The American Citizen in Pennsylvania: The Government of the State and of the NationAmerican Book Company, 1910 - Počet stran: 448 |
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Strana 33
... given Penn great power in the province . Inscribed upon the walls of Independence Hall , side by side with the Declaration of Independence , are these words taken from the preface to the " Frame of Gov- ernment " which Penn gave to the ...
... given Penn great power in the province . Inscribed upon the walls of Independence Hall , side by side with the Declaration of Independence , are these words taken from the preface to the " Frame of Gov- ernment " which Penn gave to the ...
Strana 40
... given to local authority . The law is uniform , and derived by legislative enactment ; but the power to execute is local . Each locality must see to it that the State laws are carried out . Local officers 40 Local Government.
... given to local authority . The law is uniform , and derived by legislative enactment ; but the power to execute is local . Each locality must see to it that the State laws are carried out . Local officers 40 Local Government.
Strana 46
... given power to adjust the time of entrance upon the performance of the same . ( See Schedule , p . xxxii of Appendix . ) The Justice of the Peace . - The justice's court is of the simplest kind , and is the court of greatest antiquity ...
... given power to adjust the time of entrance upon the performance of the same . ( See Schedule , p . xxxii of Appendix . ) The Justice of the Peace . - The justice's court is of the simplest kind , and is the court of greatest antiquity ...
Strana 47
... to elections * Numbers such as these refer to sections of the State constitution as given on pages i - xxxii , near the end of this book . are required of him . He must give public notice TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS 47.
... to elections * Numbers such as these refer to sections of the State constitution as given on pages i - xxxii , near the end of this book . are required of him . He must give public notice TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS 47.
Strana 53
... given to the smaller political divisions in Pennsyl- vania ? What are the units of local government in this State ? Which of these may be called the elemental unit ? Name the officers of a township of the second class , and state their ...
... given to the smaller political divisions in Pennsyl- vania ? What are the units of local government in this State ? Which of these may be called the elemental unit ? Name the officers of a township of the second class , and state their ...
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Strana i - All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience and no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious establishments or modes of worship.
Strana ii - All courts shall be open, and every man for an injury done him in his lands, goods, person, or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law, and right and justice administered without sale, denial, or delay.
Strana xxviii - 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.
Strana xliv - ... 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 President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States.
Strana xlii - Done in Convention, by the unanimous consent of the States present, the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the twelfth.
Strana 300 - Washington a department of education for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems, and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.
Strana xxxi - 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...
Strana xxviii - The stock and indebtedness of corporations shall not be increased except in pursuance of general law, nor without the consent of the persons holding the larger amount in value of the stock first obtained at a meeting to be held after sixty days' notice given in pursuance of law.
Strana xii - ... in case of disagreement between the two houses with respect to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper not beyond the day of the next annual meeting of the general assembly.
Strana x - ... 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...