The Governmental Instructor, Or, A Brief and Comprehensive View of the Government of the United States, and of the State Governments: In Easy Lessons : Designed for the Use of SchoolsCollins & Brothers, 1857 - 189 σελίδες |
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... governors for some of the colonies , as his representatives to sign the laws passed by the colonial legislatures , and thus give them valid- . ity ; and also to exercise the executive authority in his name . The colonies were therefore ...
... governors for some of the colonies , as his representatives to sign the laws passed by the colonial legislatures , and thus give them valid- . ity ; and also to exercise the executive authority in his name . The colonies were therefore ...
Σελίδα 134
... governor , lieutenant governor , and 31 senators . The house of represen- tatives consists of 69 members . The senators and representatives are chosen annually on the first Wednesday in April . The " General Assembly , " holds its ...
... governor , lieutenant governor , and 31 senators . The house of represen- tatives consists of 69 members . The senators and representatives are chosen annually on the first Wednesday in April . The " General Assembly , " holds its ...
Σελίδα 137
... governor is elected by the people for 4 years . VIRGINIA . In Virginia the legislative power is vested in a senate of 50 members , and a house of delegates of Of how many members does the senate of Delaware consist , and for how long ...
... governor is elected by the people for 4 years . VIRGINIA . In Virginia the legislative power is vested in a senate of 50 members , and a house of delegates of Of how many members does the senate of Delaware consist , and for how long ...
Σελίδα 138
... governor is chosen once in four years by a plurality of votes , and is ineligible for the four years next suc- ceeding . NORTH CAROLINA . In North Carolina the legislative power is vested in a senate of 50 members , elected for two ...
... governor is chosen once in four years by a plurality of votes , and is ineligible for the four years next suc- ceeding . NORTH CAROLINA . In North Carolina the legislative power is vested in a senate of 50 members , elected for two ...
Σελίδα 139
... governor is elected for two years by a joint vote of the two houses . Having served one term he is ineligible for the next four years . GEORGIA . The senate of Georgia consists of 47 members , chosen biennially on the first Monday in ...
... governor is elected for two years by a joint vote of the two houses . Having served one term he is ineligible for the next four years . GEORGIA . The senate of Georgia consists of 47 members , chosen biennially on the first Monday in ...
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Σελίδα 161 - ... 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.
Σελίδα 154 - Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one; Connecticut five; New York six; New Jersey four; Pennsylvania eight; Delaware one; Maryland six; Virginia ten; North Carolina five; South Carolina five; and Georgia three.
Σελίδα 165 - United States whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law: but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Σελίδα 168 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Σελίδα 156 - ... 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. 2 Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of twothirds, expel a member.
Σελίδα 161 - ... 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...
Σελίδα 152 - That it will meet the full and entire approbation of every state is not perhaps to be expected; but each will doubtless consider, that had her interest been alone consulted, the consequences might have been particularly disagreeable or injurious to others; that it is liable to as few exceptions as could reasonably have been expected, we hope and believe; that it may promote the lasting welfare of that country so dear to us all, and secure her freedom and happiness, is our most ardent wish.
Σελίδα 160 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings : and, 17.
Σελίδα 151 - 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.
Σελίδα 170 - All debts contracted, and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the confederation. 2. -This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be...