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" No state shall be represented in congress by less than two, nor by more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding... "
The Public and General Statutes Passed by the Congress of the United States ... - Page 2077
by United States - 1839 - 3280 pages
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A History of the United States: For Families and Libraries

Benson John Lossing - United States - 1859 - 674 pages
...represented in Congress by less than two, nor by more than seven members ; and no persan shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any...another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emoluments of any kind. In determining questions in the United States, in Congress assembled, each...
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The Revised Statutes of the State of New York: As Altered by ..., Volume 1

New York (State) - Law - 1859 - 1086 pages
...cations of more than seven members ; and no person shall be capable ol being delegates. ft £[eiegate for more than three years in any term of six years...another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees or emoluments of any kind. Delegates, Each state shall maintain its own delegates in a meeting of the...
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Congressional Tenure: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution - Constitutional amendments - 1978 - 212 pages
...of a proposal introduced October 14, 1777 by John Dickinson (Del.) that "no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years." CRS-2 Those favoring the annual elections suggested by Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut...
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Politics and the Constitution in the History of the United States, Volume 1

William Winslow Crosskey, William Jeffrey - History - 1953 - 608 pages
...determined, unless the Delegates of seven Colonies vote in the affirmative. No Person shall I>e eapable of being a Delegate for more than three Years in any Term of six Years. No Person holding any Offiee under the United States, for whieh he, or another for his Benefit, reeeives...
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Dreiser: Sister Carrie; Jennie Gerhardt; Twelve Men

Theodore Dreiser - Fiction - 1987 - 1168 pages
...represented in Congress by less than two, nor by more than seven Members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any...state shall maintain its own delegates in a meeting of the states, and while they act as members of the committee of the states. In determining questions...
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Roots of the Republic: American Founding Documents Interpreted

Stephen L. Schechter - Business & Economics - 1990 - 478 pages
...represented in Congress by less than two, nor by more than seven Members;8 and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any...be capable of holding any office under the united states,9 for which he, or another for his benefit receives any salary, fees or emolument10 of any kind....
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The Constitutional Convention and the Formation of the Union

Winton U. Solberg - History - 1990 - 548 pages
...them, at any time within the year, and to send others in their stead, for the remainder of the Year. he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary,...state shall maintain its own delegates in a meeting of the states, and while they act as members of the committee of the states. In determining questions...
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The U.S. Constitution for Everyone: Features All 27 Amendments

Jerome B. Agel, Mort Gerberg - Political Science - 1991 - 68 pages
...decisions. A quorum was seven states lad to con-) The Articles' stipulation that "no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years" restricted the quality of Congressional membership, but it was important for rotation in office. The...
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The Politics and Law of Term Limits

Edward H. Crane, Roger Pilon - Political Science - 1994 - 176 pages
...represented in Congress by less than two, nor more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years." Thomas Jefferson, among others, praised the principle of rotation contained in the Articles which was...
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Term Limits for Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 378 pages
...represented in Congress by less than two, nor by more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years."5* The revolutionary zeal for rotation in office started to diminish during the mid-1780>, in...
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