Ohio Statesmen and Annals of Progress: From the Year 1788 to the Year 1900 ...Press of the Westbote Company, 1899 - Ohio |
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... UNITED STATES . [ Became operative the first Wednesday in March , 1789. ] PREAMBLE . We , the people of the United States , in order to form a more perfect union , es- tablish justice , insure domestic tranquility , provide for the ...
... UNITED STATES . [ Became operative the first Wednesday in March , 1789. ] PREAMBLE . We , the people of the United States , in order to form a more perfect union , es- tablish justice , insure domestic tranquility , provide for the ...
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... United States , and who shall not , when elected , be an inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen . The Vice - President of the United States shall be President of the Senate , but shall have no vote , unless they be ...
... United States , and who shall not , when elected , be an inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen . The Vice - President of the United States shall be President of the Senate , but shall have no vote , unless they be ...
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... United States ; if he approves he shall sign it , but if not he shall return it , with his objections , to that House in which it shall have originated , who shall enter the objections at large on their journal , and proceed to ...
... United States ; if he approves he shall sign it , but if not he shall return it , with his objections , to that House in which it shall have originated , who shall enter the objections at large on their journal , and proceed to ...
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... United States , and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be , for the erection of forts , magazines , arsenals , dockyards , and other needful ...
... United States , and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be , for the erection of forts , magazines , arsenals , dockyards , and other needful ...
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... United States . No person except a natural born citizen , or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution , shall be eligible to the office of President ; neither shall any person be eligible to that ...
... United States . No person except a natural born citizen , or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution , shall be eligible to the office of President ; neither shall any person be eligible to that ...
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Page 16 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 3 - In all criminal prosecutions for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Page 15 - 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...
Page 14 - ... to keep and preserve the acts and laws passed by the legislature, and the public records of the district, and the proceedings of the governor in his executive department; and transmit authentic copies of such acts and proceedings, every six months, to the secretary of congress. There shall also be appointed a court, to consist of three judges, any two of whom to form a court, who shall have a common law jurisdiction...
Page 11 - Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the vote shall be taken by States, the representation from each State having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the States, and a majority of all the States shall be necessary to a choice.
Page 3 - Religion, morality, and knowledge, however, being essential to good government, it shall be the duty of the legislature to pass suitable laws to protect every religious denomination in the peaceable enjoyment of its own mode of public worship, and to encourage schools and the means of instruction.
Page 4 - The times, places and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
Page 14 - 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.
Page 16 - The legislatures of those districts or new states, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers.
Page 15 - As soon as a Legislature shall be formed in the district, the council and house assembled, in one room, shall have authority, by joint ballot, to elect a delegate to Congress, who shall have a seat in Congress, with a right of debating, but not of voting during this temporary government.