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... Senate . * . * * * " As a book of reference it is of great value , and contains more in the same space than any work of a similar character I have yet seen . I have great pleasure in recommending this book to all persons who desire to ...
... Senate . * . * * * " As a book of reference it is of great value , and contains more in the same space than any work of a similar character I have yet seen . I have great pleasure in recommending this book to all persons who desire to ...
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... Senate and House of Representatives . The " House of Representatives " is composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states , and in number in accord- ance with the population of each , and in order to ...
... Senate and House of Representatives . The " House of Representatives " is composed of members chosen every second year by the people of the several states , and in number in accord- ance with the population of each , and in order to ...
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... senator has one vote . The Vice - President of the United States is ex officio President of the Senate , but a President pro tempore is elected by and from among the Senators , who in the absence of the President , acts in his stead ...
... senator has one vote . The Vice - President of the United States is ex officio President of the Senate , but a President pro tempore is elected by and from among the Senators , who in the absence of the President , acts in his stead ...
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... Senate is vested with certain judicial functions , and its members constitute a High Court of Impeachment . No person can be convicted by this court unless on the finding of a majority of Senators , nor does judgment extend further than ...
... Senate is vested with certain judicial functions , and its members constitute a High Court of Impeachment . No person can be convicted by this court unless on the finding of a majority of Senators , nor does judgment extend further than ...
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... Senate ; and in case of the death , resignation or other disability of the President , the powers and duties of that office devolve upon him for the re- mainder of the term for which the President had been elected . This pro- vision of ...
... Senate ; and in case of the death , resignation or other disability of the President , the powers and duties of that office devolve upon him for the re- mainder of the term for which the President had been elected . This pro- vision of ...
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Page 103 - A final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a state in which a decision in the suit could, be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States...
Page 88 - Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Page 103 - ... where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
Page 389 - ... to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico; thence, westwardly, along the whole southern boundary of New Mexico (which runs north of the town called Paso) to its western termination; thence, northward, along the western line of New Mexico, until it intersects the first branch of the river Gila; (or if it should not intersect any branch of that river, then to the point on the said line nearest to such branch, and thence in a direct line to the same;) thence down the middle...
Page 389 - The boundary line between the two republics shall commence in the Gulf of Mexico, three leagues from land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande, otherwise called Rio Bravo del Norte, or opposite the mouth of its deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea; from thence up the middle of that river, following the deepest channel, where it has more than one, to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico...
Page 104 - That the district courts of the United States, within their respective districts, shall have, exclusively of the courts of the several States, cognizance of all crimes and offences committed against the provisions of this act, and also, concurrently with the circuit courts of the United States...
Page 215 - Every male citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-one years, who has resided in the State one year, and in the county six months, and in the precinct in which he offers to vote sixty days, next preceding the election...
Page 105 - And shall also have cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, or the Circuit Courts, as the case may be, of all causes where an alien sues for a tort only, in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States...
Page 96 - States, shall be subject to taxation under this title only as to income derived from sources within the United States, and in such case the tax shall be computed and paid in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as in the case of other persons who are taxable only as to income derived...
Page 105 - And the trial of issues in fact, in the district courts, in all causes except civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, shall be by jury.