Acts Passed at the First Session of the 1st Congress - 3d Session of the 25th Congress, 2d Session of the 27th, 1st-2d of the 29th, 1st-2d of the 30th, 1st of the 31st, 1st-3d of the 37th, 2d of the 38th, 1st of the 39th, 2d-3d of the 40th 1st-3d of the 41st, 1st-3d of the 42d, 1st of the 43dRichard Folwell, 1796 - Law |
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... further enacted , That the when to electors fhall meet and give their votes on the meet and ́faid first Wednesday in December , at such place in each ( tate as fhall be directed by the legifla- ture thereof ; and the electors in each ...
... further enacted , That the when to electors fhall meet and give their votes on the meet and ́faid first Wednesday in December , at such place in each ( tate as fhall be directed by the legifla- ture thereof ; and the electors in each ...
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... further enacted , That if a lift of votes , from any ftate fhall not have been non - receipt received at the feat of government on the faid first Wednesday in January , that then the Se- cretary of State fhall fend a fpecial meffenger ...
... further enacted , That if a lift of votes , from any ftate fhall not have been non - receipt received at the feat of government on the faid first Wednesday in January , that then the Se- cretary of State fhall fend a fpecial meffenger ...
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... act , he fhall forfeit the fum of one thoufand dollars . death , & c . dent and v . prefident ; Sec . 9. And be it further enacted , That in Provision cafe of removal , death , refignation or inability in cafe of both of the Prefident ...
... act , he fhall forfeit the fum of one thoufand dollars . death , & c . dent and v . prefident ; Sec . 9. And be it further enacted , That in Provision cafe of removal , death , refignation or inability in cafe of both of the Prefident ...
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... act . Sec . 11. And be it further enacted , That the only evidence of a refufal to accept , or of a refignation of the office of Prefident or Vice-- Prefident , fhall be an inftrument in writing de- claring the fame , and fubfcribed by ...
... act . Sec . 11. And be it further enacted , That the only evidence of a refufal to accept , or of a refignation of the office of Prefident or Vice-- Prefident , fhall be an inftrument in writing de- claring the fame , and fubfcribed by ...
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... act , giving ote when the district & c . Sec . 3. And be it further enacted , That the clerk of the diftrict court , in each district , fhall publish this act in fuch manner as the judge of the district court fhall think effectual to ...
... act , giving ote when the district & c . Sec . 3. And be it further enacted , That the clerk of the diftrict court , in each district , fhall publish this act in fuch manner as the judge of the district court fhall think effectual to ...
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Page 567 - Woods and Mississippi. The middle State shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from Post Vincents to the Ohio, by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the great Miami to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.
Page 554 - ... well and truly to hear and determine the matter in question, according to the best of his judgment, without favour, affection or hope of reward:" provided also that no state shall be deprived of territory for the benefit of the United States. All controversies concerning the private right of soil claimed under different grants of two or more states, whose...
Page 549 - No state shall be represented in congress by less than two nor by more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being 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 benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Page 557 - 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 549 - For the more convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each State shall direct, to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November, in every year with a power reserved to each State to recall its delegates, or any of them, at any time within the year, and to send others in their stead for the remainder of the year.
Page 554 - States; regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the States; provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Page 552 - ... of establishing rules for deciding in all cases what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces in the service of the United States shall be divided or appropriated...
Page 327 - And it is agreed, that the subjects or citizens of each of the contracting parties, their vessels or effects, shall not be liable to any embargo or detention on the part of the other, for any military expedition or other public or private purpose whatever.
Page 554 - ... as they may respect such lands, and the states •which passed such grants are adjusted, the said grants or either of them being at the same time claimed to have originated antecedent to such settlement of jurisdiction shall, on the petition of either party to the Congress of the United States, be finally determined as near as may be in the same manner as is before prescribed for deciding disputes respecting territorial jurisdiction between different states.
Page 566 - The said territory, and the states which may be formed therein, shall forever remain a part of this confederacy of the United States of America, subject to the Articles of Confederation, and to such alterations therein as shall be constitutionally made; and to all the acts and ordinances of the United States in Congress assembled, conformable thereto.