Manual of the Constitution of the United StatesVan Antwerp, Bragg & Company, 1887 - 340 páginas |
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Página 82
... gold watch was re- quired to pay a tax of one dollar , every one owning a gold watch must pay a like sum . But direct taxes must be in pro- portion to the population of the State . If two States are equal in population , their citizens ...
... gold watch was re- quired to pay a tax of one dollar , every one owning a gold watch must pay a like sum . But direct taxes must be in pro- portion to the population of the State . If two States are equal in population , their citizens ...
Página 95
... gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts . " According to the Constitution , then , money is gold or silver , coined by the general government , and made a tender in payment of debts . Whatever fails to possess these three ...
... gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts . " According to the Constitution , then , money is gold or silver , coined by the general government , and made a tender in payment of debts . Whatever fails to possess these three ...
Página 96
... gold and silver coin legal tender for all sums . In the gold coins , which at first were three , the eagle ( ten dollars ) , the half - eagle , and the quarter - eagle , there were 24 grains ( Troy ) of Legal Tender . pure gold to the ...
... gold and silver coin legal tender for all sums . In the gold coins , which at first were three , the eagle ( ten dollars ) , the half - eagle , and the quarter - eagle , there were 24 grains ( Troy ) of Legal Tender . pure gold to the ...
Página 97
... gold into the gold coins or more silver The Relative into the silver ones . The former method , which value of Gold was the only just one , was adopted . Increases . If gold had been the single standard , or the standard , the silver ...
... gold into the gold coins or more silver The Relative into the silver ones . The former method , which value of Gold was the only just one , was adopted . Increases . If gold had been the single standard , or the standard , the silver ...
Página 98
... gold dollar should " be the unit of value . " From 1792 to about 1875 the ratio of the metallic values of gold and silver had ranged between fifteen and sixteen to one . Silver then began to decline in value , so that in July , 1876 ...
... gold dollar should " be the unit of value . " From 1792 to about 1875 the ratio of the metallic values of gold and silver had ranged between fifteen and sixteen to one . Silver then began to decline in value , so that in July , 1876 ...
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Página xl - 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.
Página xxxviii - Term, be elected as follows: 2. Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress...
Página 40 - Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union.
Página xxxix - 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...
Página xxix - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared, that no law ought ever to be made or have force in the said territory, that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with or affect private contracts, or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Página 308 - An act to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof...
Página 132 - RESOLVED, that each branch ought to possess the right of originating acts; that the National Legislature ought to be empowered to enjoy the legislative rights vested in Congress by the Confederation, and moreover to legislate in all cases to which the separate states are incompetent, or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation...
Página 267 - That the said report with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same be transmitted to the several legislatures in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each state by the people thereof in conformity to the resolves of the convention made and provided in that case.
Página xxii - ... office ; appointing all officers of the land forces in the service of the United States, excepting regimental officers ; appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States; making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations. The United States, in Congress assembled, shall have authority to appoint a committee, to sit in the recess of Congress, to be denominated...
Página xli - 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.