The American's Own Book: Or, The Constitutions of the Several States in the Union ...J. R. Bigelow, 1848 - 515 páginas |
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... preceding any election , shall be an elector for Governor , senators , and representa- tives , in the town or plantation where his residence is so established , and the elections shall be by written ballot . But persons in the military ...
... preceding any election , shall be an elector for Governor , senators , and representa- tives , in the town or plantation where his residence is so established , and the elections shall be by written ballot . But persons in the military ...
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... preceding the annual meeting of the Legislature - which shall first be convened under this Constitution , shall , on or before the fifteenth day of August , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty - one , and the ...
... preceding the annual meeting of the Legislature - which shall first be convened under this Constitution , shall , on or before the fifteenth day of August , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty - one , and the ...
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... preceding the time of his election , shall have been , and during the period for which he is elected , shall continue to be , a resident in the town or district which he represents . 5. The meetings for the choice of representatives ...
... preceding the time of his election , shall have been , and during the period for which he is elected , shall continue to be , a resident in the town or district which he represents . 5. The meetings for the choice of representatives ...
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... preceding the said first Wednesday in June ; and shall be styled The General Court of New Hampshire . The General Court shall forever have full power and authority to erect and constitute judicatories and courts of record , or other ...
... preceding the said first Wednesday in June ; and shall be styled The General Court of New Hampshire . The General Court shall forever have full power and authority to erect and constitute judicatories and courts of record , or other ...
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... preceding his election , and at the time thereof he shall be an inhabitant of the district for which he shall be chosen . And every person , qualified as the Constitution provides , shall be considered an inhabitant for the purpose of ...
... preceding his election , and at the time thereof he shall be an inhabitant of the district for which he shall be chosen . And every person , qualified as the Constitution provides , shall be considered an inhabitant for the purpose of ...
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Página 13 - Court. 10. To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations. 11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water. 12. To raise and support armies ; but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years. 13. To provide and maintain a navy.
Página viii - ... or military operations, as in their judgment require secresy; and the yeas and nays of the delegates of each State on any question shall be entered on the journal, when it is desired by any delegate ; and the delegates of a State, or any of them...
Página iv - United States in Congress assembled, and then only against the kingdom or state, and the subjects thereof, against which war has been so declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the United States in Congress assembled, unless such State be infested by pirates, in which case vessels of war may be fitted out for that occasion, and kept so long as the danger shall continue, or until the United States in Congress assembled shall determine otherwise.
Página vii - States under their direction ; to appoint one of their number to preside ; provided that no person be allowed to serve in the office of president more than one year in any term of three years ; to ascertain the necessary sums of money to be raised for the service of the United States, and to appropriate and apply the same for defraying the public expenses ; to borrow money or emit bills on the credit of the United States, transmitting every half year to the respective States an account of the sums...
Página i - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, (paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted,) shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States...
Página 195 - That printing presses shall be free to every person who undertakes to examine the proceedings of the Legislature or any branch of Government ; and no law shall ever be made to restrain the right thereof; the free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man, and every citizen may freely speak, write, and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.
Página iii - No two or more states shall enter into any treaty, confederation or alliance whatever between them, without the consent of the united states in congress assembled, specifying accurately the purposes for which the same is to be entered into, and how long it shall continue.
Página 407 - In prosecutions for the publication of papers, investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence; and, in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.
Página 16 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Página ii - If any person guilty of, or charged with treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall upon demand of the Governor or Executive power, of the State from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence.