The Constitutional Text-book: A Practical and Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States, and of Portions of the Public and Administrative Law of the Federal Government : Designed Chiefly for the Use of Schools, Academies, and CollegesSower, Barnes & Potts, 1855 - 324 pages |
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... prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight , but a Tax or Duty may be imposed on such Importation , not exceeding ten dollars for each Person . [ 2 ] The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus ...
... prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight , but a Tax or Duty may be imposed on such Importation , not exceeding ten dollars for each Person . [ 2 ] The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus ...
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... delegated to the United States by the Constitution , nor prohibited by it to the States , are re- served to the States respectively , or to the people . ( ARTICLE XI . ) The Judicial power of the 50 CONSTITUTIONAL TEXT - BOOK .
... delegated to the United States by the Constitution , nor prohibited by it to the States , are re- served to the States respectively , or to the people . ( ARTICLE XI . ) The Judicial power of the 50 CONSTITUTIONAL TEXT - BOOK .
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... prohibited from exercising the same power . It is not alone the existence of the power in Congress , but its actual exer- cise by that body , which restricts the States in the exercise of the same power . For instance , Congress , as we ...
... prohibited from exercising the same power . It is not alone the existence of the power in Congress , but its actual exer- cise by that body , which restricts the States in the exercise of the same power . For instance , Congress , as we ...
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... prohibited from laying any imposts or duties on exports or imports , without the consent of Congress , ex- cept what may be absolutely necessary for executing their inspection laws , by which are meant laws providing for the examination ...
... prohibited from laying any imposts or duties on exports or imports , without the consent of Congress , ex- cept what may be absolutely necessary for executing their inspection laws , by which are meant laws providing for the examination ...
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... prohibited vessels licensed under the laws of the United States to carry on the coasting trade , from navigating the same waters . on § 233. The authority granted by this clause extends to fisheries along the coast , the government of ...
... prohibited vessels licensed under the laws of the United States to carry on the coasting trade , from navigating the same waters . on § 233. The authority granted by this clause extends to fisheries along the coast , the government of ...
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Page 282 - The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations. With slight shades of difference, you have the same religion, manners, habits and political principles.
Page 281 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned...
Page 28 - Trust or Profit under the United States: but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.
Page 271 - Congress by less than two nor by more than seven members ; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United States, for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Page 42 - The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion, and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...
Page 69 - When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies. The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers ; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment.
Page 285 - Liberty itself will find in such a government, with powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest guardian. It is, indeed, little else than a name, where the government is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction, to confine each member of the society within the limits prescribed by the laws, and to maintain all in the secure and tranquil enjoyment of the rights of person and property.
Page 34 - ... §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 of any kind whatever from any king, prince or foreign...
Page 292 - I may even flatter myself, that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good ; that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism ; this hope will be a full recompense for the solicitude for your welfare, by which they have been dictated.
Page 31 - States; 3 To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes; 4 To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States; 5 To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; 6 To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States...