Documentary History of the Constitution of the United States of America, 1786-1870, Volume 2Department of State, 1894 - Constitutional history |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
adjourn aforesaid America appointing Electors Article Assembly of Maryland assent ay ay ballot bill bill of attainder chuse citizens commencing proceedings Congress Connecticut Constitution Convention County crime day for appointing Delaware Delegates district duties elected emolument Esquires executive Georgia Government Governor greatest number gress Hampshire hereunto honor House of Representatives Huger impeachment imposts INDORSEMENT JAMES MCHENRY Jersey JOHN Joint Resolution jurisdiction Jury Legislature letters of marque manner Maryland Massachusetts ment Militia North Carolina number of electors number of votes oath or affirmation Pennsylvania persons voted proposed amendment proposed by Congress public ministers punishment ratified regulations Resolved respective RICHARD BASSETT SEAL Secretary Sect Senate Senate and House Senators and Representatives Seney Session Speaker stricken supreme court thirds thousand eight hundred thousand seven hundred three fourths tion title of nobility transmit treason treaties trust or profit Union United vested Vice-President Virginia Wednesday Whereas whole number York
Popular passages
Page 449 - 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...
Page 51 - To establish post offices and post roads ; To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries ; To constitute...
Page 8 - To establish Post Offices and post Roads; To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries; To constitute...
Page 179 - To borrow money on the credit of the United States ; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes; To establish' an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States; To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures ; To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting...
Page 380 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Page 318 - ... except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances, or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy; 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, at his or...
Page 20 - States, with a request that it might " be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the. recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification.
Page 17 - 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 16 - No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due.
Page 438 - 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.