Government in State and NationC. Scribner's sons, 1901 - 383 Seiten |
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... dollar's worth of property in the State . Or , there may be a poll or other special tax . This method of deriving school revenue is commendable because in the poorer sections of a State lack of revenue from local sources may keep the ...
... dollar's worth of property in the State . Or , there may be a poll or other special tax . This method of deriving school revenue is commendable because in the poorer sections of a State lack of revenue from local sources may keep the ...
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... dollars each might be laid on all slaves imported . of a While the Constitution may be said to be made up Influence of series of compromises , these three settled , for the time , the questions which were most vital , and rendered the ...
... dollars each might be laid on all slaves imported . of a While the Constitution may be said to be made up Influence of series of compromises , these three settled , for the time , the questions which were most vital , and rendered the ...
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... dollars . It is claimed that the object in making these recent amendments to the constitutions of some of the States has been to curtail the negro vote rather than to exclude all illiterate voters . Thus , the North Carolina and Louis ...
... dollars . It is claimed that the object in making these recent amendments to the constitutions of some of the States has been to curtail the negro vote rather than to exclude all illiterate voters . Thus , the North Carolina and Louis ...
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... dollars per day and thirty cents for every mile travelled , by the most direct route , in going to and returning from the seat of government . Prior to 1873 , this amount was changed several times by act of Congress . The compensation ...
... dollars per day and thirty cents for every mile travelled , by the most direct route , in going to and returning from the seat of government . Prior to 1873 , this amount was changed several times by act of Congress . The compensation ...
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... dollars and apportioned it among the States in proportion to their population . The objects taxed were houses , land , and slaves , and the collection was made by Federal officers . In 1813 , when another direct tax of three million dollars ...
... dollars and apportioned it among the States in proportion to their population . The objects taxed were houses , land , and slaves , and the collection was made by Federal officers . In 1813 , when another direct tax of three million dollars ...
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Seite 367 - ... 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury ; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may by law have directed.
Seite 363 - Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or Duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person. 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.
Seite 372 - 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.
Seite 131 - often and often in the course of the session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the president without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting. But now at length I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting sun.
Seite 353 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under the enemy's flag. 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective, that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Seite 367 - 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.
Seite 360 - 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.
Seite 343 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law ; a law which hears before it condemns ; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial. The meaning is, that every citizen shall hold his life, liberty, property, and immunities under the protection of the general rules which govern society.
Seite 125 - It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict is to be sustained. If, to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterward defend our work ? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair ; the event is in the hand of God.
Seite 365 - 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.