Manual for the Use of the Legislature of the State of New York for the Year ...Secretary of State, 1871 - New York (State) |
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... North - Carolina , five ; South Carolina , five ; and Georgia , three . 4. When vacancies happen in the representation from any state , the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies . 5. The house ...
... North - Carolina , five ; South Carolina , five ; and Georgia , three . 4. When vacancies happen in the representation from any state , the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies . 5. The house ...
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... North Carolina and Georgia ; in all twenty - seven states . And whereas , the whole number of states in the United States is thirty - six ; and whereas , the before specially - named states , whose le- gislatures have ratified the said ...
... North Carolina and Georgia ; in all twenty - seven states . And whereas , the whole number of states in the United States is thirty - six ; and whereas , the before specially - named states , whose le- gislatures have ratified the said ...
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... North Carolina , Louisiana , South Carolina , and Alabama ; And whereas , it further appears , from official documents on file in this department , that the legislatures of two of the states first above enumerated , to wit , Ohio and ...
... North Carolina , Louisiana , South Carolina , and Alabama ; And whereas , it further appears , from official documents on file in this department , that the legislatures of two of the states first above enumerated , to wit , Ohio and ...
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... North Carolina , Alabama , South Carolina , and Louisiana , being three - fourths and more of the several states of the Union , have ratified the fourteenth article of amendment to the constitution of the United States , duly proposed ...
... North Carolina , Alabama , South Carolina , and Louisiana , being three - fourths and more of the several states of the Union , have ratified the fourteenth article of amendment to the constitution of the United States , duly proposed ...
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... North Carolina rejected it December 4th , 1866 , and the legislature of the same state ratified it July 4th , 1868 ; the legislature of South Caro- ina rejected it December 20th , 1866 , and the legislature of the same state ratified it ...
... North Carolina rejected it December 4th , 1866 , and the legislature of the same state ratified it July 4th , 1868 ; the legislature of South Caro- ina rejected it December 20th , 1866 , and the legislature of the same state ratified it ...
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Page 84 - ... and if in the legislature so next chosen as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each house, then it shall be the duty of the legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people, in such manner and at such time as the legislature shall prescribe...
Page 21 - ... 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 herein before directed to be taken.
Page 80 - It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments and in contracting debt by such municipal corporations...
Page 24 - 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 58 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and publish the same, except such parts as may require secrecy. The doors of each house shall be kept open, except when the public welfare shall require secrecy.
Page 77 - ... provide for the collection of a direct annual tax to pay, and sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal of such debt within eighteen years from the time of the contracting thereof.
Page 18 - 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 22 - 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 title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign State.
Page 60 - ... reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction, for all offenses except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations, as he may think proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons. Upon...
Page 24 - The congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes ; which day shall be the same throughout the United States. 5. 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...