Democracy in America, Volume 1Saunders and Otley, 1838 |
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... House of Representatives The executive power Differences between the position of the President of the United States ... Houses in order to carry on the Government ... 140 142 Election of the President 143 Mode of election .... 149 Crisis ...
... House of Representatives The executive power Differences between the position of the President of the United States ... Houses in order to carry on the Government ... 140 142 Election of the President 143 Mode of election .... 149 Crisis ...
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... House of Tudor . The religious quarrels which have agitated the Chris- tian world were then rife . England had plunged into the new order of things with headlong vehemence . The character of its inhabitants , which had always been se ...
... House of Tudor . The religious quarrels which have agitated the Chris- tian world were then rife . England had plunged into the new order of things with headlong vehemence . The character of its inhabitants , which had always been se ...
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... houses , or much less towns to repair unto to seek for succour : and for the season it was winter , and they that know the win- ters of the country know them to be sharp and violent , This rock is become an object of veneration in the ...
... houses , or much less towns to repair unto to seek for succour : and for the season it was winter , and they that know the win- ters of the country know them to be sharp and violent , This rock is become an object of veneration in the ...
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... houses and other trades which are a nuisance to the neighbourhood . See the Act of the 7th June 1785 : Id . , vol . i . p . 193 . The selectmen take measures for the security of the public in case of contagious diseases , conjointly ...
... houses and other trades which are a nuisance to the neighbourhood . See the Act of the 7th June 1785 : Id . , vol . i . p . 193 . The selectmen take measures for the security of the public in case of contagious diseases , conjointly ...
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... Houses . - Senate.— House of Representatives . - Different functions of these two Bodies . THE legislative power of the State is vested in two assemblies , the first of which generally bears the name of the Senate . The Senate is ...
... Houses . - Senate.— House of Representatives . - Different functions of these two Bodies . THE legislative power of the State is vested in two assemblies , the first of which generally bears the name of the Senate . The Senate is ...
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Page 296 - ... then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people, in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
Page 274 - ... 2. A person charged in any state with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another state, shall, on demand of the executive authority of the state from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the state having jurisdiction of the crime.
Page 272 - Term, be elected as follows: 2. Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress...
Page 271 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. 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.
Page 273 - No person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President...
Page 274 - 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 296 - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the senate and assembly; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals with the yeas and nays taken thereon...
Page 265 - Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.
Page 293 - Every citizen may freely speak, write and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right ; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.
Page 270 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings : and, 17.