Constitution of the United States: Constitution of the State of California, 1879 as Last Amended November 5, 1968, and Related Documents, 1969-1970 |
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... , 1969-1970 United States. Magna Carta 1215 Mayflower Compact 1620 Declarations of Rights 1765 and 1774 The Declaration of Independence 1776 Articles of Confederation 1778 Magna Carta - 1215 THE GREAT CHARTER OF ENGLISH LIBERTY.
... , 1969-1970 United States. Magna Carta 1215 Mayflower Compact 1620 Declarations of Rights 1765 and 1774 The Declaration of Independence 1776 Articles of Confederation 1778 Magna Carta - 1215 THE GREAT CHARTER OF ENGLISH LIBERTY.
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... CHARTER OF ENGLISH LIBERTY , GRANTED BY KING JOHN AT RUNNYMEDE , JUNE 15 , A. D. 1215 ( From " Select Historical Documents of the Middle Ages , " as translated from " Stubb's Charters " by Ernest F. Henderson . ) John , by the grace of ...
... CHARTER OF ENGLISH LIBERTY , GRANTED BY KING JOHN AT RUNNYMEDE , JUNE 15 , A. D. 1215 ( From " Select Historical Documents of the Middle Ages , " as translated from " Stubb's Charters " by Ernest F. Henderson . ) John , by the grace of ...
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... charters which were delivered to us by Englishmen as a surety for peace or faithful service . 50. We shall entirely remove from their bailwicks the relatives of Gerard de Athyes , so that they shall henceforth have no bailwick in ...
... charters which were delivered to us by Englishmen as a surety for peace or faithful service . 50. We shall entirely remove from their bailwicks the relatives of Gerard de Athyes , so that they shall henceforth have no bailwick in ...
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... charters delivered to us as surety for the peace . 59. We shall act towards Alexander king of the Scots regarding the restoration of his sisters , and his hostages , and his liberties and his lawful right , as we shall act towards our ...
... charters delivered to us as surety for the peace . 59. We shall act towards Alexander king of the Scots regarding the restoration of his sisters , and his hostages , and his liberties and his lawful right , as we shall act towards our ...
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... charter . In such wise , namely , that if we , or our justice , or our bailiffs , or any one of our servants shall have transgressed against any one in any respect , or shall have broken some one of the articles of peace or security ...
... charter . In such wise , namely , that if we , or our justice , or our bailiffs , or any one of our servants shall have transgressed against any one in any respect , or shall have broken some one of the articles of peace or security ...
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Page 48 - Section 4. The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the...
Page 16 - No State shall lay any imposts or duties which may interfere with any stipulations in treaties entered into by the United States, in Congress assembled, with any king, prince, or state, in pursuance of any treaties already proposed by Congress to the courts of France and Spain.
Page 50 - No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of President more than once.
Page 48 - SECTION 1. The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
Page 20 - Canada acceding to this confederation and joining in the measures of the united states, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this union : but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
Page 51 - President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President. Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office...
Page 19 - States or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war to be built or purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a commander in chief of the army or navy, unless nine states assent to the same...
Page 15 - ... misdemeanor in any state, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall upon demand of the governor or executive power of the state from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the state having jurisdiction of his offenue. Full faith and credit shall be given in each of these states to the records, acts and judicial proceedings of the courts and magistrates of every other state.
Page 49 - Section 3. This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by conventions in the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Page 21 - ... and we do further solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective constituents, that they shall abide by the determinations of the United States in congress assembled, on all questions, which by the said confederation are submitted to them; and that the articles thereof shall be inviolably observed by the states we respectively represent, and that the union shall be perpetual.