| Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1855 - 584 pages
...to meet in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation, and to report " to Congress and to the several legislatures such alterations and provisions...therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and... | |
| Henry St. George Tucker - Constitutional law - 1843 - 254 pages
...expedient that on the second Monday in May next, a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several states, be held at Philadelphia, for...therein, as shall, when agreed to in congress, and confirmed by the states, render the federal constitution, adequate to the exigencies of government,... | |
| Grenville Mellen - United States - 1843 - 866 pages
...expedient, that on the second Monday in May next, a Convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several states, be held at Philadelphia, for...therein, as shall, when agreed to in congress, and confirmed by the states, render the federal constitution adequate to the exigences of government, and... | |
| Henry St. George Tucker - Constitutional law - 1843 - 256 pages
...on the second Monday in May next, a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by tlie several states, be held at Philadelphia, for the sole...therein, as shall, when agreed to in congress, and confirmed by the states, render the federal constitution, adequate to the exigencies of government,... | |
| Henry Sherman - United States - 1843 - 302 pages
...States should be held at Philadelphia " for the purpose of revising the ARTICLES OF CONFEDE RATION, and reporting to Congress, and the several legislatures,...therein, as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the FEDERAL CONSTITUTION adequate to the emergencies of government,... | |
| Robert Taylor Conrad - Declaration of Independence - 1846 - 900 pages
...convention of delegates, to be appointed by the several states, should be held in the month of May, 1787, at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose...legislatures, such alterations and provisions therein, ns should, when agreed to in congress, and confirmed by the states, render the federal constitution... | |
| John Stilwell Jenkins - New York (State) - 1846 - 552 pages
...States, should be held at Philadelphia on the second Monday in May, then next, " for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation,...Legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as should, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the States, under the Federal Constitution, be... | |
| William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1846 - 396 pages
...that, on the second Monday of May instant, a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles uf Confederation. Be it enacted by the Governor, council, and representatives,... | |
| George Washington - United States - 1847 - 568 pages
...necessity of the form, the period is not arrived for adopting have been appointed by the several States, to be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express...therein, as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and... | |
| Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1847 - 566 pages
...the articles of confederation." Those of NewYork were authorized to meet " for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of confederation, and reporting to Congress and to the several legislatures, such alterations therein, as shall, when agreed to in Congress, and confirmed... | |
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