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Page 783 - The Assembly may deal at its meetings with any matter within the sphere of action of the League or affecting the peace of the world.
Page 969 - Presidt and Deputy from Virginia. NEW HAMPSHIRE John Langdon, Nicholas Gilman. MASSACHUSETTS Nathaniel Gorham, Rufus King. CONNECTICUT Wm. Saml. Johnson, Roger Sherman. NEW YORK Alexander Hamilton. NEW JERSEY Wil: Livingston, David Brearley, Wm : Paterson, Jona: Dayton. PENNSYLVANIA B Franklin, Thomas Mifflin, Robt. Morris, Geo. Clymer, Tho.
Page 783 - Members of the League. These four Members of the League shall be selected by the Assembly from time to time in its discretion. Until the appointment of the Representatives of the four Members of the League first selected by the Assembly, Representatives of Belgium, Brazil, Spain and Greece shall be members of the Council.
Page 970 - That it is the opinion of this Convention that as soon as the Conventions of nine States shall have ratified this Constitution, the United States in Congress assembled should fix a day on which electors should be appointed by the States which shall have ratified the same...
Page 970 - Jared Ingersoll James Wilson Gouv Morris Delaware Geo : Read Gunning Bedford Jun John Dickinson Richard Bassett Jaco: Broom Maryland James McHenry Dan of St. Thos Jenifer Danl. Carroll Virginia John Blair — James Madison Jr. North Carolina Wm. Blount Richd. Dobbs Spaight Hu Williamson South Carolina J. Rutledge, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney Charles Pinckney Pierce Butler Georgia William Few Abr Baldwin Attest WILLIAM JACKSON Secretary.
Page 790 - ... under conditions which will guarantee freedom of conscience and religion, subject only to the maintenance of public order and morals, the prohibition of abuses such as the slave trade, the arms traffic, and the liquor traffic, and the prevention of the establishment of fortifications or military and naval bases and of military training of the natives for other than police purposes and the defence of territory, and will also secure equal opportunities for the trade and commerce of other Members...
Page 270 - In each individual case the High Contracting Parties, before appealing to the Permanent Court of Arbitration, shall conclude a special Agreement defining clearly the matter in dispute, the scope of the powers of the Arbitrators, and the periods to be fixed for the formation of the Arbitral Tribunal and the several stages of the procedure.
Page 299 - Il est bien entendu que ces marques extérieures ne pourront jamais être interprétées comme constituant un droit d'asile, mais serviront, avant tout, à désigner aux matelots et aux nationaux l'habitation consulaire.
Page 790 - Pacific islands, which, owing to the sparseness of their population, or their small size, or their remoteness from the centres of civilisation, or their geographical contiguity to the territory of the Mandatory, and other circumstances, can be best administered under the laws of the Mandatory as integral portions of its territory, subject to the safeguards above mentioned in the interests of the indigenous population.
Page 790 - League: (a) will endeavour to secure and maintain fair and humane conditions of labour for men, women, and children, both in their own countries and in all countries to which their commercial and industrial relations extend...

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