 ... permits suspension of personal rights of citizens by general decrees for limited periods. If the suspension occurs while Congress is in session, that body controls the character of the grant of powers to the executive ; if Congress is in recess, it...  A compendium of ancient and modern geography - Seite 752von Aaron Arrowsmith - 1856 - 795 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Aaron Arrowsmith - 1832 - 546 Seiten
...other of the several denominations of Christians. The United States form a federal republic. Each State is independent of the others, and has a separate legislature,...years, one representative being returned for every 40,OOO inhabitants : in the slave-holding states every five slaves are counted as three freemen. The... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - 1834 - 284 Seiten
...where the sovereign power is in the hands of the whole people. By Art. 1, Sect. 1, of the Constitution, the legislative power is vested in a Congress, composed of a Senate and House of Representatives ; by Sect. 2d, the representatives are chosen by the people, and the electors... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - 1834 - 284 Seiten
...where the sovereign power is in the hands of the whole people. By Art. 1, Sect. 1, of the Constitution, the legislative power is vested in a Congress, composed of a Senate and House of Representatives ; by Sect. 2d, the representatives are chosen by the people, and the electors... | |
 | William Hobart Hadley - 1840 - 128 Seiten
...the United States is a Federal Representative Democracy, in which all power belongs to the people. The legislative power is vested in a Congress, composed of a Senate and House of Representatives. The Senate consists of two members from each state, chosen by the legislatures... | |
 | 1901 - 510 Seiten
...liberty. As to the kind of government under which we live we would say: Inasmuch as by the Constitution, the legislative power is vested in a congress composed of a senate and house of representatives, whose members are chosen by the people; and as the executive is chosen... | |
 | 1897 - 898 Seiten
...the woods for a study of the life and the songs of the birds. BOLIVIA, a republic in South America. The legislative power is vested in a Congress composed of a Senate of 10 members and a House of Representatives containing 64 members, elected by all male Bolivian citizens... | |
 | 1920 - 220 Seiten
...of national attorney general, is not a member of the ministry. LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL AUTHORITY. The legislative power is vested in a Congress composed of a Senate and Chamber of Deputies. In general its powers resemble those of the Congress of the United States,... | |
 | Charles Leonard-Stuart - 1912 - 646 Seiten
...years, and is now eligible to consecutive reeleptions, is assisted by a cabinet of seven secretaries. The legislative power is vested in a Congress, composed of a Senate and House of Representatives. Representatives, whose terms are two years, are elected by popular vote... | |
 | United States. Department of Commerce, William Lytle Schurz - 1920 - 224 Seiten
...of national attorney general, is not a member of the ministry. LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL AUTHORITY. The legislative power is vested in a Congress composed of a Senate and Chamber of Deputies. In general its powers resemble those of the Congress of the United States,... | |
 | 1922 - 540 Seiten
...to the executive ; if Congress is in recess, it must be convoked at once to grant the powers needed. The Legislative Power is vested in a Congress composed of a Senate and a Chamber of Deputies. The Chamber of Deputies is composed of representatives of the people, chosen... | |
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