Rules and Orders ... for the Political Year, 1842W.R. Smith & Company, 1842 - 57 Seiten |
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... SECT . 2. All power is inherent in the people ; all free governments are founded in their authority and instituted for their benefit ; they have therefore an unalienable and indefeasible right to institute government , and to alter ...
... SECT . 2. All power is inherent in the people ; all free governments are founded in their authority and instituted for their benefit ; they have therefore an unalienable and indefeasible right to institute government , and to alter ...
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... sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law , nor shall any religious test be required as a qualification for any office or trust , under this state ; and all religious societies in this state , whether incorporate ...
... sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law , nor shall any religious test be required as a qualification for any office or trust , under this state ; and all religious societies in this state , whether incorporate ...
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... SECT . 8. No person , for the same offence , shall be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb . SECT . 9. Sanguinary laws shall not be passed ; all pen- alties and punishments shall be proportioned to the offence : excessive bail shall ...
... SECT . 8. No person , for the same offence , shall be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb . SECT . 9. Sanguinary laws shall not be passed ; all pen- alties and punishments shall be proportioned to the offence : excessive bail shall ...
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... SECT . 13. The laws shall not be suspended but by the legislature or its authority . SECT . 14. No person shall be subject to corporal punishment under military law , except such as are em- ployed in the army or navy , or in the militia ...
... SECT . 13. The laws shall not be suspended but by the legislature or its authority . SECT . 14. No person shall be subject to corporal punishment under military law , except such as are em- ployed in the army or navy , or in the militia ...
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... SECT . 21. Private property shall not be taken for pub- lic uses without just compensation ; nor unless the public exigencies require it . SECT . 22. No tax or duty shall be imposed without the consent of the people or of their ...
... SECT . 21. Private property shall not be taken for pub- lic uses without just compensation ; nor unless the public exigencies require it . SECT . 22. No tax or duty shall be imposed without the consent of the people or of their ...
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Seite 19 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 13 - 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.
Seite 15 - The United States shall guarantee to every state in the Union a republican form of government ; and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened,) against domestic violence.
Seite 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.
Seite 19 - 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.
Seite 10 - ... 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...
Seite 21 - And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping GOD in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments ; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship.
Seite 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.