Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States, Before the Adoption of the Constitution, Volume 1 |
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... Taxes 329-357 CHAPTER XV . Power to Borrow Money and Regulate Commerce 358-382 CHAPTER XVI . Power over Naturalization and Bankruptcy 383-391 CHAPTER XVII . Power to Coin Money and Fix the Standard of Weights and Measures 392-395 Page ...
... Taxes 329-357 CHAPTER XV . Power to Borrow Money and Regulate Commerce 358-382 CHAPTER XVI . Power over Naturalization and Bankruptcy 383-391 CHAPTER XVII . Power to Coin Money and Fix the Standard of Weights and Measures 392-395 Page ...
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... , and been seven years a citizen of the United States , and who shall not , when elected , be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen . C 3. Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the THE CONSTITUTION.
... , and been seven years a citizen of the United States , and who shall not , when elected , be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen . C 3. Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the THE CONSTITUTION.
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... taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this Union , according to their respective numbers , which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons , including those bound to ...
... taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this Union , according to their respective numbers , which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons , including those bound to ...
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... congress shall have power 1. To lay and collect taxes , duties , imposts , and excises , to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and gen- eral welfare of the United States ; but all duties THE CONSTITUTION . xxi.
... congress shall have power 1. To lay and collect taxes , duties , imposts , and excises , to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and gen- eral welfare of the United States ; but all duties THE CONSTITUTION . xxi.
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... tax shall be laid , unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken . 5. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any state . No preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce ...
... tax shall be laid , unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken . 5. No tax or duty shall be laid on articles exported from any state . No preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce ...
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Page xxviii - ... 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 361 - Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more, — it is intercourse. It describes the commercial intercourse between nations and parts of nations in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse.
Page 147 - A constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind.
Page xx - 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 476 - States declares that congress shall have power to dispose of, and make all needful rules and regulations respecting, the territory and other property belonging to the United States.
Page xxiii - ... 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 herein before directed to be taken.
Page 697 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence...
Page xxviii - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Page xxv - The congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes, which day shall be the same throughout the United States. 5. No person, except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall be eligible to the office of president; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of...
Page 603 - Next to permanency in office, nothing can contribute more to the independence of the judges than a fixed provision for their support.