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... Rules that Pupils Must Obey - Duties of Teachers and Pupils . LESSON VI CITIZENSHIP : WHO ARE CITIZENS 33 Introduction - Meaning of the Word " Citizen ” —Aliens— Naturalization . LESSON VII CITIZENSHIP : CIVIL RIGHTS · Civil and Political ...
... Rules that Pupils Must Obey - Duties of Teachers and Pupils . LESSON VI CITIZENSHIP : WHO ARE CITIZENS 33 Introduction - Meaning of the Word " Citizen ” —Aliens— Naturalization . LESSON VII CITIZENSHIP : CIVIL RIGHTS · Civil and Political ...
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... RULE Introduction - The Power of the People - Democracy a Gov- ernment of Reason - Democracy a Government of Justice . LESSON XIII · 55 60 THE POWERS OF GOVERNMENT : REPRESENTATION 67 Pure and Representative Democracy - The ...
... RULE Introduction - The Power of the People - Democracy a Gov- ernment of Reason - Democracy a Government of Justice . LESSON XIII · 55 60 THE POWERS OF GOVERNMENT : REPRESENTATION 67 Pure and Representative Democracy - The ...
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... rules that governments make to guide our actions are called laws . A law states what we are to do and forbids what we are not to do . When a law has been made it must be obeyed . No man can disobey a law with- out being liable to ...
... rules that governments make to guide our actions are called laws . A law states what we are to do and forbids what we are not to do . When a law has been made it must be obeyed . No man can disobey a law with- out being liable to ...
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... . The law that should gov- ern , and that usually does govern , in the family is the law of love and duty . Parents , as a rule , devote their lives to the happiness of their children . What should children. 20 EVERY - DAY GOVERNMENT.
... . The law that should gov- ern , and that usually does govern , in the family is the law of love and duty . Parents , as a rule , devote their lives to the happiness of their children . What should children. 20 EVERY - DAY GOVERNMENT.
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... rules for the government of teachers , and sometimes declare what stud- ies shall be taught . They may make rules for the govern- ment of pupils if they choose to do so , although generally they allow the teachers to make such rules ...
... rules for the government of teachers , and sometimes declare what stud- ies shall be taught . They may make rules for the govern- ment of pupils if they choose to do so , although generally they allow the teachers to make such rules ...
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Page 232 - ... Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature. 2. No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty-five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. 3. [Representatives and direct taxes...
Page 236 - ... 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 240 - The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States. 2 A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
Page 241 - The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful 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 Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion, and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...
Page 240 - 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 245 - 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 234 - 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 246 - States, or as a member of any State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Page 30 - ... on the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation : "I do solemnly swear [or affirm...
Page 31 - The legislative authority of the state shall be vested in a legislative assembly, consisting of a senate and house of representatives, but the people reserve to themselves power to propose laws and amendments to the constitution and to enact or reject the same at the polls, independent of the legislative assembly...