The Land of Fair Play: A Textbook of American CivicsC. Scribner's Sons, 1920 - 217 Seiten |
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... Liberty Bond , a house and lot . The right to own things , to have them for your very own so that nobody can take them away , is very important . Unless a man can keep what he earns and buys with his savings he can never get ahead in ...
... Liberty Bond , a house and lot . The right to own things , to have them for your very own so that nobody can take them away , is very important . Unless a man can keep what he earns and buys with his savings he can never get ahead in ...
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... Bonds . The revenue from taxes should be sufficient to cover all the running ... Liberty Loans of the Great War were made by the peo- ple's loaning money to ... bond issue spreads this tax burden over many years . 3. STATE AND LOCAL ...
... Bonds . The revenue from taxes should be sufficient to cover all the running ... Liberty Loans of the Great War were made by the peo- ple's loaning money to ... bond issue spreads this tax burden over many years . 3. STATE AND LOCAL ...
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... Liberty Bond ? 4. How many issues of Liberty Bonds were there and what was the total sum sold ? SECTION 3 5. Find the real - estate tax figures from your local tax - collector , total assessment , rate , etc. 6. What tax - exempt ...
... Liberty Bond ? 4. How many issues of Liberty Bonds were there and what was the total sum sold ? SECTION 3 5. Find the real - estate tax figures from your local tax - collector , total assessment , rate , etc. 6. What tax - exempt ...
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Seite 204 - States. 2 A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
Seite 187 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
Seite 205 - The Congress shall have 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 Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion, and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...
Seite 204 - Congress shall make. 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 198 - 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 199 - Court; 10 To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations; 11 To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water...
Seite 184 - I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them. For, having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects which I once thought right, but found to bo otherwise. It is therefore that, the older I grow, the more apt I am to doubt my own judgment, and to pay more respect to the judgment of others.
Seite 200 - ... 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 197 - The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
Seite 203 - President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. ARTICLE III Section 1. The judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good...