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The Vice President of the United States shall be PresVice Presidene ident of the
Senate , but shall have no vote , unless they be of the Senate , equally divided .
equal division 5. The Senate shall choose their other officers , and also a ...
The Vice President of the United States shall be PresVice Presidene ident of the
Senate , but shall have no vote , unless they be of the Senate , equally divided .
equal division 5. The Senate shall choose their other officers , and also a ...
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jatural United Spates . . dent the VicePresident to isamaediately choose by ballot
one of them for President ; and if no person hate a majority , then , from the five
highest on the list , the said House shall in like manner choose the President .
jatural United Spates . . dent the VicePresident to isamaediately choose by ballot
one of them for President ; and if no person hate a majority , then , from the five
highest on the list , the said House shall in like manner choose the President .
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By the unanimous order of the Convention , GEORGE WASHINGTON , President
. William Jackson , Secretary . Mode recommended for car . rying the Coneffect .
Convention IN CONVENTION , Sept. 17 , 1787 . SIR , 1. WE have now the honor
...
By the unanimous order of the Convention , GEORGE WASHINGTON , President
. William Jackson , Secretary . Mode recommended for car . rying the Coneffect .
Convention IN CONVENTION , Sept. 17 , 1787 . SIR , 1. WE have now the honor
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I. Actual mode of President and Vice - President of the United The judicial power
of the United States shall not be Restriction of construed to extend to any suit in
law or equity , commenced ers : ( Sec ante , or prosecuted against one of the ...
I. Actual mode of President and Vice - President of the United The judicial power
of the United States shall not be Restriction of construed to extend to any suit in
law or equity , commenced ers : ( Sec ante , or prosecuted against one of the ...
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And wheneve er either the President of the Senate , or Speaker of the House
shall so exercise said office , he shall receive only the compensation of Governor
, but his duties as President or Speaker shall be suspended ; and the Senate or ...
And wheneve er either the President of the Senate , or Speaker of the House
shall so exercise said office , he shall receive only the compensation of Governor
, but his duties as President or Speaker shall be suspended ; and the Senate or ...
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Page 13 - States, with a request that it might " be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the. recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification.
Page 17 - ... 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 of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States.
Page 15 - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view, that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each State in the Convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected...
Page 29 - And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping GOD in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship.
Page 15 - Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered and those which may be reserved ; and on the present occasion this difficulty was increased by a difference among the several States as to their situation, extent, habits, and particular interests.
Page 201 - No action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator, upon any special promise, to answer damages out of his own estate; or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person...
Page 9 - Vice-President; and the Congress may by law provide for the case of removal, death, resignation, or inability, both of the President and Vice-Président, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected ; and...
Page 201 - ... to charge any person upon any agreement made upon consideration of marriage ; or upon any contract or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them ; or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof...
Page 28 - All men are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent and unalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness.
Page 410 - ... to impress on the minds of children and youth committed to their care and instruction the principles of piety, justice, and a sacred regard to truth, love to their country, humanity and universal benevolence, sobriety, industry and frugality, chastity, moderation and temperance, and those other virtues which are the ornament of human society, and the basis upon which a republican constitution is founded...