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... given by any regulation of of Commerce or revenue , to the ports of one State over those of another : nor shall vessels , bound to or from one State be obliged to enter , clear , or pay duties in another . pended by legal 6. No money ...
... given by any regulation of of Commerce or revenue , to the ports of one State over those of another : nor shall vessels , bound to or from one State be obliged to enter , clear , or pay duties in another . pended by legal 6. No money ...
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... given in one public acts , & c . 1. Full faith and credit shall be given , in each State , to Credit to be the public acts , records , and judicial proceedings of every State to the other State . And the Congress may , by general laws ...
... given in one public acts , & c . 1. Full faith and credit shall be given , in each State , to Credit to be the public acts , records , and judicial proceedings of every State to the other State . And the Congress may , by general laws ...
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... given for and against the measure ; and the said Selectmen , Assessors , and Clerks , respectively , shall make out an exact return thereof , under their hands , and shall seal up and transmit the same to the office of the Sec- retary ...
... given for and against the measure ; and the said Selectmen , Assessors , and Clerks , respectively , shall make out an exact return thereof , under their hands , and shall seal up and transmit the same to the office of the Sec- retary ...
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... given , before the last day of Janu- ary next , that the said District shall be admitted into the Union , as a separate and independent State . And it shall also be the duty of the said Convention , to form a Constitu- tion , or frame ...
... given , before the last day of Janu- ary next , that the said District shall be admitted into the Union , as a separate and independent State . And it shall also be the duty of the said Convention , to form a Constitu- tion , or frame ...
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... given Truth may be in evidence , and in all indictments for libels , the jury , after dence . having received the direction of the court , shall have a right to determine , at their discretion , the law and the fact . prohibited ...
... given Truth may be in evidence , and in all indictments for libels , the jury , after dence . having received the direction of the court , shall have a right to determine , at their discretion , the law and the fact . prohibited ...
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Page 13 - States, with a request that it might " be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the. recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification.
Page 17 - ... 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 of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States.
Page 15 - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view, that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each State in the Convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected...
Page 29 - 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 15 - Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered and those which may be reserved ; and on the present occasion this difficulty was increased by a difference among the several States as to their situation, extent, habits, and particular interests.
Page 201 - No action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator, upon any special promise, to answer damages out of his own estate; or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person...
Page 9 - Vice-President; and the Congress may by law provide for the case of removal, death, resignation, or inability, both of the President and Vice-Président, 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. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected ; and...
Page 201 - ... to charge any person upon any agreement made upon consideration of marriage ; or upon any contract or sale of lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any interest in or concerning them ; or upon any agreement that is not to be performed within the space of one year from the making thereof...
Page 28 - All men are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent and unalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness.
Page 410 - ... to impress on the minds of children and youth committed to their care and instruction the principles of piety, justice, and a sacred regard to truth, love to their country, humanity and universal benevolence, sobriety, industry and frugality, chastity, moderation and temperance, and those other virtues which are the ornament of human society, and the basis upon which a republican constitution is founded...