American's Guide: Comprising the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitutions of the Several States Composing the Union |
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... four years , and , together with the Vice President , chosen for the same term , be elected as follows : - 2. Each state shall appoint , in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct , a number of electors , equal to the whole ...
... four years , and , together with the Vice President , chosen for the same term , be elected as follows : - 2. Each state shall appoint , in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct , a number of electors , equal to the whole ...
Page 39
... four highest numbers of votes on the list , if so many there be , elect two persons , and make return of their names to the senate , of whom the senate shall , by ballot , elect one , who shall be declared the governor . 4. The governor ...
... four highest numbers of votes on the list , if so many there be , elect two persons , and make return of their names to the senate , of whom the senate shall , by ballot , elect one , who shall be declared the governor . 4. The governor ...
Page 50
... four hours after the close of the polls . And the alder- men of any city shall be in session , at their usual place of meeting , within twenty - four hours after any election , and in the presence of the city clerk , shall examine and ...
... four hours after the close of the polls . And the alder- men of any city shall be in session , at their usual place of meeting , within twenty - four hours after any election , and in the presence of the city clerk , shall examine and ...
Page 51
... four hours after the close of the polls in such meetings , and in the presence of the city clerk , shall open , examine , and com- pare the copies from the lists of votes given in the several wards , of which the city clerk shall make a ...
... four hours after the close of the polls in such meetings , and in the presence of the city clerk , shall open , examine , and com- pare the copies from the lists of votes given in the several wards , of which the city clerk shall make a ...
Page 77
... four hun- dred and fifty ; and such city or town may elect one additional repre- sentative as many years , within the ten years , as four hundred and fifty is contained in the product aforesaid . [ See Amendments , Ar- ticle XIII ...
... four hun- dred and fifty ; and such city or town may elect one additional repre- sentative as many years , within the ten years , as four hundred and fifty is contained in the product aforesaid . [ See Amendments , Ar- ticle XIII ...
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