Journal of the Convention of the People of South CarolinaR. W. Gibbes, printer to the Convention, 1862 - 873 pages |
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... Commission , to consist of three persons , be elected by ballot of this Convention , to proceed to Washington , to nego- tiate with the United States , acting through their General Government , as to the proper measures and arrangements ...
... Commission , to consist of three persons , be elected by ballot of this Convention , to proceed to Washington , to nego- tiate with the United States , acting through their General Government , as to the proper measures and arrangements ...
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... commissions , or who may , for that cause , resign their commissions within the term of months , shall be entitled to and shall be placed in the same grade in the service of the Commonwealth of South Carolina , with that which they ...
... commissions , or who may , for that cause , resign their commissions within the term of months , shall be entitled to and shall be placed in the same grade in the service of the Commonwealth of South Carolina , with that which they ...
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... commissions for the Commissioners elected by this body the said C. D. Melton being first sworn to secrecy . Mr. Simons offered the following resolution , which was considered immediately , and was agreed to : Resolved , That there be ...
... commissions for the Commissioners elected by this body the said C. D. Melton being first sworn to secrecy . Mr. Simons offered the following resolution , which was considered immediately , and was agreed to : Resolved , That there be ...
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... Commission . Mr. D. L. Wardlaw offered the following resolution as an additional clause to the resolution reported by the Committee : Resolved , That our Commissioners , being fully possessed of this reso- lution , and of the opinions ...
... Commission . Mr. D. L. Wardlaw offered the following resolution as an additional clause to the resolution reported by the Committee : Resolved , That our Commissioners , being fully possessed of this reso- lution , and of the opinions ...
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... commission , under the seal of the State , countersigned by the Secretary of State , to each of the Commissioners who are , or may be , appointed by this Convention to the several slaveholding States , under the resolutions adopted by ...
... commission , under the seal of the State , countersigned by the Secretary of State , to each of the Commissioners who are , or may be , appointed by this Convention to the several slaveholding States , under the resolutions adopted by ...
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Page 744 - We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the ordinance adopted by us, in convention, on the 23d day of May, in the year of our Lord 1788, whereby the constitution of the United States of America...
Page 479 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
Page 824 - To provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions: 16. To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the states respectively the appointment of the officers, and the authority of training the militia, according to the discipline prescribed by Congress: 17.
Page 809 - States : 2. To borrow money on the credit of the United States : 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes : 4. To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States : 5.
Page 830 - Department may be removed at any time by the President, or other appointing power, when their services are unnecessary, or for dishonesty, incapacity, inefficiency, misconduct, or neglect of duty; and when so removed, the removal shall be reported to the Senate, together with the reasons therefor.
Page 815 - 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 821 - ... may be chosen every second year; and if vacancies happen, by resignation or otherwise, during the recess of the Legislature of any State, the executive thereof may make temporary appointments until the next meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such vacancies.
Page 828 - The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice...
Page 458 - The States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa, have enacted laws which either nullify the acts of Congress, or render useless any attempt to execute them.
Page 822 - They shall in all cases, except treason, felony, and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same ; and for any speech or debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other place.