The Civil Government of Michigan: With Chapters on Political Machinery, and the Government of the United States |
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... grants , and judicial decisions . It really consists in the gradual surrender of what are called the vested rights acquired by the aristocracy in feudal times , and of the absolute power the monarch . Revision and Amendments .-- The ...
... grants , and judicial decisions . It really consists in the gradual surrender of what are called the vested rights acquired by the aristocracy in feudal times , and of the absolute power the monarch . Revision and Amendments .-- The ...
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... grant pardons or to lessen the severity of a sentence . He is aided in the performance of his various duties , - I. 2 . By the State officers ; By boards and commissioners . No person is eligible to the office of Governor or Lieutenant ...
... grant pardons or to lessen the severity of a sentence . He is aided in the performance of his various duties , - I. 2 . By the State officers ; By boards and commissioners . No person is eligible to the office of Governor or Lieutenant ...
Page 88
... grants teachers ' certif- icates . Each School Examiner receives four dollars a day when performing the duties of his office . The secretary of the Board also receives two dollars for each school district in the county , for services ...
... grants teachers ' certif- icates . Each School Examiner receives four dollars a day when performing the duties of his office . The secretary of the Board also receives two dollars for each school district in the county , for services ...
Page 90
... grant certificates to all persons who are found qualified in respect to good moral character , learning , and ability to instruct and govern a school . No certificate can be granted to any one who has not passed a satisfactory ...
... grant certificates to all persons who are found qualified in respect to good moral character , learning , and ability to instruct and govern a school . No certificate can be granted to any one who has not passed a satisfactory ...
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... grant special certificates licensing the holder to teach in a specified district till the next public examination by the Board . In addition to the regular institute fee , the teacher so licensed is required to pay the secretary a fee ...
... grant special certificates licensing the holder to teach in a specified district till the next public examination by the Board . In addition to the regular institute fee , the teacher so licensed is required to pay the secretary a fee ...
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Page 225 - 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 227 - Congress. 2 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.
Page 219 - State be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another. 7. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law ; and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. , 8. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States ; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or...
Page 222 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Page 177 - For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence, by reason of his presence or absence, while employed in the service of the United States; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this state, or of the United States, or of the high seas ; nor while a student of any seminary of learning; nor while kept at any almshouse, or other asylum, at public expense ; nor while confined in any public prison.
Page 226 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Page 215 - 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 194 - When private property shall be taken for any public use, the compensation to be made therefor, when such compensation is not made by the State, shall be ascertained by a jury or by not less than three commissioners appointed by a court of record, as shall be prescribed by law.
Page 222 - No person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Page 218 - To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of congress, become the seat of government of the United States...