Constitution of the United States of America, with the Amendments Thereto: to which are Added Jefferson's Manual of Parliamentary Practice, the Standing Rules, Joint Rules, and Orders for Conducting Business in the House of Representatives of the United States, and Barclay's DigestU.S. Government Printing Office, 1893 - Parliamentary practice |
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... , and was , by an act of Congress approved February 18 , 1791 , " received and admitted into this Union as a new and entire member of the United States . " 3 * [ Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned 2 Constitution .
... , and was , by an act of Congress approved February 18 , 1791 , " received and admitted into this Union as a new and entire member of the United States . " 3 * [ Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned 2 Constitution .
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... direct . The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand , but each State shall have at Least one Representative ; and until such enumeration shall be made , the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to ...
... direct . The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand , but each State shall have at Least one Representative ; and until such enumeration shall be made , the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to ...
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... direct , tax shall be laid , unless in Propor- tion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken . License Tax Cases , 5 Wall . , 462 ; Springer v . United States , 102 U. S. , 586 . 5 No Tax or Duty shall be laid on ...
... direct , tax shall be laid , unless in Propor- tion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken . License Tax Cases , 5 Wall . , 462 ; Springer v . United States , 102 U. S. , 586 . 5 No Tax or Duty shall be laid on ...
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... direct , a Number of Electors , equal to the whole Num- ber of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be en- titled in the Congress : but no Senator or Representative , or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under ...
... direct , a Number of Electors , equal to the whole Num- ber of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be en- titled in the Congress : but no Senator or Representative , or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under ...
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... direct taxation among the several States . Provisions relating to the . [ Repealed by sec . 2 of 14th amendment , on page 66 ] ......... . Of Representatives among the several States . relating to the . [ Amendments ] . 21 5 21 I 8 16 9 ...
... direct taxation among the several States . Provisions relating to the . [ Repealed by sec . 2 of 14th amendment , on page 66 ] ......... . Of Representatives among the several States . relating to the . [ Amendments ] . 21 5 21 I 8 16 9 ...
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Page 17 - The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them. 7 Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation...
Page 8 - Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time ; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.
Page 325 - Every person who having been summoned as a witness by the authority of either House of Congress to give testimony or to produce papers upon any matter under inquiry before either House...
Page 5 - Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five,...
Page 373 - States, directed to the president of the senate; the president of the senate shall, in presence of the senate and house of representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted; the person having the greatest number of votes for president, shall be the president, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if...
Page 265 - No appropriation shall be reported in any general appropriation bill, or be in order as an amendment thereto, for any expenditure not previously authorized by law, unless in continuation of appropriations for such public works and objects as are already in progress.
Page 247 - States in Congress assembled; that the senators and representatives should convene at the time and place assigned; that the senators should appoint a president of the Senate, for the sole purpose of receiving, opening, and counting the votes for President; and that after he shall be chosen, the Congress, together with the President, should without delay proceed to execute this Constitution.
Page 250 - No motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment.
Page 4 - May next, to take into consideration the situation of the United States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union...
Page 294 - The first section of that act gives the Court of Claims original jurisdiction to hear and determine all claims founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, except for pensions, or upon any regulation of an executive department, or upon any contract, expressed or implied, with the Government of the United States...