Introduction to the Science of Government: And Compend of Constitutional and Statutory Law ; Comprehending a General View of the Government of the United States ; with Practical Observations on the Duties of Citizens ; Adapted to Purposes of Instruction in Families and SchoolsSpencer & Lewis, printers, 1835 - 304 páginas |
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... twenty - five years , and been seven years a citizen of the United States , and who shall not , when elected , be an inhabitant of the state in which he shall be chosen . Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the ...
... twenty - five years , and been seven years a citizen of the United States , and who shall not , when elected , be an inhabitant of the state in which he shall be chosen . Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the ...
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... obtaining witnesses in his favor ; and to have the assist- ance of counsel for his defence . ARTICLE VII . In suits at common law , where the value in controversy * shall exceed twenty dollars , the right of trial 80 CONSTITUTION OF.
... obtaining witnesses in his favor ; and to have the assist- ance of counsel for his defence . ARTICLE VII . In suits at common law , where the value in controversy * shall exceed twenty dollars , the right of trial 80 CONSTITUTION OF.
Página 81
... twenty dollars , the right of trial by jury shall be preserved ; and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re - examined in any court of the United States than according to the rules of the common law . ARTICLE VIIL Excessive bail ...
... twenty dollars , the right of trial by jury shall be preserved ; and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re - examined in any court of the United States than according to the rules of the common law . ARTICLE VIIL Excessive bail ...
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... twenty one years or upwards , having resided for a certain period of time in the state , and paid taxes thereto , are entitled to vote for representatives in the most numerous branch of the state legislature . " No person shall be a ...
... twenty one years or upwards , having resided for a certain period of time in the state , and paid taxes thereto , are entitled to vote for representatives in the most numerous branch of the state legislature . " No person shall be a ...
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... twenty thousand dollars , for the faith- ful application of all the funds of their respective houses that shall come into their hands ; which must be deposi- ted in one of the banks in the District of Columbia , and may be paid out only ...
... twenty thousand dollars , for the faith- ful application of all the funds of their respective houses that shall come into their hands ; which must be deposi- ted in one of the banks in the District of Columbia , and may be paid out only ...
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Términos y frases comunes
adopted amendments annually appointed authority bank bill bill of attainder called CHAPTER chosen citizens civil clerk coin collector colonies committed common law consent consist constitution contract crimes debt declaration district duties elected electors eral established exceeding executive exercise five foreign freehold grant hold house of representatives hundred dollars impeachment Indian judges judicial Judiciary jurisdiction jury justice land legislative legislature letters of marque liable liberty lieutenant governor manner Massachusetts ment militia nations nature necessary oath offence oyer and terminer party passed peace person Plymouth company port post master principal punishable qualifications receive regulate removed respective revenue salary secretary SECTION secure senate session South Carolina stitution supreme court taxes term thereof thousand dollars tion town treason treasury treaties trial trial by jury twenty United universal suffrage unless vacancies vessels vested vice president vote whole number
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Página 77 - 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 interests.
Página 245 - Senators, and shall be published for three months previous to the time of making such choice; and if in the Legislature so next chosen, as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each house, then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people, in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
Página 78 - 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 65 - To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States; To establish post offices and post roads...
Página 54 - STEPHEN HOPKINS, WILLIAM ELLERY. Connecticut. ROGER SHERMAN, SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, OLIVER WOLCOTT. New York. WILLIAM FLOYD, PHILIP LIVINGSTON, FRANCIS LEWIS, LEWIS MORRIS. New Jersey. RICHARD STOCKTON, JOHN WITHERSPOON, FRANCIS HOPKINSON, JOHN HART, ABRAHAM CLARK. Pennsylvania. ROBERT MORRIS, BENJAMIN RUSH, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, JOHN MORTON, GEORGE CLYMER, JAMES SMITH, GEORGE TAYLOR, JAMES WILSON, GEORGE Ross.
Página 235 - Sheriffs shall hold no other office, and be ineligible for the next three years after the termination of their offices. They may be required by law, to renew their security, from time to time ! and in default of giving such new security, their offices shall be deemed vacant. But the county shall never be made responsible for the acts of the Sheriff.
Página 77 - The friends of our country have long seen and desired that the power of making war, peace, and treaties, that of levying money and regulating commerce, and the correspondent executive and judicial authorities, should be fully and effectually vested in the General Government of the Union...
Página 71 - President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. ARTICLE III Section 1. The judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good...
Página 245 - Assembly ; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two Houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to the Legislature...
Página 241 - No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime (except in cases of impeachment, and in cases of militia when in actual service; and the land and naval forces in time of war, or which this State may keep with the consent of Congress in time of peace; and in cases of petit larceny, under the regulation of the Legislature), unless on presentment or indictment of a grand jury...