The Constitutional Text-book: A Practical and Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States, and of Portions of the Public and Administrative Law of the Federal Government : Designed Chiefly for the Use of Schools, Academies, and CollegesSower, Barnes & Potts, 1855 - 324 páginas |
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... territories are generally called organized territories . sons . § 91. An act of Congress of May 23 , 1850 , directs the Secretary of the Interior , after each enumeration of the inhabitants of the States , to ascertain the entire repre ...
... territories are generally called organized territories . sons . § 91. An act of Congress of May 23 , 1850 , directs the Secretary of the Interior , after each enumeration of the inhabitants of the States , to ascertain the entire repre ...
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... land office in books kept for that purpose . § 570. Under this clause in the Constitution , Congress from time to time erects governments in portions of the ter- ritories of the United States . These are regularly organized territorial ...
... land office in books kept for that purpose . § 570. Under this clause in the Constitution , Congress from time to time erects governments in portions of the ter- ritories of the United States . These are regularly organized territorial ...
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... organized territories , viz : ( 1. ) Oregon Territory ; erected into a territory August 14 , 1848 . ( 2. ) Minnesota ... organized territory . § 573. The limits of the United States , at the treaty of peace which closed the Revolution ...
... organized territories , viz : ( 1. ) Oregon Territory ; erected into a territory August 14 , 1848 . ( 2. ) Minnesota ... organized territory . § 573. The limits of the United States , at the treaty of peace which closed the Revolution ...
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... States were in favour of dividing Congress into two distinct bodies ? 66. Of what does the English Parliament consist ? What ... organized territory ? What are the privi- leges of the territorial representatives ? What are these territories ...
... States were in favour of dividing Congress into two distinct bodies ? 66. Of what does the English Parliament consist ? What ... organized territory ? What are the privi- leges of the territorial representatives ? What are these territories ...
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... organized territories are there at present ? Name them . Is the Indian Territory organized ? 573. How does the extent of our country compare with England and France ? How much less than the area of all Europe ? Repeat clause 4 . 574 ...
... organized territories are there at present ? Name them . Is the Indian Territory organized ? 573. How does the extent of our country compare with England and France ? How much less than the area of all Europe ? Repeat clause 4 . 574 ...
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Página 277 - ... ..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 276 - FREEDOM of speech and debate in congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any Court, or place out of Congress...
Página 40 - ... 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may by law have directed.
Página 289 - Towards the preservation of your government, and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts. One method of assault may be to effect in the forms of the Constitution alterations which will impair the energy of the system, and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown.
Página 285 - I shall carry it with me to my grave, as a strong incitement to unceasing vows that Heaven may continue to you the choicest tokens of its beneficence; that your union and brotherly affection may be perpetual; that the free constitution, which is the work of your hands, may be sacredly maintained; that its administration in every department may be stamped with wisdom and virtue; that, in fine, the happiness of the people of these states, under the auspices of liberty, may be made complete, by so careful...
Página 42 - 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 Executive...
Página 71 - When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies. The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers ; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
Página 275 - Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings, of the courts and magistrates of every other State.
Página 277 - ... or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed by some nation of Indians to invade such state, and the danger is so imminent as not to admit of a delay, till the united states in congress assembled can be consulted...
Página 162 - Members from two thirds of the 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.