Register and Manual of the State of Connecticut, Volumes 61-62Secretary of State., 1919 - Booksellers and bookselling |
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1st Lieut 2nd Lieut acres Agent of Town Albert Arthur Auditors Branford Bridgeport Canaan Captain Charles H Clark Clerk and Reg Coll CONNECTICUT County Danbury Daniel dates when deposits District East Hartford Edward Edward W Edwin Fairfield Francis Frank Frank E Fred Frederick George H Glastonbury Governor Grand list Greenwich Haddam Hampton Harry Hartford County Hartford Railroad Haven & Hartford Haven County Henry Henry W Herbert Hill Howard Indebtedness James John H Joseph July Killingly Litchfield Litchfield County London Louis Lyme married Meriden Middletown Milford mills Monday Morris Naugatuck North Norwalk Norwich Ph.D Post-offices Pres President Principal industries Rate of taxation Robert Samuel Saybrook School Committee Secretary Selectmen Senate September Smith Southington Stamford stations Stonington Surplus Thomas Tolland Tolland County Torrington Town Deposit Fund Treas Treasurer Tuesday Vice-President Voluntown Voters Walter Ward Warden Waterbury West William H Windham Windham County Windsor York
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Page 34 - ... vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.
Page 28 - Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
Page 16 - For abolishing the free system of English laws in a neighboring province, establishing therein an arbitrary government, and enlarging its boundaries, so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these colonies: For taking away our charters, abolishing our most valuable...
Page 25 - States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President. The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Page 26 - President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. ARTICLE III Section 1. The judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good...
Page 17 - He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
Page 20 - No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen. 'The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.
Page 19 - All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. SECTION 2. The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
Page 51 - A majority of each House shall constitute a quorum to do business ; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members in such manner, and under such penalties, as each House may prescribe.
Page 49 - The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in case of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.