Documents Printed by Order of the Legislature of the State of Maine During Its Session, 1835-1849Smith & Robinson, 1849 |
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... March next following , then the vice president shall act as president , as in the case of the death or other constitutional disa- bility of the president . The person having the greatest number of votes as vice president , shall be the ...
... March next following , then the vice president shall act as president , as in the case of the death or other constitutional disa- bility of the president . The person having the greatest number of votes as vice president , shall be the ...
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... march nor convey any of the citizens out of the state without their consent or that of the legislature , unless it shall become necessary , in order to march or transport them from one part of the state to another for the defense ...
... march nor convey any of the citizens out of the state without their consent or that of the legislature , unless it shall become necessary , in order to march or transport them from one part of the state to another for the defense ...
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... March next : which terms and conditions are as follows , viz : " First . All the lands and buildings belonging to the commonwealth , within Massachusetts proper , shall con- tinue to belong to said commonwealth , and all the lands ...
... March next : which terms and conditions are as follows , viz : " First . All the lands and buildings belonging to the commonwealth , within Massachusetts proper , shall con- tinue to belong to said commonwealth , and all the lands ...
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... the same as if the said district was still a part of this commonwealth , in all suits pending , or judgments remaining unsatisfied on the fifteenth day of March next , where the suits have been commenced 54 CONSTITUTION OF MAINE .
... the same as if the said district was still a part of this commonwealth , in all suits pending , or judgments remaining unsatisfied on the fifteenth day of March next , where the suits have been commenced 54 CONSTITUTION OF MAINE .
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... March , within the said district of Maine ; and all officers within Massachusetts proper and the district of Maine , shall conduct themselves accordingly . " Ninth . These terms and conditions , as here set forth , when the said ...
... March , within the said district of Maine ; and all officers within Massachusetts proper and the district of Maine , shall conduct themselves accordingly . " Ninth . These terms and conditions , as here set forth , when the said ...
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Page 12 - Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or Duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person. 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 herein before directed to be taken.
Page 19 - ... party, the supreme court shall have original jurisdiction. In all the other cases before mentioned, the supreme court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the congress shall make.
Page 12 - ... §7. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law, and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. §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...
Page 18 - 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 20 - 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 21 - 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 8 - ... 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 8 - The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the congress may at any time, by law, make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
Page 27 - 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 10 - Nations; 11 To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; 12 To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; 3 To provide and maintain a Navy...