 | 1907 - 1326 pages
...inserted. They will be found 4n the journals of the first session of the flrst Congress.] COXGÜESS OF THE UNITED STATES, begun and held at the city of New York, on Wetíi-.nsday, the 4th of March, 17SO. The conventions of a number of the States having at the time... | |
 | Wisconsin - 1879 - 632 pages
...BUTLER. QKOEQIA. WILLIAM FEW, ABR. BALDWIN. AMENDMENTS. ГТЬе following amendments were proposed at the first session of the first Congress of the United States, which wae began and held at tho city of New York, on the 4th of March, 17Й), and Mfere adopted by... | |
 | 1880 - 464 pages
...Virginia. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. [The following amendments were proposed at the first session of the first congress of the United States, which was begun and held at the city of New York on the 4th. of March, 1789, and were adopted by the... | |
 | Bernard Janin Sage - 1881 - 656 pages
...adoption or rejection, the first ten of the amendments. Here is the record; the italics are mine : — " Congress of the United States, begun and held at the city of New York, March 4th, 1789. " The conventions of a number of the states, having, at the time of their adopting... | |
 | 1882 - 568 pages
...Courts. 2nd edit. By JE Blunt. 2 vols. royal 8 vo. 1828 AMERICA (Laws of the United States of) passed at the first Session of the first Congress of the...March, 1789, and of the Independence of the United States the thirteenth ; continued by the Acts of Congress to 1801. Published by authority. 5 vols.... | |
 | 1883 - 580 pages
...Courts. 2nd edit. By JE Blunt. 2 vols. royal 8 vo. 1828 AMERICA (Laws of the United States of) passed at the first Session of the first Congress of the...March, 1789, and of the Independence of the United States the thirteenth ; continued by the Acts of Congress to 1801. Published by authority. 5 vols.... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - 1883 - 706 pages
...Georgia. William Few, Abr. Baldwin. Attest, WILLIAN JACKSON, Secretary. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. Congress of the United States, begun and held at the city of New York on Wednesday, the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine. The Convention of a number of the... | |
 | Oregon. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives - 1887 - 976 pages
...rights. There is one treaty which expressly guarantees to the State the full exercise of such measures. The first Congress of the United States, begun and held at the city of New York March 4th, 1789, for the reason that "the convention of a number of the States having at the time of... | |
 | Dugald J. Bannatyne - 1887 - 652 pages
...CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION. [The following amendments were proposed at the first session of the first Congress of the United States, which was begun and held at the city of New York, on the 4th of March 1789, and were adopted l>y the... | |
 | Minnesota - 1888 - 1058 pages
...Carolina, November 21st, 1788 ; Bbode biland.~May 2Dth, 1790. The first ten of the amendments were proposed at the first session of the first congress of the United States. September 25th, 17S9, and were finally ratified by the constitutional number of states, I>ecember 1Mb,... | |
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The conventions of a number of the states having, at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should... 
