The Statutes at Large: Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the First Session of the Legislature, in the Year 1619 : Published Pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly of Virginia, Passed on the Fifth Day of February One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eight ... |
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... letters in Europe , b as well as the general introduction of the use of the press , it might have been expected that every thing re- lating to our early history would have been carefully preserved . But it is a melancholy truth , that ...
... letters in Europe , b as well as the general introduction of the use of the press , it might have been expected that every thing re- lating to our early history would have been carefully preserved . But it is a melancholy truth , that ...
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... letter to Mr. Jefferson , requesting the use of his col- lection of laws , which was known to be more complete than any other extant . Mr. Jefferson sent his collection of the printed acts , but immediately afterwards , in a letter to ...
... letter to Mr. Jefferson , requesting the use of his col- lection of laws , which was known to be more complete than any other extant . Mr. Jefferson sent his collection of the printed acts , but immediately afterwards , in a letter to ...
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... letter from Mr. Jefferson to Mr. Wythe , was submitted to the legislature , by governor MONROE , at the ses- sion of 1800 , and a bill passed the house of Delegates for publish- ing a certain number of copies of all the laws ; but an ...
... letter from Mr. Jefferson to Mr. Wythe , was submitted to the legislature , by governor MONROE , at the ses- sion of 1800 , and a bill passed the house of Delegates for publish- ing a certain number of copies of all the laws ; but an ...
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... letter , which at once shews the degree of import ance which that great man attaches to the undertaking , and the opinion which he was pleased to express of the editor's competen cy for the execution of it . Extract of a letter from ...
... letter , which at once shews the degree of import ance which that great man attaches to the undertaking , and the opinion which he was pleased to express of the editor's competen cy for the execution of it . Extract of a letter from ...
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... letter was in- troduced , and being in general use during the reign of queen Anne , the word " governour " became the standard of orthography . But the " u " is now universally exploded . The same remark applies to the words " Iland ...
... letter was in- troduced , and being in general use during the reign of queen Anne , the word " governour " became the standard of orthography . But the " u " is now universally exploded . The same remark applies to the words " Iland ...
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Página 41 - ... ..of establishing rules for deciding in all cases, what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces in the service of the United States shall be divided or appropriated.. ..of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace... .appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas...
Página 45 - The committee of the States, or any nine of them, shall be authorized to execute in the recess of Congress, such of the powers of Congress as the United States in Congress assembled, by the consent of nine States, shall from time to time think expedient to vest them with...
Página 23 - 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 38 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress, and the members of Congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests and imprisonments, during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on Congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace.
Página 44 - ... armed and equipped in the same manner as the quota of such state, unless the legislature of such state shall judge that such extra number cannot be safely spared out of the same, in which case they shall raise officer, cloath, arm and equip as many of such extra number as they judge can. be safely spared.
Página 25 - 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 42 - ... shall proceed to nominate three persons out of each state, and the secretary of congress shall strike in behalf of such party absent or refusing; and the judgment and sentence of the court to be appointed, in the manner before prescribed, shall be final and conclusive...
Página 25 - ... 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. 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...
Página 42 - ... be commissioners or judges, to hear and finally determine the controversy, so always as a major part of the judges, who shall hear the cause, shall agree in the determination...
Página 47 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, •with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.