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... Spain was the first power in the world , and her navies ruled the seas . Besides being the greatest naval power , she had the greatest wealth and resources of any of the civilized nations , and her commerce spread out through the then ...
... Spain was the first power in the world , and her navies ruled the seas . Besides being the greatest naval power , she had the greatest wealth and resources of any of the civilized nations , and her commerce spread out through the then ...
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... Spain , and Spain continued to hold the country west of the Mis- sissippi , which naturally was but poorly defined , and went under the general name of the Louisiana Territory . The early congresses and all the traditions of the united ...
... Spain , and Spain continued to hold the country west of the Mis- sissippi , which naturally was but poorly defined , and went under the general name of the Louisiana Territory . The early congresses and all the traditions of the united ...
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... Spain , Texas was reced- ed to Spain also , while other portions of the treaty definitely stated the exact boundaries of the northern portion of the Span- ish colonies . The country did not again expand until in 1845. After the war of ...
... Spain , Texas was reced- ed to Spain also , while other portions of the treaty definitely stated the exact boundaries of the northern portion of the Span- ish colonies . The country did not again expand until in 1845. After the war of ...
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... Spain , whereby Spain , at the time she ceded Florida to the United States , quitclaimed to the United States all 16 THE CONGRESSIONAL MANUAL .
... Spain , whereby Spain , at the time she ceded Florida to the United States , quitclaimed to the United States all 16 THE CONGRESSIONAL MANUAL .
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... Spain , is the Philippine Is- lands , Porto Rico and the island of Guam in the Ladrones group ; Wake , by the right of discovery ; by annexation , the islands of Hawaiian group ; by treaty with Great Britain and Germany , the island of ...
... Spain , is the Philippine Is- lands , Porto Rico and the island of Guam in the Ladrones group ; Wake , by the right of discovery ; by annexation , the islands of Hawaiian group ; by treaty with Great Britain and Germany , the island of ...
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Page 158 - 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 158 - States. 2 A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
Page 151 - ... 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 154 - ... 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 hereinbefore directed to be taken.
Page 156 - 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 152 - 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 158 - 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 157 - Supreme Court, and all other officers of the 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 163 - States, or as a member of any State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid and comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Page 159 - 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...