The power of governing and of legislating for a territory is the inevitable consequence of the right to acquire and to hold territory. Could this position be contested, the constitution of the United States declares that "congress shall have power to... The American System of Colonial Administration - Página 33por Vedasto José Samonte - 1925 - 202 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Abner Kneeland - 1834 - 320 páginas
...privileges which these laws secure to naturalized citizens of every religious profession or sentiment. The Constitution of the United States declares that Congress shall have power to establish a uniform system of Naturalization. Congress have done so, and under the Naturalization laws,... | |
| John Marshall - 1839 - 762 páginas
...authority to punish, for contempt, persons who are not members of that house. MARTIN ». MOTT. 611 The constitution of the United States declares that congress shall have power " to provide for calling forth the militia," &c. The act of congress of 1795 provides that it shall be lawful... | |
| 1845 - 436 páginas
...legislation in regard to them on such narrow and insufficient grounds, for the pow«r of governing a territory is the inevitable consequence of the right to acquire and hold it. VI. The guarantee by the " United States to every state in the Union of a Republican form... | |
| United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit), William Powell Mason - 1846 - 612 páginas
...State has relinquished its authority over the land either expressly or by necessary implication. The Constitution of the United States declares that Congress shall have power to exercise " exclusive legislation " in all " cases whatsoever " over all places purchased by the consent... | |
| E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1040 páginas
...ComcU,(lj) Mr. Justice Story, in discussing the question of state jurisdiction being ousted, says: — "The constitution of the United States declares, that congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever, over all places purchased by t/ic consent... | |
| 1850 - 766 páginas
...explicitly defined than in the deed of cession above recited. The eighth section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States declares : " That Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive jurisdiction, in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles... | |
| 1850 - 762 páginas
...explicitly defined than in the deed of cession above recited. The eighth section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States declares : " That Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive jurisdiction, in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles... | |
| Joseph Beckham Cobb - 1858 - 422 páginas
...explicitly defined than in the deed of cession above recited. The eighth section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States declares : " That Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive jurisdiction, in aU cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles... | |
| George Ticknor Curtis - 1859 - 44 páginas
...be sued in a court erected by Congress for that Territory, he said, — " The power of governing and legislating for a Territory is the inevitable consequence...declares that ' Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the Territory or other property belonging to... | |
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