Rules and Orders ... for the Political Year, 1842 |
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... direct taxes shall be appor- tioned among the several states , which may be included within this Union , according to their respective members , which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons , including those ...
... direct taxes shall be appor- tioned among the several states , which may be included within this Union , according to their respective members , which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons , including those ...
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... direct tax shall be laid , unless in proportion to the census or enumeration , herein before directed to be taken . 5. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any state . No preference shall be given , by any regulation ...
... direct tax shall be laid , unless in proportion to the census or enumeration , herein before directed to be taken . 5. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any state . No preference shall be given , by any regulation ...
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... direct , a number of electors , equal to the whole number of senators and representatives to which the state may be entitled in the congress ; but no senator or representative , or person holding an office of trust or profit under the ...
... direct , a number of electors , equal to the whole number of senators and representatives to which the state may be entitled in the congress ; but no senator or representative , or person holding an office of trust or profit under the ...
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... direct the session to be held at some other convenient place within the state . SECT . 14. Whenever the office of governor shall be- come vacant by death , resignation , removal from office or otherwise , the president of the senate ...
... direct the session to be held at some other convenient place within the state . SECT . 14. Whenever the office of governor shall be- come vacant by death , resignation , removal from office or otherwise , the president of the senate ...
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... direct the man- ner of notifying the electors , conducting the elections , and making returns to the governor of the officers elected ; and , if the electors shall neglect or refuse to make such elections , after being duly notified ...
... direct the man- ner of notifying the electors , conducting the elections , and making returns to the governor of the officers elected ; and , if the electors shall neglect or refuse to make such elections , after being duly notified ...
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Page 19 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Page 5 - Legislature, which shall then fill such vacancies. 3. No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
Page 10 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 13 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
Page 15 - The United States shall guarantee to every state in the Union a republican form of government ; and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened,) against domestic violence.
Page 6 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Page 19 - And if the house of representatives shall not choose a president whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the vice president shall act as president, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the president.
Page 10 - ... 6. No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. 7. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States, and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign...
Page 21 - And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping GOD in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments ; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship.
Page 6 - ... Each house shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business ; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties as each house may provide.