Annals of the Congress of the United StatesGales and Seaton, 1834 |
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... direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union , according to their respective numbers , which shall be deter- mined by adding to the whole number of free persons , including those ...
... direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union , according to their respective numbers , which shall be deter- mined by adding to the whole number of free persons , including those ...
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... direct tax shall be laid , unless in proportion to the census or enu- meration hereinbefore directed to be taken . 5. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State ; no preference shall be given by any regulation of ...
... direct tax shall be laid , unless in proportion to the census or enu- meration hereinbefore directed to be taken . 5. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any State ; no preference shall be given by any regulation of ...
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... direct . And he withdrew . Ordered , That Mr. ELLSWORTH inform the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is formed ; that a President is elected for the sole purpose of opening the certificates , and counting the votes of ...
... direct . And he withdrew . Ordered , That Mr. ELLSWORTH inform the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is formed ; that a President is elected for the sole purpose of opening the certificates , and counting the votes of ...
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... direct - cupied by the President of Congress ; and that , at such time thereafter as the President shall signify it will be most convenient for him , he be formally re- ceived by both Houses . ed to settle the manner of receiving the ...
... direct - cupied by the President of Congress ; and that , at such time thereafter as the President shall signify it will be most convenient for him , he be formally re- ceived by both Houses . ed to settle the manner of receiving the ...
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... direct other- wise . XIV . No bill shall be committed or amended until it shall have been twice read , after which it may be referred to a committee . XV . All committees shall be appointed by ballot , and a plurality of votes shall ...
... direct other- wise . XIV . No bill shall be committed or amended until it shall have been twice read , after which it may be referred to a committee . XV . All committees shall be appointed by ballot , and a plurality of votes shall ...
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Page 9 - Congress shall make.. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Page 3 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Page 27 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men, more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency.
Page 5 - 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 State.
Page 5 - 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.
Page 9 - 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 845 - States, and the decision is in favor of such their validity, or where is drawn in question the construction of any clause of the Constitution, or of a treaty or statute of, or commission held under the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege, or exemption specially set up or claimed by either party, under such clause of the said Constitution, treaty, statute, or commission, may be re-examined and reversed or affirmed in the Supreme Court of the United States upon a...
Page 29 - Instead of undertaking particular recommendations on this subject, in which I could be guided by no lights derived from official opportunities, I shall again give way to my entire confidence in your, discernment and pursuit of the public good...
Page 3 - ... 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. 2. Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a...
Page 27 - And in the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government, the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities, from which the event has resulted, cannot be compared with the means by which most governments have been established, without some return of pious gratitude along with an humble anticipation of the future blessings which the past seem to presage.