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... inhabitants , from 5,000 to 10,000 Frenchmen , were not consulted about its form or its erection . The governor had extensive power . He was appointed by congress for a term of three years and was required to possess 1,000 acres of land ...
... inhabitants , from 5,000 to 10,000 Frenchmen , were not consulted about its form or its erection . The governor had extensive power . He was appointed by congress for a term of three years and was required to possess 1,000 acres of land ...
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... inhabitants of full age in the district " . The legislature was to consist of three houses , - ( 1 ) The general assembly composed of members elected by the people , to serve two years ; ( 2 ) the council , chosen in the following ...
... inhabitants of full age in the district " . The legislature was to consist of three houses , - ( 1 ) The general assembly composed of members elected by the people , to serve two years ; ( 2 ) the council , chosen in the following ...
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... inhabitants and settlers in the said territory shall be subject to pay a part of the federal debts contracted or to be con- tracted . " August 7 , 1789 , the president , George Washington , approved an act that gave him the same power ...
... inhabitants and settlers in the said territory shall be subject to pay a part of the federal debts contracted or to be con- tracted . " August 7 , 1789 , the president , George Washington , approved an act that gave him the same power ...
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... inhabitants were forced to strike back . The militia's leader , Patterson , attacked the settlement , turned five hundred people out of doors and burned their homes ; the old , the infirm , the weak and the tender women were driven into ...
... inhabitants were forced to strike back . The militia's leader , Patterson , attacked the settlement , turned five hundred people out of doors and burned their homes ; the old , the infirm , the weak and the tender women were driven into ...
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... inhabitant of the state from which he is chosen ; but to be eligible to the office of senator , a person must be at least 30 years of age , and have been nine years a citizen of the nation and an inhabitant of the state by which he is ...
... inhabitant of the state from which he is chosen ; but to be eligible to the office of senator , a person must be at least 30 years of age , and have been nine years a citizen of the nation and an inhabitant of the state by which he is ...
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Page 143 - ... the United States, in Congress assembled. The United States, in Congress assembled, shall never engage in a war, nor grant letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace...
Page 141 - ... until the number shall be reduced to thirteen ; and from that number not less than seven, nor more than nine names as congress shall direct, shall in the presence of congress be drawn out by lot, and the persons whose names shall be so drawn or any five of them, shall be commissioners or judges, to hear and finally determine the controversy, so always as a major part of the judges who shall hear the cause shall agree in the determination...
Page 150 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land, and should the public exigencies make it necessary, for the common preservation, to take any person's property, or to demand his particular services, full compensation shall be made for the same.
Page 143 - States under their direction; to appoint one of their number to preside; provided that no person be allowed to serve in the office of president more than one year in any term of three years; to ascertain the necessary sums of money to be raised for the service of the United States...
Page 138 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress...
Page 138 - Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings, of the courts and magistrates of every other State.
Page 152 - There shall be formed in the said territory not less than three nor more than five States ; and the boundaries of the States, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession and consent to the same...
Page 44 - ... demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him, and to have a copy thereof ; to meet the witnesses face to face, and to have compulsory process to procure the attendance of witnesses in his behalf, and a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county or district, in which the offense is alleged to have been committed...
Page 142 - The United States, in Congress assembled, shall have authority to appoint a committee, to sit in the recess of Congress, to be denominated, "A Committee of the States," and to consist of one delegate from each State ; and to appoint such other committees and civil officers as may be necessary for managing the general affairs of the United States under their direction...
Page 207 - Laws shall be passed, taxing by a uniform rule, all moneys, credits, investments in bonds, stocks, joint stock companies, or otherwise; and also all real and personal property, according to its true value in money...