Compiled Statutes of the United States, 1913: Embracing the Statutes of the United States of a General and Permanent Nature in Force December 31, 1913, Incorporating Under the Headings of the Revised Statutes the Subsequent Laws, Together with Explanatory and Historical Notes, Volume 1 |
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... person shall be capable of be- ing a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years ; nor shall any person , being a delegate , be capable of holding any office under the United States , for which he , or another for his ...
... person shall be capable of be- ing a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years ; nor shall any person , being a delegate , be capable of holding any office under the United States , for which he , or another for his ...
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... person , demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner , shall ever be molested on account of his mode of ... person's property , or to demand his particular services , full compensation shall be made for the same . And , in the ...
... person , demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner , shall ever be molested on account of his mode of ... person's property , or to demand his particular services , full compensation shall be made for the same . And , in the ...
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... Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States , shall be appointed an Elector . [ The electors shall meet in their respective States , and vote by bal- lot for two Persons , of whom one at least shall not be an ...
... Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States , shall be appointed an Elector . [ The electors shall meet in their respective States , and vote by bal- lot for two Persons , of whom one at least shall not be an ...
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... Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act , or on Confession in open Court . 2 The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Trea- son , but no Attainder of Treason ...
... Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act , or on Confession in open Court . 2 The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Trea- son , but no Attainder of Treason ...
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... persons or things to be seized . [ ARTICLE V ] No person shall be held to answer for a capital , or otherwise in- famous crime , unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury , except in cases arising in the land or naval forces ...
... persons or things to be seized . [ ARTICLE V ] No person shall be held to answer for a capital , or otherwise in- famous crime , unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury , except in cases arising in the land or naval forces ...
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Page xliii - There shall be formed in the said territory not less than three nor more than five States ; and the boundaries of the States, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession and consent to the same, shall become fixed and established as follows, to wit : The western State, in the said territory...
Page 510 - Act read in its essential parts as follows: (A) final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity...
Page xxxv - Journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances or military operations as in their judgment require secresy; 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 xxxiv - States, and exacting such postage on the papers passing thro' the same as may be requisite to defray the expenses of the said office — appointing all officers of the land forces, in the service of the United States, excepting regimental officers — appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States — making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations. The United...
Page li - The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes ; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States. *No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President ; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the...
Page xxxv - ARTICLE XIII. Every State shall abide by the determinations of the United States in Congress assembled, on all questions which by this confederation are submitted to them. 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 liv - 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...
Page xxiii - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Page 659 - that the laws of the several states, except where the Constitution, treaties or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States in cases where they apply.
Page xxxiv - ... place appointed, and within the time agreed on by the united states in congress assembled : But if the united states in congress assembled shall, on consideration of circumstances judge proper that any state should not raise men, or should raise a smaller number than its quota, and that any other state should raise a greater number of men than the quota thereof, such extra number shall be raised, officered, clothed, armed and equipped in the same manner as the quota of such state, unless the...