A Digest of the Laws of the State of Alabama: Containing All the Statutes of a Public and General Nature in Force at the Close of the Session of the General Assembly in January 1833Towar, 1833 - 574 pages |
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... five ; New York six ; New Jersey four ; Pennsylvania eight ; Delaware one ; Maryland six ; Virginia ten ; North Carolina five ; South Carolina five ; and Georgia three . how filled . 4. When vacancies happen in the representation from ...
... five ; New York six ; New Jersey four ; Pennsylvania eight ; Delaware one ; Maryland six ; Virginia ten ; North Carolina five ; South Carolina five ; and Georgia three . how filled . 4. When vacancies happen in the representation from ...
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... five highest on the list , the said house shall , in like manner , choose the president . But , in choosing the president , the votes shall be taken by states , the re- presentation from each state having one vote ; a quorum for this ...
... five highest on the list , the said house shall , in like manner , choose the president . But , in choosing the president , the votes shall be taken by states , the re- presentation from each state having one vote ; a quorum for this ...
Page xix
... five highest on the list , the said house shall , in like manner , choose the president . But , in choosing the president , the votes shall be taken by states , the re- presentation from each state having one vote ; a quorum for this ...
... five highest on the list , the said house shall , in like manner , choose the president . But , in choosing the president , the votes shall be taken by states , the re- presentation from each state having one vote ; a quorum for this ...
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... Five per ct . sold after 1st Third . That five per cent . of the net proceeds of the lands lying ten years . within the said territory , and which shall be sold by congress , from of net pro- and after the first day of September , in ...
... Five per ct . sold after 1st Third . That five per cent . of the net proceeds of the lands lying ten years . within the said territory , and which shall be sold by congress , from of net pro- and after the first day of September , in ...
Page xxxv
... five ; during that session Removal of the general assembly shall have power to designate by law ( to which the executive concurrence shall not be required ) the permanent seat of government , which shall not thereafter be changed ...
... five ; during that session Removal of the general assembly shall have power to designate by law ( to which the executive concurrence shall not be required ) the permanent seat of government , which shall not thereafter be changed ...
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A Digest of the Laws of the State of Alabama: Containing All the Statutes of ... John G. Aikin No preview available - 2017 |
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Page xix - New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union ; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
Page xxi - 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 431 - The records and judicial proceedings of the courts of any state or territory, or of any such country, shall be proved or admitted in any other court within the United States, by the attestation of the clerk, and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the judge, chief justice or presiding magistrate, that the said attestation is in due form.
Page x - 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 perfidy, scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
Page xxxvii - In prosecutions for the publication of papers, investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence ; and, in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.
Page 431 - And the said records and judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every Court within the United States, as they have by law or usage in the Courts of the State from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
Page xv - All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of representatives ; but the senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other bills.
Page 35 - To which Payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, and each of us, our, and each of our Heirs, Executors and Administrators jointly and severally, firmly by these Presents.
Page 207 - In case of a disagreement between the two houses, with respect to the time of adjournment...
Page xxvii - The powers of the government of the State of Alabama shall be divided into three distinct departments; and each of them confided to a separate body of magistracy to wit, those which are legislative, to one; those which are executive to another, and those which are judicial to another.