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... peace , be privileged from anest during their attend- ance at the session of their respective Houses , and in going to or return- ing from the same ; and for any speech or debate in either House , they shall not be questioned in any ...
... peace , be privileged from anest during their attend- ance at the session of their respective Houses , and in going to or return- ing from the same ; and for any speech or debate in either House , they shall not be questioned in any ...
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... peace , nor obstruc others in their religious worship ; -and all persons demeaning them- selves peaceably , as good members of the state , shall be equally under the protection of the laws , and no subordination nor preference , of any ...
... peace , nor obstruc others in their religious worship ; -and all persons demeaning them- selves peaceably , as good members of the state , shall be equally under the protection of the laws , and no subordination nor preference , of any ...
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... peace , without the consent of the legislature ; and the military shall , in all cases , and at all times , be in strict subordination to the civil power . 18. No soldier shall , in time of peace , be quartered in any house , without ...
... peace , without the consent of the legislature ; and the military shall , in all cases , and at all times , be in strict subordination to the civil power . 18. No soldier shall , in time of peace , be quartered in any house , without ...
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... peace , be privileged from arrest during their attendance at , going to , and returning from each session of the legislature , and no member shall be liable for any thing spoken in de- bate in either house in any court or place ...
... peace , be privileged from arrest during their attendance at , going to , and returning from each session of the legislature , and no member shall be liable for any thing spoken in de- bate in either house in any court or place ...
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... cepted , ) nor any civil officers under this state , ( justices of the peace and notaries public excepted , ) shall be counsellors . And no counsellor shall be appointed to any office during the time for 28 CONSTITUTION OF.
... cepted , ) nor any civil officers under this state , ( justices of the peace and notaries public excepted , ) shall be counsellors . And no counsellor shall be appointed to any office during the time for 28 CONSTITUTION OF.
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Page 554 - 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.
Page 8 - Court. 10. To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations. 11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water. 12. To raise and support armies ; but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years. 13. To provide and maintain a navy.
Page 555 - No State shall be represented in Congress by less than two nor by more than seven members ; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years...
Page 215 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Page 560 - 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: KNOW YE, That we, the undersigned delegates, by virtue of the power and authority to us given for that purpose, do by these presents. In the name and in behalf of our respective constituents, fully and entirely ratify and confirm each and every of the said articles...
Page 559 - Congress assembled, by the consent of nine states, shall, from time to time, think expedient to vest them with; provided, that no power be delegated to the said committee, for the exercise of which, by the articles of confederation, the voice of nine states, in the Congress of the United States assembled, is requisite.
Page 556 - All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several states in proportion to the value of all land within each state granted to or surveyed for any person, as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated, according to such mode as the United States in congress assembled shall from...
Page 554 - If any person guilty of, or charged with, treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor in any State shall flee from justice and be found in any of the United States, he shall, upon demand of the governor or executive power of the State from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offense.
Page 560 - Confederation, are submitted to them. And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State ; and the Union shall be perpetual. Nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to, in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Page 555 - No two or more states shall enter into any treaty, confederation or alliance whatever between them, without the consent of the United States in congress assembled, specifying accurately the purposes for which the same is to be entered into, and how long it shall continue.