| John Lambert - Boston (Mass.) - 1814 - 556 pages
...— Satire upon American Discipline — A Militia Muster. THE legislative authority of South Carolina is vested in a general assembly, consisting of a sena'te and house of representatives. The executive authority is vested in a governor and lieutenantgovernor, who are chosen by the general assembly... | |
| Jedidiah Morse - Geography - 1814 - 696 pages
...this state, which was formed and ratified at Knoxville, February 6, J796, the legislative authority is vested in a general assembly, consisting of a senate and house of representatives. The number of representatives is to be fixed once in seven years, by the legislature, according to the... | |
| Sir Richard Phillips - Arts - 1817 - 348 pages
...re-eligible as often as the people please to re-elect him. 158. The legislative power resides in a CONGRESS, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives. The Senate consists of two members from each state in the union, chosen by the legislature thereof, and remain in office six... | |
| Nathaniel Dwight - Geography - 1817 - 228 pages
...character of the inhabitants ? •A. Like the Pennsylvanians. ., Q. What is the government of Delaware ? A. A general assembly, consisting of a senate and house oF representatives. The senators are chosen for three years, and the representatives annually. The governor holds his office... | |
| David Bailie Warden - Condiciones economicas - 1819 - 596 pages
...the federal union, and a constitution formed and ratified by the free inhabitants. Constitution. — The legislative power is vested in a general assembly,...consisting of a senate and house of representatives, elected by the freeholders, for the term of two years. Every freeman, twenty-one years of age, who... | |
| David Bailie Warden - Indians of North America - 1819 - 658 pages
...established by the general convention held at Philadelphia in 1776, * and was amended in the year 1790. The legislative power is vested in a General Assembly, consisting of a Senate and House of Repre* This act, of which tfie charter of Penn formed the basis, wag drawn up by Sir William Junes,... | |
| Daniel Blowe - Canada - 1820 - 788 pages
...— The civil government is, like that of the other states, legislative, executive, and judiciary. The legislative power is vested in a general assembly,...consisting of a senate and house of representatives. The senators are chosen for four years, and one half vacate their seats every two years. They must be thirty... | |
| John Talbot - Canada - 1820 - 476 pages
...plenty in the caverns or subterraneous places, some of which are of great extent. / Constitution.—The legislative power is vested in a general assembly,...consisting of a senate and house of representatives, elected by the freeholders, for the term of two years. Every freeman, twenty-one years of age, who... | |
| Frances Wright - United States - 1821 - 548 pages
...constitutions of all these different confederated republics differ in little the one from the other. The legislative power is vested in a general assembly,...consisting of a senate and house of representatives * ; the executive in a governor, or in a governor with the assistance, or perhaps it were more correct to say,... | |
| Sidney Edwards Morse - Atlases - 1822 - 706 pages
...White river in Indiana ; and the Miamiei and Eel river Indians, in Indiana, on branches ef (be Wabash. Government.] The legislative power is vested in a...general assembly consisting of a senate and house of representative*. The representatives are chosen for two years and the senators for four years. The... | |
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