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... numerous branch of the State Legislature . * This Constitution went into operation on the first Wednes- day in March , 1789. [ 5 Wheat . , 420. ] Qualifications of Members . 2. No person shall be a Constitution of the United States,
... numerous branch of the State Legislature . * This Constitution went into operation on the first Wednes- day in March , 1789. [ 5 Wheat . , 420. ] Qualifications of Members . 2. No person shall be a Constitution of the United States,
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... person shall be a representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty - five years , and been seven ... persons , includ- ing those bound to service for a term of years , and excluding Indians not taxed , three - fifths of ...
... person shall be a representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty - five years , and been seven ... persons , includ- ing those bound to service for a term of years , and excluding Indians not taxed , three - fifths of ...
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... person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years , and been nine years a citizen of the United States , and who shall not , when elected , be an inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen . Of ...
... person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years , and been nine years a citizen of the United States , and who shall not , when elected , be an inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen . Of ...
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... person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two thirds of the mem- bers present . 7. Judgment , in cases of impeachment , shall not extend further than to removal from office , and dis- qualification to hold and enjoy any ...
... person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two thirds of the mem- bers present . 7. Judgment , in cases of impeachment , shall not extend further than to removal from office , and dis- qualification to hold and enjoy any ...
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... person holding any office under the United States , shall be a member of either House during his continuance in office . Revenue Bills . SECT . VII . 1. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives ; but ...
... person holding any office under the United States , shall be a member of either House during his continuance in office . Revenue Bills . SECT . VII . 1. All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives ; but ...
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Page 62 - The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man ; and every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.
Page 3 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining, in the meantime, exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 114 - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the Senate or House of Representatives ; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two Houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas...
Page 32 - 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 of...
Page 110 - Municipal and other corporations and individuals invested with the privilege of taking private property for public use shall make just compensation for property taken, injured or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of their works, highways or improvements, which compensation shall be paid or secured before such taking, injury or destruction.
Page 15 - 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, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful 'buildings.
Page 127 - The general appropriation bill shall embrace nothing but appropriations for the ordinary expenses of the executive, legislative, and judicial departments of the Commonwealth, interest on the public debt, and for public schools; all other appropriations shall be made by separate bills, each embracing but one subject.
Page 126 - Granting to any corporation, association or individual any special or exclusive privilege, immunity or franchise whatever.
Page 79 - ... and shall not be permitted to withhold his testimony upon the ground that it may criminate himself, or subject him to public infamy; but such testimony shall not afterwards be used against him in any judicial proceeding, except for perjury in giving such testimony...
Page 537 - The rules of parliamentary practice, comprised in Jefferson's Manual, shall govern the House in all cases to which they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with the standing rules and orders of the House, and joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives.