The Government of North DakotaAmerican book Company, 1910 - 320 pages |
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Page 32
... unless by the lawful judgment of his peers , or by the law of the land . " 1 Scutage : Military tax , paid in money instead of service . 2 Aid : A feudal tax paid by the vassal to his lord . 3 Disseized : Dispossessed . Peers : Equals ...
... unless by the lawful judgment of his peers , or by the law of the land . " 1 Scutage : Military tax , paid in money instead of service . 2 Aid : A feudal tax paid by the vassal to his lord . 3 Disseized : Dispossessed . Peers : Equals ...
Page 33
... unless he presently give him money for it or hath respite of payment by the good will of the seller . . . . Neither shall we , or our bailiffs , take any man's timber for our castles or other uses , unless by the consent of the owner of ...
... unless he presently give him money for it or hath respite of payment by the good will of the seller . . . . Neither shall we , or our bailiffs , take any man's timber for our castles or other uses , unless by the consent of the owner of ...
Page 68
... Unless the Presi- dent is very early , he will find some callers waiting for him as he passes through the Cabinet room to his offices .. His time is so broken into bits that he is often driven to late night work , or to set up a desk in ...
... Unless the Presi- dent is very early , he will find some callers waiting for him as he passes through the Cabinet room to his offices .. His time is so broken into bits that he is often driven to late night work , or to set up a desk in ...
Page 83
... unless such mail is inclosed in stamped envelopes . There are more than 120,000 men under the Post Office De- partment , and about 60,000 post offices . The annual ex- penses are more than $ 200,000,000 , and the receipts a few million ...
... unless such mail is inclosed in stamped envelopes . There are more than 120,000 men under the Post Office De- partment , and about 60,000 post offices . The annual ex- penses are more than $ 200,000,000 , and the receipts a few million ...
Page 87
... unless it be the Secretary of the Treasury , is so pressed and cum- bered with business as the Secretary of the Interior . His work is not single , as is most of the departments , but di- verse and multifarious ; and only a strong and ...
... unless it be the Secretary of the Treasury , is so pressed and cum- bered with business as the Secretary of the Interior . His work is not single , as is most of the departments , but di- verse and multifarious ; and only a strong and ...
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Page xiii - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Page xiv - New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union ; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
Page xxxvii - House shall be the judge of the election, returns, and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as each House may provide.
Page iii - Journal of their proceedings monthly, 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 their request shall be furnished with a transcript of the said Journal, except such parts as are above excepted, to lay before the legislatures of the...
Page 44 - In all our deliberations on this subject, we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Page xviii - 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 319 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress...
Page 110 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the Constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in I the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 132 - If two laws conflict with each other, the courts must decide on the operation of each. So if a law be in opposition to the constitution ; if both the law and the constitution apply to a particular case, so that the court must either decide that case conformably to the law, disregarding the constitution; or conformably to the constitution, disregarding the law; the court must determine which of these conflicting rules governs the case. This is of the very essence of judicial duty.
Page vii - 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.