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Submarine saddle paths , and it is covered with vast forests . cables run from San
Juan to St . Thomas and Rivers and brooks are nuinerous , forty - seven Jamaica
. very considerable rivers having been enumer - Cities . - The capital of Porto ...
Submarine saddle paths , and it is covered with vast forests . cables run from San
Juan to St . Thomas and Rivers and brooks are nuinerous , forty - seven Jamaica
. very considerable rivers having been enumer - Cities . - The capital of Porto ...
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DELAWARE . tonly trampled on our rights and liberties and Casar Rodney ,
Sanuel Adams , George Read , | inhumanly shed the blood of American paJohn
Adams , Thomas M ' Kean . Robert Treat Paine , triots at Lexington . Elbridge
Gerry .
DELAWARE . tonly trampled on our rights and liberties and Casar Rodney ,
Sanuel Adams , George Read , | inhumanly shed the blood of American paJohn
Adams , Thomas M ' Kean . Robert Treat Paine , triots at Lexington . Elbridge
Gerry .
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24 , 1899 . est or principal aforesaid with punctuality , I hereby Thirty days after
date I promise to pay Thomas empower any attorney - at - law , to be appointed
by I . Rankin , or order , at the Second National Bank , said Smith & Edgar , or
their ...
24 , 1899 . est or principal aforesaid with punctuality , I hereby Thirty days after
date I promise to pay Thomas empower any attorney - at - law , to be appointed
by I . Rankin , or order , at the Second National Bank , said Smith & Edgar , or
their ...
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each other , have subscribed our names as whatsoever , of the said parties of the
first part , witnesses hereto . of , in , and to the same , and every part thereof ,
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each other , have subscribed our names as whatsoever , of the said parties of the
first part , witnesses hereto . of , in , and to the same , and every part thereof ,
Thomas MAY , residing at Media , Pa . with the appurtenances : To have and to ...
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Elegy Written in a Couritry Churchyard ” is the • La Marseillaise " is the work of
Rouget de L ' Isle master composition of Thomas Gray ( 1716 - 1771 ) . ( 1760 -
1836 ) . " The Minstrel " is the production of James Beattie " Home , Sweet Home "
is ...
Elegy Written in a Couritry Churchyard ” is the • La Marseillaise " is the work of
Rouget de L ' Isle master composition of Thomas Gray ( 1716 - 1771 ) . ( 1760 -
1836 ) . " The Minstrel " is the production of James Beattie " Home , Sweet Home "
is ...
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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.
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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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