Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: To Propose Amendments to the Constitution, Commenced ... at Harrisburg, on the Second Day of May, 1837, Volumen2 |
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I have listened attentively to every speech that was delivered from the time we
first met to the present day , and can only say , that I was not mistaken . I have
come to this conclusion , after weighing the various arguments , that , judging
from the ...
I have listened attentively to every speech that was delivered from the time we
first met to the present day , and can only say , that I was not mistaken . I have
come to this conclusion , after weighing the various arguments , that , judging
from the ...
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Mr. Cox , of Somerset , said that he would go for the amendment in its present
shape . He confessed that he had this proposed amendment to the Constitution
as much at heart as any other that had been suggested , for he believed that it
was ...
Mr. Cox , of Somerset , said that he would go for the amendment in its present
shape . He confessed that he had this proposed amendment to the Constitution
as much at heart as any other that had been suggested , for he believed that it
was ...
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He had hoped that the committee would have indulged him with time to arrange
his reasons , in his own mind , that he might present them as he desired ; but as
that indulgence had not been accorded to him , he would , for the present ...
He had hoped that the committee would have indulged him with time to arrange
his reasons , in his own mind , that he might present them as he desired ; but as
that indulgence had not been accorded to him , he would , for the present ...
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Gentlemen from the south , and particularly the south - west , were satisfied with
the day as at present fixed , while there were gentlemen from the middle counties
, himself among the number , who wished to have a later day fixed .
Gentlemen from the south , and particularly the south - west , were satisfied with
the day as at present fixed , while there were gentlemen from the middle counties
, himself among the number , who wished to have a later day fixed .
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And , when the present Constitution was adopted , the northern part of the State
was a wilderness . The seasons were , then , about two weeks later than at
present , and the progress of vegetation was much slower than in the southern ...
And , when the present Constitution was adopted , the northern part of the State
was a wilderness . The seasons were , then , about two weeks later than at
present , and the progress of vegetation was much slower than in the southern ...
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Página 249 - The returns of every election for Governor shall be sealed up, and transmitted to the...
Página 232 - No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any civil office of profit under this state, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased during such term, except such offices as may be filled by elections by the people.
Página 164 - Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member, but not a second time for the same cause ; and shall have all other powers necessary for a branch of the legislature of a free and independent State.
Página 188 - If any bill shall not be returned by the Governor within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a law...
Página 445 - Whenever the office of governor shall become vacant by death, resignation, removal from office or otherwise, the president of the senate shall exercise the office of governor until another governor shall be duly qualified...
Página 269 - No member of Congress, or person holding any office under the United States or this State, shall exercise the office of Governor or Lieutenant Governor.
Página 164 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and publish them weekly, except such parts as may require secrecy: And the yeas and nays of the members, on any question, shall, at the desire of any two of them, be entered oti the journals.
Página 176 - Every bill which shall have passed both houses shall be presented to the Governor; if he approve he shall sign it, but if he shall not approve he shall return it with his objections to the house in which it shall have originated, which house shall enter the objections at large upon their journal, and proceed to reconsider it.
Página 341 - No person shall be appointed to any office within any county, who shall not have been a citizen and inhabitant therein, one year next before his appointment...
Página 162 - ... unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States or of this State, and shall have paid a State or county tax.
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| Título | Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: To Propose Amendments to the Constitution, Commenced ... at Harrisburg, on the Second Day of May, 1837, Volumen2 CIS state constitutional conventions Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: To Propose Amendments to the Constitution, Commenced ... at Harrisburg, on the Second Day of May, 1837, Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention |
| Autor | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention |
| Editor | Packer, Barrett, and Parke, 1837 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 14 Jul. 2005 |
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