Echoes from the Cabinet: Comprising the Constitution of the United States, Declaration of Independence, Fugitive Slave Bills of 1793 & 1850, Missouri Compromise, the Kansas and Nebraska Bill of 1854 : Also, the Fac-simile Autograph Names of the Signers of the Declaration of IndependenceDayton and Wentworth, 1855 - 106 pages |
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... SECT . I. --- ARTICLE I. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States , which shall consist of a Sen- ate and House of Representatives . SECT . II.1 . The House of Represen- tatives shall be ...
... SECT . I. --- ARTICLE I. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States , which shall consist of a Sen- ate and House of Representatives . SECT . II.1 . The House of Represen- tatives shall be ...
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... SECT . III.1 . The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state , chosen by the legislature thereof , for six years ; and each senator ́shall have one vote . 2. Immediately after they shall be assem ...
... SECT . III.1 . The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state , chosen by the legislature thereof , for six years ; and each senator ́shall have one vote . 2. Immediately after they shall be assem ...
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... SECT . IV . 1. 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 ...
... SECT . IV . 1. 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 ...
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... SECT . V. - 1 . Each house shall be 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 ...
... SECT . V. - 1 . Each house shall be 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 ...
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... SECT . VI . - 1 . The senators and repre- sentatives shall receive a compensation for their services , to be ascertained by law , and paid out of the treasury of the United States . They shall , in all cases except trea- son , felony ...
... SECT . VI . - 1 . The senators and repre- sentatives shall receive a compensation for their services , to be ascertained by law , and paid out of the treasury of the United States . They shall , in all cases except trea- son , felony ...
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27 BEEKMAN STREET advice and consent agent or attorney appointed and qualified authority bill of attainder certificate chief justice Circuit citizens claimant clerk commissioner Congress constitution Council and House DAYTON & WENTWORTH District Courts duties ecutive eighteen hundred executive fees fugitive from service further enacted GEORGE CLYMER gitive governor shall appoint habeas corpus hereby hold his office House of Representatives judge thereof judicial districts jurisdiction labor as aforesaid labor or service lative LAURA GREENWOOD legislative assembly legislature marshal Missouri MISSOURI COMPROMISE Missouri Territory number of votes oath or affirmation offences office for four organized territory peace person or persons persons escaping prescribed by law President regulations ritory salary seat of government secretary SECT Senate service or labor session slavery Supreme Court Territory of Kansas Territory of Nebraska Territory of Utah thence three dollars tion treasury United unless sooner removed vacancy vested Vice-President whole number writs of error
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Page 49 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 9 - ... 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided, as equally as may be, into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class, shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class...
Page 38 - 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. 3. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Page 22 - Vice-President, 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...
Page 45 - Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here.
Page 12 - 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 18 - ... 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 48 - Stephen Hopkins William Ellery Connecticut Roger Sherman Samuel Huntington William Williams Oliver Wolcott New York William Floyd Philip Livingston Francis Lewis Lewis Morris New Jersey Richard Stockton John Witherspoon Francis Hopkinson John Hart Abraham Clark Pennsylvania Robert Morris Benjamin Rush Benjamin...
Page 89 - That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said Territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians...
Page 24 - 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.