American Government and PoliticsMacmillan, 1910 - Počet stran: 772 |
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Strana 4
... governor , an assembly , and a judicial system , and the Common Law of England , as far as it was applicable and had not been changed by legislation , was binding everywhere . 1 In eight of the colonies , Georgia , North Carolina ...
... governor , an assembly , and a judicial system , and the Common Law of England , as far as it was applicable and had not been changed by legislation , was binding everywhere . 1 In eight of the colonies , Georgia , North Carolina ...
Strana 5
... governor also enjoyed extensive powers . In all of the eight colonies men- tioned above , except Massachusetts , he nominated the council which composed the upper house of the legislature . He sum- moned , adjourned , and dissolved the ...
... governor also enjoyed extensive powers . In all of the eight colonies men- tioned above , except Massachusetts , he nominated the council which composed the upper house of the legislature . He sum- moned , adjourned , and dissolved the ...
Strana 6
... governor occupied a peculiar position . In the first place , he was elected annually by a general assembly composed of the governor , assistants , and representatives chosen by the voters in each " city , town , or place . " In the ...
... governor occupied a peculiar position . In the first place , he was elected annually by a general assembly composed of the governor , assistants , and representatives chosen by the voters in each " city , town , or place . " In the ...
Strana 7
... governor who served in the capacity of his agent . ' The Penn- sylvania assembly successfully resisted the power of the governor to dissolve or prorogue , and the executive council did not serve as an upper chamber , as was the case in ...
... governor who served in the capacity of his agent . ' The Penn- sylvania assembly successfully resisted the power of the governor to dissolve or prorogue , and the executive council did not serve as an upper chamber , as was the case in ...
Strana 8
... governor , who usually determined the selection himself . In the proprietary colonies , the proprietor or his representative selected the councillors . In addition to the usual legislative powers , that is , the right to discuss and ...
... governor , who usually determined the selection himself . In the proprietary colonies , the proprietor or his representative selected the councillors . In addition to the usual legislative powers , that is , the right to discuss and ...
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Strana 700 - A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest, with many lesser interests, grow up of necessity in civilized nations, and divide them into different classes actuated by different sentiments and views.
Strana 321 - International law is part of our law, and must be ascertained and administered by the courts of justice of appropriate jurisdiction, as often as questions of right depending upon it are duly presented for their determination.
Strana 159 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Strana 295 - ... the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the Government, upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Strana 313 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world...
Strana 704 - ... multiplied by the number of his shares of stock shall equal, or to distribute them on the same principle among as many candidates as he shall think fit; and such directors or managers shall not be elected in any other manner.
Strana 47 - The diversity in the faculties of men, from which the rights of property originate, is not less an insuperable obstacle to a uniformity, of interests. The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.
Strana 62 - They would contain various exceptions to powers not granted; and, on this very account, would afford a colorable pretext to claim more than were granted. For why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?
Strana 724 - The Legislature shall provide for the maintenance and support of a system of free common schools, wherein all the children of this State may be educated.
Strana 276 - The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.