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... Holden , John Greene , John Roome , Samuel Wildbore , William Field , James Barker , Richard Tew , Thomas Harris , and William Dyre , and the rest of the purchasers and free inhabitants of our island called Rhode - Island , and the rest ...
... Holden , John Greene , John Roome , Samuel Wildbore , William Field , James Barker , Richard Tew , Thomas Harris , and William Dyre , and the rest of the purchasers and free inhabitants of our island called Rhode - Island , and the rest ...
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... Holden , John Greene , John Roome , William Dyre , Samuel Wildbore , Richard Tew , William Field , Thomas Harris , James Barker , Rainsborrow , - Williams , and John Nickson , and all such others as now are , or hereafter shall be ...
... Holden , John Greene , John Roome , William Dyre , Samuel Wildbore , Richard Tew , William Field , Thomas Harris , James Barker , Rainsborrow , - Williams , and John Nickson , and all such others as now are , or hereafter shall be ...
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... holden of us , our heirs and successors , as of the Manor of East - Greenwich , in our county of Kent , in free and common soccage , and not in capite , nor by knight service ; yielding and paying therefor , to us , our heirs and ...
... holden of us , our heirs and successors , as of the Manor of East - Greenwich , in our county of Kent , in free and common soccage , and not in capite , nor by knight service ; yielding and paying therefor , to us , our heirs and ...
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... town - meetings to be holden on the last Tuesday in August next : And that the Secretary sea- sonably furnish the necessary copies . ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION . TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE . 21.
... town - meetings to be holden on the last Tuesday in August next : And that the Secretary sea- sonably furnish the necessary copies . ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION . TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE . 21.
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... HOLDEN AT PROVIDENCE , ON THE SECOND MONDAY OF JANUARY , A. D. 1822 . An Act establishing the Digest of Laws , as reported by the committee appointed to revise the laws of this State , and amended by the General Assembly , at their ...
... HOLDEN AT PROVIDENCE , ON THE SECOND MONDAY OF JANUARY , A. D. 1822 . An Act establishing the Digest of Laws , as reported by the committee appointed to revise the laws of this State , and amended by the General Assembly , at their ...
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Page 51 - With such powerful and obvious motives to union, affecting all parts of our country, while experience shall not have demonstrated its impracticability, there will always be reason to distrust the patriotism of those who in any quarter may endeavor to weaken its bands.
Page 24 - When land forces are raised by any state for the common defence, all officers of or under the rank of colonel shall be appointed by the legislature of each state respectively, by whom such forces shall be raised, or in such manner as such state shall direct ; and all vacancies shall be filled up by the state which first made the appointment.
Page 37 - Term, be elected as follows: 2. Each State shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector. 3. 'The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not...
Page 33 - 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.
Page 52 - This Government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and your support.
Page 27 - ... 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 States in Congress assembled shall have authority to appoint a committee to sit in the recess of Congress, to be denominated
Page 53 - ... of a country; that facility in changes upon the credit of mere hypothesis and opinion exposes to perpetual change, from the endless variety of hypothesis and opinion; and remember especially that for the efficient management of your common interests in a country so extensive as ours a government of as much vigor as is consistent with the perfect security of liberty is indispensable.
Page 28 - Congress* assembled. The United States in Congress assembled shall never engage in a war, nor grant letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace...
Page 36 - ... 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 hereinbefore directed to be taken.
Page 23 - Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these States to the records, acts, and judicial proceedings, of the courts and magistrates of every other State.