Civil Government in the United States: Considered with Some Reference to Its OriginsHoughton, Mifflin, 1890 - 360 pages |
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... justice . It not only made laws for the shire , but it tried civil and criminal causes . After the Nor- man Conquest some changes occurred . The shire now began to be called by the French name " county , ' because of its analogy to the ...
... justice . It not only made laws for the shire , but it tried civil and criminal causes . After the Nor- man Conquest some changes occurred . The shire now began to be called by the French name " county , ' because of its analogy to the ...
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... justice of the peace . Originally six were appointed by the crown in each county , but in later times any number might be appointed . The office was created by a series of statutes in the reign of Edward III . , in order to put a stop ...
... justice of the peace . Originally six were appointed by the crown in each county , but in later times any number might be appointed . The office was created by a series of statutes in the reign of Edward III . , in order to put a stop ...
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... justice of the peace . - of Massa- counties . During the past five hundred years the English county has gradually sunk from a self - governing com- munity into an administrative district ; and in recent times its boundaries have been so ...
... justice of the peace . - of Massa- counties . During the past five hundred years the English county has gradually sunk from a self - governing com- munity into an administrative district ; and in recent times its boundaries have been so ...
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... justice . There were usually in each county eight jus- tices of the peace , and their court was the counterpart of the Quarter Sessions in Eng- land . They were appointed by the governor , but it was customary for them to nominate ...
... justice . There were usually in each county eight jus- tices of the peace , and their court was the counterpart of the Quarter Sessions in Eng- land . They were appointed by the governor , but it was customary for them to nominate ...
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... justice . The court also had charge Powers of of the probate and administration of wills . the court . The court appointed its own clerk , who kept the county records . It superintended the construction and repair of bridges and ...
... justice . The court also had charge Powers of of the probate and administration of wills . the court . The court appointed its own clerk , who kept the county records . It superintended the construction and repair of bridges and ...
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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.