object of constitutions is to institute political power , and to define and limit its extent . Constitutions are of ...
... grants of a king , as Magna Charta was , but this is rarely the case unless they are sternly demanded by the state . The object of constitutions is to institute political power , and to define and limit its extent . Constitutions are of ...
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... grants of rights by the executive authority , rules of proceeding by the legislature , and decisions by the courts of law . Such constitutions are never found in a formal document , and so are called unwritten , lex non scripta . They ...
... grants of rights by the executive authority , rules of proceeding by the legislature , and decisions by the courts of law . Such constitutions are never found in a formal document , and so are called unwritten , lex non scripta . They ...
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... grants , by prohibiting either one to make a settlement within one hundred miles of one previously made by the other . Each colony was to be subject to the King , and to be governed by a local council of its Company in England , at the ...
... grants , by prohibiting either one to make a settlement within one hundred miles of one previously made by the other . Each colony was to be subject to the King , and to be governed by a local council of its Company in England , at the ...
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... Grants of civil rights and political powers . The government did not found a single colony .. Generally , the Crown required some com- pensation for its grants , a price for the lands in the case of the grant to Penn , but commonly a ...
... Grants of civil rights and political powers . The government did not found a single colony .. Generally , the Crown required some com- pensation for its grants , a price for the lands in the case of the grant to Penn , but commonly a ...
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... grant was bounded north by the fortieth parallel . The charter gave Calvert the soil in full and absolute propriety , authorized him to plant a colony to be called Maryland , and empowered him to make laws for the government of the ...
... grant was bounded north by the fortieth parallel . The charter gave Calvert the soil in full and absolute propriety , authorized him to plant a colony to be called Maryland , and empowered him to make laws for the government of the ...
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Página 434 - United States in congress assembled for the defence of such state or its trade; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any state in time of peace, except such number only as in the judgment of the United States in congress assembled shall be deemed requisite to garrison the forts necessary for the defence of such state; but every state shall always keep up a well regulated and disciplined militia, sufficiently armed and accoutred...
Página 119 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the Constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in I the manner most beneficial to the people.
Página 75 - The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade or any other pretence whatever...
Página 432 - Articles of Confederation and perpetual union between the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, in the words following, viz. : ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION AND PERPETUAL UNION BETWEEN THE STATES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS...
Página 434 - No State shall lay any imposts or duties which may interfere with any stipulations in treaties entered into by the United States, in Congress assembled, with any king, prince, or state, in pursuance of any treaties already proposed by Congress to the courts of France and Spain.
Página 104 - 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 441 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and, from time to time, publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Página 441 - States: 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes: 4. To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States: 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures: 6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States: 7.
Página 435 - ... appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures, provided that no member of congress shall be appointed a judge of any of the said courts.
Página 437 - ... to agree upon the number of land forces, and to make requisitions from each state for its quota, in proportion to the number of white inhabitants in such state...