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... dollars for each person . 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended , unless when , in cases of rebellion or inva- sion , the public safety may require it . 3. No bill of attainder , or ex post facto law ...
... dollars for each person . 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended , unless when , in cases of rebellion or inva- sion , the public safety may require it . 3. No bill of attainder , or ex post facto law ...
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... dollars ; and this commonwealth shall , thereupon , assign the same to the said new state , or in lieu thereof , may pay the sum of thirty thousand dollars at its election ; which election of the said commonwealth , shall be made within ...
... dollars ; and this commonwealth shall , thereupon , assign the same to the said new state , or in lieu thereof , may pay the sum of thirty thousand dollars at its election ; which election of the said commonwealth , shall be made within ...
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... dollars of the principal , and every other legal claim upon the treasury during the past year , has been promptly paid . To accomplish this , in part , it is true a somewhat onerous tax was assessed the last year . But the good sense ...
... dollars of the principal , and every other legal claim upon the treasury during the past year , has been promptly paid . To accomplish this , in part , it is true a somewhat onerous tax was assessed the last year . But the good sense ...
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... dollars . This sum , it is hoped will be sacredly devoted to the great object of reducing the public debt . It is true , but a small por- tion of the debt falls due the present year , and none in 1844 - but , it is not improbable that ...
... dollars . This sum , it is hoped will be sacredly devoted to the great object of reducing the public debt . It is true , but a small por- tion of the debt falls due the present year , and none in 1844 - but , it is not improbable that ...
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... dollars from the Land office , but the actual real- ization of that amount cannot be counted upon with any certainty . To do so , would disregard the experience of past years , during which the receipts from that source have almost ...
... dollars from the Land office , but the actual real- ization of that amount cannot be counted upon with any certainty . To do so , would disregard the experience of past years , during which the receipts from that source have almost ...
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Page 11 - President, chosen for the same term, be elected as follows: 2. Each State shall appoint, in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress; but no Senator or Representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be appointed an elector.
Page 15 - ... party, the supreme court shall have original jurisdiction. In all the other cases before mentioned, the supreme court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the congress shall make.
Page 21 - ... 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 6 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and, from time to time, publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Page 5 - Legislature, which shall then fill such vacancies. 3. No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
Page 10 - ... 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.
Page 14 - 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.
Page 68 - The rules of parliamentary practice, comprised in Jefferson's Manual, shall govern the House in all cases to which they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with the standing rules and orders of the House, and joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Page 21 - And if the house of representatives shall not choose a president whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the vice president shall act as president, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the president.
Page 6 - ... 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.