American Government and PoliticsMacmillan, 1910 - 772 pages |
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... house , and the freedom of each house to determine its procedure under certain limitations , were taken almost verbatim from state constitu- tions . The powers which the Convention of 1787 vested in Compare , for instance , the ...
... house , and the freedom of each house to determine its procedure under certain limitations , were taken almost verbatim from state constitu- tions . The powers which the Convention of 1787 vested in Compare , for instance , the ...
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... house , or council , was chosen by the king acting through the royal governor , who usually determined the selection ... house on it ; or twenty - five acres with a house twelve feet 1 Reference : A. E. McKinley , The Suffrage Franchise ...
... house , or council , was chosen by the king acting through the royal governor , who usually determined the selection ... house on it ; or twenty - five acres with a house twelve feet 1 Reference : A. E. McKinley , The Suffrage Franchise ...
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... House of Burgesses appointed a special committee which was charged " to obtain the most early and authentic intelligence of all such acts and resolutions of the British Parliament or proceedings of adminis- tration as may relate to or ...
... House of Burgesses appointed a special committee which was charged " to obtain the most early and authentic intelligence of all such acts and resolutions of the British Parliament or proceedings of adminis- tration as may relate to or ...
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... House of Representatives shall immediately choose by ballot one of them for President ; and if no person have a majority , then , from the five highest on the list , the said House shall in like manner choose the President , " the ...
... House of Representatives shall immediately choose by ballot one of them for President ; and if no person have a majority , then , from the five highest on the list , the said House shall in like manner choose the President , " the ...
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... House of Representatives in February , 1802.1 The arguments advanced in favor of it were simple and direct : the suffrages given for the election of the agents of gov- ernment ought to be an expression of public will ; any provision ...
... House of Representatives in February , 1802.1 The arguments advanced in favor of it were simple and direct : the suffrages given for the election of the agents of gov- ernment ought to be an expression of public will ; any provision ...
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