Manual of the Constitution of the United States: Designed for the Instruction of American Youth in the Duties, Obligations, and Rights of CitizenshipWilson, Hinkle & Company, 1874 - 370 Seiten |
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... coin money , regulate the value thereof and of foreign coin , and fix the standard of weights and measures . All civilized nations use gold and silver for money . To coin money is to mold the metal into the required form , and to give ...
... coin money , regulate the value thereof and of foreign coin , and fix the standard of weights and measures . All civilized nations use gold and silver for money . To coin money is to mold the metal into the required form , and to give ...
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... coins ordered to be issued by the act of 1792 , were , of gold , the eagle - of the value of ten dollars the half - eagle , and the quarter - eagle ; of silver , the dollar , the half - dollar , the quarter , the dime ... COIN MONEY .
... coins ordered to be issued by the act of 1792 , were , of gold , the eagle - of the value of ten dollars the half - eagle , and the quarter - eagle ; of silver , the dollar , the half - dollar , the quarter , the dime ... COIN MONEY .
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... coins that contained only 345.6 grains of silver . We have seen that our gold coins prior to 1834 were in value to the silver ones of the same weight as fif- teen to one ; and that from 1834 to 1853 the ratio of gold to silver was as ...
... coins that contained only 345.6 grains of silver . We have seen that our gold coins prior to 1834 were in value to the silver ones of the same weight as fif- teen to one ; and that from 1834 to 1853 the ratio of gold to silver was as ...
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... coin will need farther alter- ation . If , however , silver should increase in value rel- atively to gold , the silver coin can again be reduced in weight without any monetary derangement . England adopted gold as the only standard in ...
... coin will need farther alter- ation . If , however , silver should increase in value rel- atively to gold , the silver coin can again be reduced in weight without any monetary derangement . England adopted gold as the only standard in ...
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... coins . The half - dollar weighs 12.5 grammes of stand- ard silver , and the smaller coins weigh in proportion . One ... coin is overvalued about five per cent ; but standard silver will be converted into trade - dollars , or into bars ...
... coins . The half - dollar weighs 12.5 grammes of stand- ard silver , and the smaller coins weigh in proportion . One ... coin is overvalued about five per cent ; but standard silver will be converted into trade - dollars , or into bars ...
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Seite xvi - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Seite 41 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a Convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several States be held at 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.
Seite xii - And whereas it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures we respectively represent in Congress to approve of, and to authorize us to ratify, the said articles of confederation and perpetual union...
Seite xxv - 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...
Seite 333 - An act to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof...
Seite 140 - 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...
Seite xiv - There shall be appointed from time to time, by congress, a secretary whose commission shall continue in force for four years, unless sooner revoked...
Seite xxiv - 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 State.
Seite viii - States shall be divided or appropriated ; of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace, appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures, provided that no member of Congress shall be appointed a judge of any of the said courts.
Seite v - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their Liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever, ARTICLE IV.