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... Battles - Dictionary of Biography - Admission of States into the Union - -
Organization of the Territories — Derivations of Names of States and Territories -
- Rulers of France from the Revolution — Kings and Queens of England -
Presidents of ...
... Battles - Dictionary of Biography - Admission of States into the Union - -
Organization of the Territories — Derivations of Names of States and Territories -
- Rulers of France from the Revolution — Kings and Queens of England -
Presidents of ...
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when a constitution , which had been adopted Executive . - The President is
commanderby representatives of the different States Sep - in - chief of the army
and navy , and of the tember 17 , 1787 , went into effect . March 4 , militia in the
service ...
when a constitution , which had been adopted Executive . - The President is
commanderby representatives of the different States Sep - in - chief of the army
and navy , and of the tember 17 , 1787 , went into effect . March 4 , militia in the
service ...
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The Department of State President , by and with the advice and consent is
charged with all duties appertaining to cor - of the Senate ; appoints all
postmasters whose respondence with public ministers , American compensation
does not ...
The Department of State President , by and with the advice and consent is
charged with all duties appertaining to cor - of the Senate ; appoints all
postmasters whose respondence with public ministers , American compensation
does not ...
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... on the application of the Legislatures of representative to every 173 , 900
inhabitants . two thirds of all the States , shall call a conThe popular vote for
President in 1896 was vention for proposing the amendments , which about 14 ,
000 , 000 ...
... on the application of the Legislatures of representative to every 173 , 900
inhabitants . two thirds of all the States , shall call a conThe popular vote for
President in 1896 was vention for proposing the amendments , which about 14 ,
000 , 000 ...
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this new fundamental law was completed by The Vice - President of the United
States , as the fourteenth and fifteenth Amendments of before stated , is President
of the Senate , but the Constitution , adopted in 1868 and 1870 , he has no vote ...
this new fundamental law was completed by The Vice - President of the United
States , as the fourteenth and fifteenth Amendments of before stated , is President
of the Senate , but the Constitution , adopted in 1868 and 1870 , he has no vote ...
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Page 30 - States, or as a member of any State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Page 26 - State be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another. 7. No money shall be drawn from the treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law ; and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. 8. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States ; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present emolument, office, or title...
Page 27 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Page 25 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and, from time to time, publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Page 30 - ... on the list the Senate shall choose the VicePresident ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
Page 65 - Georgia, and containing about 5,000 acres more or less, together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in any wise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues, and profits thereof...
Page 13 - 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.
Page 10 - No person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Page 28 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open Court.
Page 26 - ... 5. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State. 6. No preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over those of another; nor shall vessels bound to, or from, one State be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another.
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| Title | The Century Book of Facts: A Library of Ready Reference Embracing History, Biography, Government, Law, Language, Literature, Invention, Science, Domestic Economy, Industry, Finance, Art, Religion, Education, Hygiene, and Useful Miscellany |
| Editor | Henry Woldmar Ruoff |
| Publisher | King-Richardson, 1900 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 19 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 681 pages |
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