The Constitutions of the United States: According to the Latest Amendments. To which are Prefixed, the Declaration of Independence and the Federal Constitution ...John Conrad & Company, and sold at all their Book Stores on the Continent., 1804 - Constitutions - 391 pages |
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... branch of the State Legislature . II . No perfon fhall be a Representative who thall not have attained to the age of 25 years , and been feven years a Citizen of the United States ; and who fhall not , when elected , be an inhabitant of ...
... branch of the State Legislature . II . No perfon fhall be a Representative who thall not have attained to the age of 25 years , and been feven years a Citizen of the United States ; and who fhall not , when elected , be an inhabitant of ...
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... branch of the Legislature ; and upon due proof there- of , such member shall forfeit his seat in the Legisla- ti.c. The doors of the galleries , of each house of the Legislature , shall be kept open to all persons who be- have decently ...
... branch of the Legislature ; and upon due proof there- of , such member shall forfeit his seat in the Legisla- ti.c. The doors of the galleries , of each house of the Legislature , shall be kept open to all persons who be- have decently ...
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... branch , shall require secrecy . SENATE . THE Senate shall consist of thirteen members , who shall hold their office for one year , from the last Wed- nesday of October next ensuing their election . And that the State may be equally ...
... branch , shall require secrecy . SENATE . THE Senate shall consist of thirteen members , who shall hold their office for one year , from the last Wed- nesday of October next ensuing their election . And that the State may be equally ...
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... branch of the Legislature . All persons , qualified to vote in the election of Sena- tors , shall be entitled to vote within the district where they dwell , in the choice of Representatives . Every member of the House of Representatives ...
... branch of the Legislature . All persons , qualified to vote in the election of Sena- tors , shall be entitled to vote within the district where they dwell , in the choice of Representatives . Every member of the House of Representatives ...
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... branch of the Legislature , and shall accept the trust ; or if any person , elected a Councilor , shall refuse to accept the office ; or in case of the death , resignation , or removal of any Councillor out of the State ; the Go- vernor ...
... branch of the Legislature , and shall accept the trust ; or if any person , elected a Councilor , shall refuse to accept the office ; or in case of the death , resignation , or removal of any Councillor out of the State ; the Go- vernor ...
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Page 321 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same shall be common highways and forever free...
Page 121 - In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And, in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court as in other cases.
Page 322 - States in all respects whatever ; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government. Provided the constitution and government so to be formed shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles, and, so far as it can be consistent with the general interest of the Confederacy, such admission shall be allowed at an earlier period, and when there may be a less number of free inhabitants in the State than sixty thousand. ARTICLE VI. There shall...
Page 318 - ... representatives shall be regulated by the legislature; provided that no person be eligible or qualified to act as a representative unless he shall have been a citizen of one of the United States three years and be a resident in the district or unless he shall have resided in the district three years and in either case shall likewise hold in his own right in...
Page 255 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; that no man can, of right, be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent ; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience ; and that no preference shall ever be given by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship.
Page 318 - The general assembly or legislature shall consist of the governor, legislative council, and a house of representatives. The legislative council shall consist of five members, to continue in office five years unless sooner removed by Congress; any three of whom to be a quorum: and the members of...
Page 41 - Constitution ; and to impose and levy proportional and reasonable assessments, rates, and taxes, upon all the inhabitants of, and persons resident, and estates lying, within the said Commonwealth ; and also to impose and levy reasonable duties and excises, upon any produce, goods, wares, merchandise, and commodities whatsoever, brought into, produced, manufactured, or being within the same...
Page 41 - And while the public charges of government, or any part thereof, shall be assessed on polls and estates, in the manner that has hitherto been practised, in order that such assessments may be made with equality, there shall be a valuation of estates within the commonwealth, taken anew once in every ten years at least, and as much oftener as the general court shall order.
Page 315 - Be it ordained, by the United States, in Congress assembled, that the said Territory, for the purposes of temporary government, be one district ; subject, however, to be divided into two districts, as future circumstances may, in the opinion of Congress, make it expedient.
Page 317 - For the prevention of crimes and injuries the laws to be adopted or made shall have force in all parts of the district and for the execution of process criminal and civil, the governor shall make proper divisions thereof, and he shall proceed from time to time as circumstances may require to lay out the parts of the District in which the indian titles shall have been extinguished into counties and townships subject however to such alterations as may thereafter be made by the legislature...