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Page 79
... Senate and content themselves with two senators ; but to meet this it was provided that the House should originate all money bills . Representation of population was different in the free and slave - holding States . The larger States ...
... Senate and content themselves with two senators ; but to meet this it was provided that the House should originate all money bills . Representation of population was different in the free and slave - holding States . The larger States ...
Page 92
... senators and the governor , who themselves must pos- sess freeholds of £ 100 , clear of debts . The West never had such requirements . ( c ) Most of our political re- volts have come from the West , which has always been against special ...
... senators and the governor , who themselves must pos- sess freeholds of £ 100 , clear of debts . The West never had such requirements . ( c ) Most of our political re- volts have come from the West , which has always been against special ...
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... Senate . Formerly the fourth class postmasters were appointed in the same way . This led to much political scandal . With every change of administration there was a rush of new appli- cants for the local post offices . No other ...
... Senate . Formerly the fourth class postmasters were appointed in the same way . This led to much political scandal . With every change of administration there was a rush of new appli- cants for the local post offices . No other ...
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... Senate , Albert Gallatin , as Secretary of the Treasury and the rec- ognized authority on the Public Domain and its develop- ment , drew up an elaborate scheme for the improvement by the Federal Government of internal navigation and ...
... Senate , Albert Gallatin , as Secretary of the Treasury and the rec- ognized authority on the Public Domain and its develop- ment , drew up an elaborate scheme for the improvement by the Federal Government of internal navigation and ...
Page 160
... senator or representative of the State . Monies derived from the sale of such lands or scrip were to be safely invested at not less than five per cent . and were to constitute a perpetual fund , the interest of which should be ...
... senator or representative of the State . Monies derived from the sale of such lands or scrip were to be safely invested at not less than five per cent . and were to constitute a perpetual fund , the interest of which should be ...
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Page 160 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the Legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the...
Page 63 - means not only the right of the citizen to be free from the mere physical restraint of his person, as by incarceration, but the term is deemed to embrace the right of the citizen to be free in the enjoyment of all his faculties...
Page 29 - The mode of production in material life determines the general character of the social, political and spiritual processes of life. It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but, on the contrary, their social existence determines their consciousness.
Page 213 - COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS. The Commissioner of Pensions supervises the examination and adjudication of all claims arising under laws passed by Congress granting pensions on account of service in the Army or Navy rendered wholly prior to October 6, 1917; claims for reimbursement for the expenses of the last sickness and burial...
Page 311 - That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Page 43 - The body-politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals; it is a social compact by which the whole people covenants with each citizen and each citizen with the whole people that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good.
Page 195 - Union, at a time and place to be agreed on, to take into consideration the trade of the United States, to examine the relative situations and trade of the said states, to consider how far a uniform system in their commercial regulations may be necessary to their common interest and their permanent harmony...
Page 43 - The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic, to protect it, and to furnish the individuals who compose it with the power of enjoying in safety and tranquility their natural rights, and the blessings of life...
Page 259 - The mobs of great cities add just so much to the support of pure government as sores do to the strength of the human body.
Page 287 - Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the State, and of all the civil divisions thereof, including cities and villages, shall be made according to merit and fitness to be ascertained, so far as practicable, by examination which, so far as practicable, shall be competitive...