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, Volumen9Packer, Barrett, and Parke, 1838 |
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... considered and adopted ; and , Ordered , That Messrs . Woodward , Scott , Banks , M'Sherry , Hays , Payne , Cox , Maclay and Farrelly be the committee for the purpose expres- sed in said resolution . FIRST ARTICLE . The Secretary ...
... considered and adopted ; and , Ordered , That Messrs . Woodward , Scott , Banks , M'Sherry , Hays , Payne , Cox , Maclay and Farrelly be the committee for the purpose expres- sed in said resolution . FIRST ARTICLE . The Secretary ...
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... considered to be in the power of the legislature to provide for the dissolution of the contract . But it is a question which deserves our serious consideration , whether this power , which involves so many obligations , depending on the ...
... considered to be in the power of the legislature to provide for the dissolution of the contract . But it is a question which deserves our serious consideration , whether this power , which involves so many obligations , depending on the ...
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... considered . Mr. CHAMBERS expressed his hope that the motion for postponement would not prevail . The exception which has been taken to the amend- ment by the gentleman from Somerset , is that this is not the proper place for its ...
... considered . Mr. CHAMBERS expressed his hope that the motion for postponement would not prevail . The exception which has been taken to the amend- ment by the gentleman from Somerset , is that this is not the proper place for its ...
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... considered it due . We all knew that there were some cases in which the legislature had refused to interfere , because they believed them to come more properly within the jurisdiction of the courts . The statute book was every session ...
... considered it due . We all knew that there were some cases in which the legislature had refused to interfere , because they believed them to come more properly within the jurisdiction of the courts . The statute book was every session ...
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... considered in its proper place , he moved to postpone this section until the ninth article of the constitution was taken up for consideration . Mr. Scorr said , if gentlemen would look at this first article , they would see that it ...
... considered in its proper place , he moved to postpone this section until the ninth article of the constitution was taken up for consideration . Mr. Scorr said , if gentlemen would look at this first article , they would see that it ...
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Página 381 - And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
Página 43 - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the senate and 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...
Página 382 - And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. 42. For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt : they shall not be sold as bondmen.
Página 381 - And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee ; then thou shalt relieve him : yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. Take thou no usury of him, or increase : but fear thy God ; that thy brother may live with thee. Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase...
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