 | James Spence - 1861 - 398 pages
...be represented in Congress by less than two nor by more than seven members ; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years...receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind. Each State shall maintain its own delegates in any meeting of the States, and while they act as members... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1976 - 1064 pages
...be represented in Congress by less than two, nor by more than seven Members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years...any office under the united states, for which he, or another for his benefit receives any salary, fees or emolument of any kind. Each state shall maintain... | |
 | William Winslow Crosskey, William Jeffrey - 1953 - 608 pages
...determined, unless the Delegates of seven Colonies vote in the affirmative. No Person shall I>e eapable of being a Delegate for more than three Years in any Term of six Years. No Person holding any Offiee under the United States, for whieh he, or another for his Benefit, reeeives... | |
 | Theodore Dreiser - 1987 - 1168 pages
...be represented in Congress by less than two, nor by more than seven Members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years...any office under the united states, for which he, or another for his benefit receives any salary, fees or emolument of any kind. Each state shall maintain... | |
 | Stephen L. Schechter - 1990 - 478 pages
...be represented in Congress by less than two, nor by more than seven Members;8 and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years...be capable of holding any office under the united states,9 for which he, or another for his benefit receives any salary, fees or emolument10 of any kind.... | |
 | Jerome B. Agel, Mort Gerberg - 1991 - 68 pages
...decisions. A quorum was seven states lad to con-) The Articles' stipulation that "no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years" restricted the quality of Congressional membership, but it was important for rotation in office. The... | |
 | Edward H. Crane, Roger Pilon - 1994 - 176 pages
...shall be represented in Congress by less than two, nor more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years." Thomas Jefferson, among others, praised the principle of rotation contained in the Articles which was... | |
 | Lyman Tower Sargent - 1995 - 406 pages
...little power. In addition, delegates to Congress were "annually appointed" and "no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years...receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind" (Art. 5). All these rules were designed to check corruption by limiting the possibility of using one's... | |
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Congress by less than two nor by more than seven members ; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United... 
