Our Rulers and Our Rights: Or, Outlines of the United States Government; Its Origin, Branches, Departments, Institutions, Officers, and Modes of OperationN. Tibbals & Company, 1869 - 517 páginas |
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... ment established by its provisions did not go into op- eration till March , 1789. In the mean time General Washington had been chosen the first President of the United States , and a Congress had been elected in con- formity with the ...
... ment established by its provisions did not go into op- eration till March , 1789. In the mean time General Washington had been chosen the first President of the United States , and a Congress had been elected in con- formity with the ...
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... ment was proposed , passed and adopted in 1794 , and the 12th in 1803. From this last date the Constitution remained unchanged until January 31 , 1865 , when the House passed a resolution in favor of another amend- ment ; the Senate ...
... ment was proposed , passed and adopted in 1794 , and the 12th in 1803. From this last date the Constitution remained unchanged until January 31 , 1865 , when the House passed a resolution in favor of another amend- ment ; the Senate ...
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... ment : because by it slavery in all the dominions of the United States has been constitutionally abolished . 7. We will make one other remark in relation to this thirteenth article , to wit : it grew out of the result of the war between ...
... ment : because by it slavery in all the dominions of the United States has been constitutionally abolished . 7. We will make one other remark in relation to this thirteenth article , to wit : it grew out of the result of the war between ...
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... ment , and that equality of rights which they deter- mined to bestow upon every citizen , was rejected . THE SENATE . 3. This branch of the National Legislature is consti- tuted very differently from the House of Representa- tives . It ...
... ment , and that equality of rights which they deter- mined to bestow upon every citizen , was rejected . THE SENATE . 3. This branch of the National Legislature is consti- tuted very differently from the House of Representa- tives . It ...
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... ment . . 4. Before entering upon the duties of his office , he must take the following oath or affirmation : " I do solemnly swear ( or affirm ) that I will faith- fully execute the office of President of the United States , and will ...
... ment . . 4. Before entering upon the duties of his office , he must take the following oath or affirmation : " I do solemnly swear ( or affirm ) that I will faith- fully execute the office of President of the United States , and will ...
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Página 407 - 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...
Página 187 - I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Página 402 - To borrow money on the credit of the United States ; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes ; To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies, throughout the United States ; To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of...
Página 396 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the State remaining, in the meantime, exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Página 400 - 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. SECTION 5. Each house shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members...
Página 398 - MARYLAND Samuel Chase William Paca Thomas Stone Charles Carroll, of Carrollton VIRGINIA George Wythe Richard Henry Lee Thomas Jefferson Benjamin Harrison Thomas Nelson, Jr.
Página 412 - States, or in any way abridged except for participation in rebellion or other crimes, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such state.
Página 169 - Point, the line of demarcation shall follow the summit of the mountains situated parallel to the Coast, as far as the point of intersection of the 141st degree...
Página 400 - 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 64 - States, who shall be sworn, or affirmed, to a faithful execution of his office; whose duty it shall be to prosecute and conduct all suits in the Supreme Court, in which the United States shall be concerned, and to give his advice and opinion upon questions of law, when required by the President of the United States, or when requested by the heads of any of the departments, touching any matters that may concern their departments, and shall receive such compensation for his services, as shall by law...