The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Biography, Geography, Commerce, Etc., of the World, Volume 6Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines Scientific American Compiling Department, 1911 |
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... passed after a hot debate . The two New York delegates left the conven- tion in wrath . Another point which had to be compromised was the power of Congress over commerce . As matters stood , not only could each State lay any duties it ...
... passed after a hot debate . The two New York delegates left the conven- tion in wrath . Another point which had to be compromised was the power of Congress over commerce . As matters stood , not only could each State lay any duties it ...
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... passed directly to the people , acting through their political national conventions ? All these questions may be answered generally in the affirmative ; and yet the fact remains that from the framers ' point of view there has been ...
... passed directly to the people , acting through their political national conventions ? All these questions may be answered generally in the affirmative ; and yet the fact remains that from the framers ' point of view there has been ...
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... passed them ; the first two failed of ratification by the States , the remaining 10 were accepted and went into force 15 Dec. 1791 . The text of the Amendments is to be found with the body of the Constitution . The First Amendment ...
... passed them ; the first two failed of ratification by the States , the remaining 10 were accepted and went into force 15 Dec. 1791 . The text of the Amendments is to be found with the body of the Constitution . The First Amendment ...
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... passed the Senate 8 April 1864 , 38 to 6 , and the House 15 June 95 to 66 , but the latter was not the needed two thirds . In the next session the House passed it , and it was ratified by 31 States , and proclaimed in force 18 Dec. 1865 ...
... passed the Senate 8 April 1864 , 38 to 6 , and the House 15 June 95 to 66 , but the latter was not the needed two thirds . In the next session the House passed it , and it was ratified by 31 States , and proclaimed in force 18 Dec. 1865 ...
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... passed back and forward around and between the ships , raking both with terrific broadsides again and again , and slipping away from them when they had secured raking positions , are unsurpassed in naval history . At 6.50 P.M. the Cyane ...
... passed back and forward around and between the ships , raking both with terrific broadsides again and again , and slipping away from them when they had secured raking positions , are unsurpassed in naval history . At 6.50 P.M. the Cyane ...
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Page 5 - 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 6 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; 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...
Page 4 - ... 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 state.
Page 11 - 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 5 - All debts contracted, and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the confederation. 2. -This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be...
Page 21 - ... to protect the people thereof, as well as for its own defense, the government of Cuba will sell or lease to the United States lands necessary for coaling or naval stations at certain specified points to be agreed upon with the President of the United States. VIII. That by way of further assurance the government of Cuba will embody the foregoing provisions in a permanent treaty with the United States.
Page 11 - The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crime shall have been committed...
Page 3 - ... Each house shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business ; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties as each house may provide.
Page 21 - That the government of Cuba will execute, and as far as necessary extend, the plans already devised or other plans to be mutually agreed upon, for the sanitation of the cities of the island, to the end that a recurrence of epidemic and infectious diseases may be prevented, thereby assuring protection to the people and commerce of Cuba, as well as to the commerce of the southern ports of the. United States and the people residing therein.
Page 21 - That the government of Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property and individual liberty, and for discharging the obligations with respect to Cuba imposed by the treaty of Paris on the United States, now to be assumed and undertaken by the government of Cuba.