Readings in American Government and PoliticsMacmillan, 1913 - 638 pages |
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... Present Commission and the Instructions & Authorities herewith given or by such further Powers , Instructions , and Authorities as shall at any time be granted or appointed you under our signet & sign manual or by our Order in our Privy ...
... Present Commission and the Instructions & Authorities herewith given or by such further Powers , Instructions , and Authorities as shall at any time be granted or appointed you under our signet & sign manual or by our Order in our Privy ...
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... presents shall come , greeting : ... men con- And accordingely our will and pleasure is , and of our especiall Certain grace , certaine knowledge , and meere motion , wee have ordeyned , stituted a constituted and declared , and by ...
... presents shall come , greeting : ... men con- And accordingely our will and pleasure is , and of our especiall Certain grace , certaine knowledge , and meere motion , wee have ordeyned , stituted a constituted and declared , and by ...
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... presents expressed ; which sayd officers shall aplye themselves to take care for the best dis- poseinge and ... present , whereof the Governour or Deputy Governour , and sixe of the Assistants , at least to be seven , shall have ...
... presents expressed ; which sayd officers shall aplye themselves to take care for the best dis- poseinge and ... present , whereof the Governour or Deputy Governour , and sixe of the Assistants , at least to be seven , shall have ...
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... present to the Governor for Sheriffs and Coroners to serve for three Years , if so long they behave them- selves well ; out of which respective Elections and Presentments , the Governor shall nominate and commissionate one for each of ...
... present to the Governor for Sheriffs and Coroners to serve for three Years , if so long they behave them- selves well ; out of which respective Elections and Presentments , the Governor shall nominate and commissionate one for each of ...
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... present General Assembly , and it is hereby by the enacted by the authority of the same , That in every county of this dominion , a monthly court shall be held , by the justices thereof , at the several respective places already ...
... present General Assembly , and it is hereby by the enacted by the authority of the same , That in every county of this dominion , a monthly court shall be held , by the justices thereof , at the several respective places already ...
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Page 23 - States shall be divided or appropriated ; of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace, appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures, provided that no member of Congress shall be appointed a judge of any of the said courts.
Page 198 - Measures; 6 To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the Securities and current Coin of the United States...
Page 17 - For suspending our own legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection and waging war against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation, and tyranny already begun with circumstances of cruelty and...
Page 583 - No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.1 5. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State.
Page 25 - The committee of the States, or any nine of them, shall be authorized to execute in the recess of Congress, such of the powers of Congress as the United States in Congress assembled, by the consent of nine States, shall from time to time think expedient to vest them with...
Page 339 - 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.
Page 23 - States in proportion to the value of all land within each State, granted to or surveyed for, any person, as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated, according to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled shall from time to time direct and appoint.
Page 25 - ... place appointed, and within the time agreed on by the United States in Congress assembled ; but if the United States in Congress assembled shall, on consideration of circumstances, judge proper that any State should not raise men, or should raise a smaller number than its quota, and that any other State should raise a greater number of men than the quota thereof, such extra number shall be raised, officered...
Page 20 - ... treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall, upon demand of the governor or executive power of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offense. Full faith and credit shall be given, in each of these States, to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings of the courts and magistrates of every other State.
Page 23 - All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several states, in proportion to the value of all land within each state...