Cases of Contested Elections in Congress, from 1834 to 1865, InclusiveU.S. Government Printing Office, 1865 - 660 Seiten |
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... reason why the present members should retain their seats - a reason which had not as yet been urged , and to which he confessed he should be puzzled to find an objection . It was this : The House of Representatives was composed of ...
... reason why the present members should retain their seats - a reason which had not as yet been urged , and to which he confessed he should be puzzled to find an objection . It was this : The House of Representatives was composed of ...
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... reason that they were not included in the certificates of the clerk of the counties of Middlesex and Cum- berland ; and that , had the votes of these townships been counted , the result would have been a majority in their favor . That ...
... reason that they were not included in the certificates of the clerk of the counties of Middlesex and Cum- berland ; and that , had the votes of these townships been counted , the result would have been a majority in their favor . That ...
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... reason- to impose upon the party objecting to a vote the proof of a negative ; and a negative , too , which nothing short of searching of every court of record hav- ing common - law jurisdiction , a clerk , and seal , in the Union ...
... reason- to impose upon the party objecting to a vote the proof of a negative ; and a negative , too , which nothing short of searching of every court of record hav- ing common - law jurisdiction , a clerk , and seal , in the Union ...
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... reason why the committee should meet him half way . The rule of reason requires that he should fully make out his case , even though it involve the proof of a negative ; and such is also the rule of Parliament in analogous cases . ( See ...
... reason why the committee should meet him half way . The rule of reason requires that he should fully make out his case , even though it involve the proof of a negative ; and such is also the rule of Parliament in analogous cases . ( See ...
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... reason for setting aside the election in South Amboy . " In New Jersey the election is conducted in each township by a judge , and the assessor and collector of the township , who are ex officio inspectors of elec- tion ; and the law ...
... reason for setting aside the election in South Amboy . " In New Jersey the election is conducted in each township by a judge , and the assessor and collector of the township , who are ex officio inspectors of elec- tion ; and the law ...
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38th Congress admitted adopted alleged appears appointed authority ballot-box ballots Blair Buchanan county Buffalo county candidate canvassers census certificate citizens claim clerk Committee of Elections congressional district Constitution contested election convention court DAWES declared depositions duly duty eastern precinct electors entitled evidence fact fraud gentleman governor House of Representatives illegal votes inspectors judges of election Kanesville legal votes legislature Louisiana majority memorialist military militia Missouri Monroe Monroe county muster-rolls names notice number of votes oath objection officers opinion ordinance organized parties Penn district persons Platte county poll-books polls precinct prescribed present proceedings proclamation proof qualified question received regiment rejected residence resolution returns seat secretary Senate session sitting delegate sitting member statute sworn taken Territory Territory of Kansas Territory of Minnesota testifies ticket tion township undersigned United vacancy Virginia voters votes cast ward witnesses writ of election
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Seite 246 - States, may be elected by the voters qualified to elect members of the Legislative Assembly, who shall be entitled to the same rights and privileges as are exercised and enjoyed by the delegates from the several other Territories of the United States...
Seite 39 - The government of the United States, then, though limited in its powers, is supreme; and its laws, when made in pursuance of the Constitution, form the supreme law of the land, ' ' anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Seite 80 - Queretaro, and every male naturalized citizen thereof, who shall have become such ninety days prior to any election, of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of the State one year next preceding the election, and of the county in which he claims his vote ninety days, and in the election precinct thirty days, shall be entitled to vote at all elections...
Seite 631 - I will observe and obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the Rules and Articles of War.
Seite 141 - And the first election shall be held at such time and places, and be conducted in such manner, both as to the persons who shall superintend such election and the returns thereof, as the Governor shall appoint and direct...
Seite 169 - ... in the said territories after the expiration of that year without having declared their intention to retain the character of Mexicans shall be considered to have elected to become citizens of the United States.
Seite 11 - IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the United States.
Seite 427 - I did file such a bill in the Supreme Court of the United States. The Supreme Court of the United States...
Seite 244 - Pigeon river and following said dividing line to the place of beginning, be and they hereby are authorized to form for themselves a constitution and state government by the name of the State of Minnesota, and to come into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, according to the Federal Constitution.
Seite 361 - An ordinance to repeal the ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America by the State of Virginia, and to resume all the rights and powers granted under said Constitution...