Manual of the Constitution of the United States: Designed for the Instruction of American Youth in the Duties, Obligations, and Rights of Citizenship |
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... assembling of a Conti- nental Congress , to deliberate upon the state of public affairs . On the fifth of September , a Congress of delegates from twelve colonies assembled at Philadelphia . Of these , some were appointed by the popular ...
... assembling of a Conti- nental Congress , to deliberate upon the state of public affairs . On the fifth of September , a Congress of delegates from twelve colonies assembled at Philadelphia . Of these , some were appointed by the popular ...
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... assembled , appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions , do , in the name , and by authority of the good people of these colonies , solemnly publish and declare , that these United Colonies are , and ...
... assembled , appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions , do , in the name , and by authority of the good people of these colonies , solemnly publish and declare , that these United Colonies are , and ...
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... assembled at Philadelphia , Monday , May 14th , 1787. The organization was not , however , ef- fected , for want of a quorum , till the twenty - fifth , when George Washington was unanimously elected President . This Convention ...
... assembled at Philadelphia , Monday , May 14th , 1787. The organization was not , however , ef- fected , for want of a quorum , till the twenty - fifth , when George Washington was unanimously elected President . This Convention ...
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... assembled in consequence of the first election , they shall be divided as ' New York had no Senators for the first few months of the First Congress , because of disagreement between the two branches of the legislature . For the same ...
... assembled in consequence of the first election , they shall be divided as ' New York had no Senators for the first few months of the First Congress , because of disagreement between the two branches of the legislature . For the same ...
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... assemble at least once in every year , and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December , unless they shall by law appoint a different day . Annual sessions are thus made imperative . As the 1 Federalist , No. 59 . 2 Elliot's ...
... assemble at least once in every year , and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December , unless they shall by law appoint a different day . Annual sessions are thus made imperative . As the 1 Federalist , No. 59 . 2 Elliot's ...
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Page xvi - ... hereafter shall be formed in the said territory; to provide also for the establishment of states, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original states, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest...
Page xix - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed In any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 41 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a Convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several States be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States render the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of Government and the preservation of the Union.
Page xi - ... the United States, in Congress assembled. The United States, in Congress assembled, shall never engage in a war, nor grant letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace...
Page xii - And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Page xxv - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Page xx - ... 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 xi - Journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy; 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 xi - All bills of credit emitted, moneys borrowed, and debts contracted by or under the authority of Congress, before the assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the present Confederation, shall be deemed and considered as a charge against the United States, for payment and satisfaction whereof the said United States and the public faith are hereby solemnly pledged.
Page xxi - 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.