Constitutional History and Political Development of the United StatesG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888 - 361 páginas |
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... than elsewhere , will in the following pages be frankly admitted . The methods of legislation are wofully primitive and defective , and the practice ofttimes corrupt . The existing system of repre- sentation is PREFACE . vii.
... than elsewhere , will in the following pages be frankly admitted . The methods of legislation are wofully primitive and defective , and the practice ofttimes corrupt . The existing system of repre- sentation is PREFACE . vii.
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Simon Sterne. ofttimes corrupt . The existing system of repre- sentation is inharmonious and unphilosophical ; the tariff legislation a mass of injustice and incon- gruities , resulting in a collection of revenue at a most burdensome ...
Simon Sterne. ofttimes corrupt . The existing system of repre- sentation is inharmonious and unphilosophical ; the tariff legislation a mass of injustice and incon- gruities , resulting in a collection of revenue at a most burdensome ...
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... existing social order . The wages of labor have advanced from twenty to thirty per cent . within a decade , and the products consumed by labor in the way of neces- saries of life , more especially cereals and all articles of clothing ...
... existing social order . The wages of labor have advanced from twenty to thirty per cent . within a decade , and the products consumed by labor in the way of neces- saries of life , more especially cereals and all articles of clothing ...
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... existing or supposed abuses . The general provisions of the Constitution which do not fall under the divisions of Legislative , Ju- dicial and Executive functions , are enumerated in the fourth and sixth articles of the Constitution of ...
... existing or supposed abuses . The general provisions of the Constitution which do not fall under the divisions of Legislative , Ju- dicial and Executive functions , are enumerated in the fourth and sixth articles of the Constitution of ...
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... existing States without the consent of the latter ; and pro- viding that the United States shall guarantee to every State in the Union a republican form of gov- ernment , shall protect each against invasion , and on the application of ...
... existing States without the consent of the latter ; and pro- viding that the United States shall guarantee to every State in the Union a republican form of gov- ernment , shall protect each against invasion , and on the application of ...
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Constitutional History and Political Development of the United States Simon Sterne Vista completa - 1882 |
Constitutional History and Political Development of the United States Simon Sterne Vista completa - 1888 |
Constitutional History and Political Development of the United States Simon Sterne Vista completa - 1888 |
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Página 338 - The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion, and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...
Página 317 - When land forces are raised by any state for the common defence, all officers of or under the rank of colonel shall be appointed by the legislature of each state respectively, by whom such forces shall be raised, or in such manner as such state shall direct; and all vacancies shall be filled up by the state which first made the appointment.
Página 321 - State should not raise men, or should raise a smaller number than its quota, and that any other State should raise a greater number of men than the quota thereof, such extra number shall be raised, officered...
Página 328 - Senators. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every Year, and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day.
Página 328 - Trust or Profit under the United States ; but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law. SECTION 4. 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 Regulations, except as to the places of chusing Senators.
Página 328 - No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
Página 326 - All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. SECTION 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
Página 329 - Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time ; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.
Página 319 - The United States, in Congress assembled, shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective states ; fixing the standard of weights and measures throughout the United States; regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians not members of any of the states ; provided that the legislative right of any state within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Página 4 - That his majesty's subjects in these colonies owe the same allegiance to the crown of Great Britain, that is owing from his subjects born within the realm, and all due subordination to that august body the parliament of Great Britain.