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... entitled to one Representative in the First Congress . 1 Departments . Congress may by law vest the appointment of inferior officers in the heads of ..... Direct tax shall be laid unless in proportion to the census or enumeration . No ...
... entitled to one Representative in the First Congress . 1 Departments . Congress may by law vest the appointment of inferior officers in the heads of ..... Direct tax shall be laid unless in proportion to the census or enumeration . No ...
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... entitled to six Representatives in the First Con- gress ..... 1 2 19 Massachusetts entitled to eight Representatives in the First Congress ... 1 Measures . Congress shall fix the standard of weights and .. Militia to execute the laws ...
... entitled to six Representatives in the First Con- gress ..... 1 2 19 Massachusetts entitled to eight Representatives in the First Congress ... 1 Measures . Congress shall fix the standard of weights and .. Militia to execute the laws ...
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... entitled to three Representatives in the First Congress .. .... New Jersey entitled to four Representatives in the First Con- gress .. New States may be admitted by Congress into this Union .... New York entitled to six Representatives ...
... entitled to three Representatives in the First Congress .. .... New Jersey entitled to four Representatives in the First Con- gress .. New States may be admitted by Congress into this Union .... New York entitled to six Representatives ...
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... entitled to the Common Law of England , and the trial by Jury , according to the course of that law , and to the benefit of such of the Eng- lish statutes as existed on the Fourth day of July , seventeen hundred and seventy - six ; and ...
... entitled to the Common Law of England , and the trial by Jury , according to the course of that law , and to the benefit of such of the Eng- lish statutes as existed on the Fourth day of July , seventeen hundred and seventy - six ; and ...
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... entitled to vote , in the ward or election district in which he resides , at all elections hereafter to be held in this State ; and in case any county or city shall be so divided as to form portions of different elec- toral districts ...
... entitled to vote , in the ward or election district in which he resides , at all elections hereafter to be held in this State ; and in case any county or city shall be so divided as to form portions of different elec- toral districts ...
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Page 332 - Where the instrument contains or a person adds to his signature words indicating that he signs for or on behalf of a principal, or in a representative capacity, he is not liable on the instrument if he was duly authorized; but the mere addition of words describing him as an agent, or as filling a representative character, without disclosing his principal, does not exempt him from personal liability.
Page 334 - An accommodation party is one who has signed the instrument as maker, drawer, acceptor or indorser, without receiving value therefor, and for the purpose of lending his name to some other person. Such a person is liable on the instrument to a holder for value, notwithstanding such holder at the time of taking the instrument knew him to be only an accommodation party.
Page 327 - Holder" means the payee or indorsee of a bill or note, who is in possession of it, or the bearer thereof. "Indorsement" means an indorsement completed by delivery.
Page 346 - Notice of dishonor is not required to be given to the drawer in either of the following cases : 1. Where the drawer and drawee are the same person ; 2. Where the drawee is a fictitious person or a person not having capacity to contract ; 3. Where the drawer is the person to whom the instrument is presented for payment ; 4. Where the drawer has no right to expect or require that the drawee or acceptor will honor the instrument ; 5. Where the drawer has countermanded payment.
Page 337 - The title of a person who negotiates an instrument is defective within the meaning of this act when he obtained the instrument, or any signature thereto, by fraud, duress, or force and fear, or other unlawful means, or for an illegal consideration, or when he negotiates it in breach of faith, or under such circumstances as amount to a fraud.
Page 328 - An unqualified order or promise to pay is unconditional within the meaning of this act, though coupled with — 1. An indication of a particular fund out of which reimbursement is to be made, or a particular account to be debited with the amount; or 2. A statement of the transaction which gives rise to the instrument.
Page 786 - An agreement or combination by two or more persons to do or procure to be done any act in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute between employers and workmen shall not be indictable as a conspiracy if such act committed by one person would not be punishable as a crime.
Page 1092 - Comparison of a disputed writing with any writing proved to the satisfaction of the Judge to be genuine, shall be permitted to be made by witnesses ; and such writings, and the evidence of witnesses respecting the same, may be submitted to the Court and Jury as evidence of the genuineness or otherwise of the writing in dispute.
Page 34 - States shall be necessary to a choice. In every case, after the choice of the President, the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by ballot the Vice-President. The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes ; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Page 327 - An instrument to be negotiable must conform to the following requirements: 1. it must be in writing and signed by the maker or drawer. 2. Must contain an unconditional promise or order to pay a sum certain in money.