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... CONGRESS 14 . 1 . Election of Senators and Representatives . 14A . 2 . Organization of Congress . 3 . Compensation of Members . 15 . 4 . Officers and Employees of Senate and House of Representatives . 16 . Classification of Civilian ...
... CONGRESS 14 . 1 . Election of Senators and Representatives . 14A . 2 . Organization of Congress . 3 . Compensation of Members . 15 . 4 . Officers and Employees of Senate and House of Representatives . 16 . Classification of Civilian ...
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... representatives shall amount to twenty - five ; after which the number and proportion of representatives shall be ... house of representatives . The legislative council shall consist of five members , to continue in office five years ...
... representatives shall amount to twenty - five ; after which the number and proportion of representatives shall be ... house of representatives . The legislative council shall consist of five members , to continue in office five years ...
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... Congress of the United States , which shall consist of a Senate and House of Rep- resentatives . SECTION 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States , and the ...
... Congress of the United States , which shall consist of a Senate and House of Rep- resentatives . SECTION 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States , and the ...
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United States. The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers ; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment . ' SECTION 3. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State ...
United States. The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers ; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment . ' SECTION 3. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State ...
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... House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President ; and if no Person have a Majority , then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President . But in chusing ...
... House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President ; and if no Person have a Majority , then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President . But in chusing ...
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Page xli - The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians ; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent ; and in their property, rights, and liberty, they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by congress ; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Page li - President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly...
Page xxxvi - Journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances or military operations as in their judgment require secresy; and the yeas and nays of the delegates of each state on any question shall be entered on the Journal, when it is desired by any delegate; and the delegates of a state, or any of them...
Page xli - 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 xlvii - Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of...
Page 169 - Any of the district courts of the United States within the jurisdiction of which such inquiry is carried on...
Page xliii - May following, to take into consideration the situation of the United States; to devise such further provisions as should appear to them necessary to render the Constitution of the Federal Government adequate to the exigencies of the Union ; and to report such an act for that purpose to the United States in Congress assembled as, when agreed to by them and afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State, would effectually provide for the same.
Page xxxix - Be. it ordained by the authority aforesaid: That the estates both of resident and non-resident proprietors in the said territory dying intestate shall descend to and be distributed among their children and the descendants of a deceased child in equal parts ; the descendants of a deceased child or grandchild to take the share of their deceased parent in equal parts among them; and where there shall be no children or descendants then in equal parts to the...
Page xlvi - The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the 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...
Page xxvii - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.