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... peace between the Confederate States of Amer- ica and the United States of America , these Warrants may be funded in Bonds of the State , bearing interest at the rate of six per centum per annum , to be paid semi - annually , the ...
... peace between the Confederate States of Amer- ica and the United States of America , these Warrants may be funded in Bonds of the State , bearing interest at the rate of six per centum per annum , to be paid semi - annually , the ...
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... peace . electors . The Legisla ture . Style of laws . ' of office . SEC . 4. The Legislative powers of this State shall be vested in two distinct branches ; the one to be styled the Senate , and the other the House of Representatives ...
... peace . electors . The Legisla ture . Style of laws . ' of office . SEC . 4. The Legislative powers of this State shall be vested in two distinct branches ; the one to be styled the Senate , and the other the House of Representatives ...
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... peace , be privileged from arrest during the session of the Legislature , and in going to and returning from the same , allowing one day for every twenty miles , such mem- ber may reside from the place at which the Legislature is ...
... peace , be privileged from arrest during the session of the Legislature , and in going to and returning from the same , allowing one day for every twenty miles , such mem- ber may reside from the place at which the Legislature is ...
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... peace throughout the State . of the peace . The style of all writs and process shall be The State of Texas . " All Style of pro- prosecutions shall be carried on in the name and the authority of cess , & e . the " State of Texas , " and ...
... peace throughout the State . of the peace . The style of all writs and process shall be The State of Texas . " All Style of pro- prosecutions shall be carried on in the name and the authority of cess , & e . the " State of Texas , " and ...
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... Peace shall have such civil and criminal Justices ' ju risdiction jurisdiction as shall be provided for by law . SEC . 18. In all cases arising out of a contract , before any inferior Trial by jury judicial tribunal , when the amount in ...
... Peace shall have such civil and criminal Justices ' ju risdiction jurisdiction as shall be provided for by law . SEC . 18. In all cases arising out of a contract , before any inferior Trial by jury judicial tribunal , when the amount in ...
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Page 49 - Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law; but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Page 54 - The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six years ; and each senator shall have one vote. 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided, as equally as may be, into three classes.
Page 35 - ... with the objections, to the other house, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by twothirds of the members present it shall become a law. But in all such cases the votes of both houses shall be determined by yeas and nays...
Page 60 - President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the limits of the Confederate States, as they may exist at the time of his election.
Page 62 - No slave or other person held to service or labor in any State or Territory of the Confederate States...
Page 46 - 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...
Page 39 - The legislature may, at any time after the approval of such law by the people, if no debt shall have been contracted in pursuance thereof, repeal the same ; and may at any time, by law, forbid the contracting of any further debt or liability under such law ; but the tax imposed by such...
Page 55 - 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 56 - To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes; but neither this, nor any other clause contained in the Constitution, shall ever be construed to delegate the power to Congress to appropriate money for any internal improvement intended to facilitate commerce; except for the purpose of furnishing lights, beacons, and buoys, and...
Page 38 - All property, both real and personal, of the wife, owned or claimed by her before marriage, and that acquired afterwards by gift, devise, or descent, shall be her separate property; and laws shall be passed more clearly defining the rights of the wife, in relation as well to her separate property, as to that held in common with her husband. Laws shall also be passed providing for the registration of the wife's separate property.