Civil Government in the United States: Considered with Some Reference to Its OriginsHoughton, Mifflin, 1890 - 360 pages |
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... South Carolina . The back country ; the " regulators " The district system The modern South Carolina county . · 65 65 , 66 66 , 67 . 67 , 68 68-70 70 71 72 72 , 73 73 , 74 74 The counties are too large Tendency of the school district to ...
... South Carolina . The back country ; the " regulators " The district system The modern South Carolina county . · 65 65 , 66 66 , 67 . 67 , 68 68-70 70 71 72 72 , 73 73 , 74 74 The counties are too large Tendency of the school district to ...
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... South , in preparing the way for the self - governing township . Woman - suffrage in the school district QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS AND DIRECTIONS BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE CHAPTER V. THE CITY . § 1. Direct and Indirect ...
... South , in preparing the way for the self - governing township . Woman - suffrage in the school district QUESTIONS ON THE TEXT SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS AND DIRECTIONS BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE CHAPTER V. THE CITY . § 1. Direct and Indirect ...
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... South Africa . Such family groups were what we call clans , and so far as is known they were the earliest form in which civil so- ciety appeared on the earth . Among all wandering or partially settled tribes the clan is to be found ...
... South Africa . Such family groups were what we call clans , and so far as is known they were the earliest form in which civil so- ciety appeared on the earth . Among all wandering or partially settled tribes the clan is to be found ...
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... South Saxons ; and on the eastern coast two tribes of Angles were distinguished as " North folk " and " South folk , " or Norfolk and Suffolk . When you look on the map and see the town of Icklingham in the county of Suf- folk , it ...
... South Saxons ; and on the eastern coast two tribes of Angles were distinguished as " North folk " and " South folk , " or Norfolk and Suffolk . When you look on the map and see the town of Icklingham in the county of Suf- folk , it ...
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... South Folk were combined in a kingdom of East Anglia . In course of time numbers of shires combined into larger king- doms , such as Northumbria , Mercia , and the West Saxons ; and finally the king of the West Saxons became king of all ...
... South Folk were combined in a kingdom of East Anglia . In course of time numbers of shires combined into larger king- doms , such as Northumbria , Mercia , and the West Saxons ; and finally the king of the West Saxons became king of all ...
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Page 298 - New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union ; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
Page 297 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Page 327 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Page 289 - Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honour, trust, or profit under the United States; but the party convicted shall, nevertheless, be liable and subject to indictment, trial, judgment, and punishment, according to law.
Page 298 - States. 2 A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
Page 292 - ... 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 hereinbefore directed to be taken.
Page 293 - State be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another. 7. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. 8. 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,...
Page 290 - 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 282 - When land forces are raised by any state for the common defence, all officers of or under the rank of colonel shall be appointed by the legislature of each state respectively, by whom such forces shall be raised, or in such manner as such state shall direct ; and all vacancies shall be filled up by the state which first made the appointment. ARTICLE VIII. All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in...
Page 300 - 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.