The Governmental Instructor, Or, A Brief and Comprehensive View of the Government of the United States, and of the State Governments: In Easy Lessons : Designed for the Use of SchoolsCollins & Brothers, 1857 - 189 Seiten |
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... Bill of Attainder , Ex post facto Law , 90 90 91 91 State powers prohibited , 92 Letters of Marque and Reprisal , 93 Bills of credit , 94 Contracts , 96 Executive Department , 98 Vice - President , 99 President and Vice - President ...
... Bill of Attainder , Ex post facto Law , 90 90 91 91 State powers prohibited , 92 Letters of Marque and Reprisal , 93 Bills of credit , 94 Contracts , 96 Executive Department , 98 Vice - President , 99 President and Vice - President ...
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... bills of lading , clearances of vessels , promissory notes , receipts , & c .; in a word , upon every piece of paper or parchment used in the civil or criminal courts . The tax on a single paper of some kinds , was upwards of forty dol ...
... bills of lading , clearances of vessels , promissory notes , receipts , & c .; in a word , upon every piece of paper or parchment used in the civil or criminal courts . The tax on a single paper of some kinds , was upwards of forty dol ...
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... Bill , " prohibiting all trade with the city of Boston . By this bill the port of Boston was ordered to be closed , and goods of all descriptions were prevented from being either shipped or landed . These unjust and oppressive measures ...
... Bill , " prohibiting all trade with the city of Boston . By this bill the port of Boston was ordered to be closed , and goods of all descriptions were prevented from being either shipped or landed . These unjust and oppressive measures ...
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... bill against a person , in other words , the house is the accuser , and the senate , like a court , tries the accused , and passes judgment upon him . This judgment of the senate extends only to removal from office . But , if the sen ...
... bill against a person , in other words , the house is the accuser , and the senate , like a court , tries the accused , and passes judgment upon him . This judgment of the senate extends only to removal from office . But , if the sen ...
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... bills for raising revenue must originate in the house of representatives . The representatives are chosen directly by the peo- Can a member of congress hold any other office under the Uni- ted States ? Why is this necessary ? What is ...
... bills for raising revenue must originate in the house of representatives . The representatives are chosen directly by the peo- Can a member of congress hold any other office under the Uni- ted States ? Why is this necessary ? What is ...
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Seite 161 - ... 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 herein before directed to be taken.
Seite 154 - Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one; Connecticut five; New York six; New Jersey four; Pennsylvania eight; Delaware one; Maryland six; Virginia ten; North Carolina five; South Carolina five; and Georgia three.
Seite 165 - 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.
Seite 168 - 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.
Seite 156 - ... Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties as each House may provide. 2 Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of twothirds, expel a member.
Seite 161 - ... 6. No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. 7. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States, and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign...
Seite 152 - That it will meet the full and entire approbation of every state is not perhaps to be expected; but each will doubtless consider, that had her interest been alone consulted, the consequences might have been particularly disagreeable or injurious to others; that it is liable to as few exceptions as could reasonably have been expected, we hope and believe; that it may promote the lasting welfare of that country so dear to us all, and secure her freedom and happiness, is our most ardent wish.
Seite 160 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings : and, 17.
Seite 151 - In all our deliberations on this subject, we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Seite 170 - 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...