 | North Dakota - 1914 - 342 pages
...Carolina, November 21, 1789; Rhode Island, May 20, 1790. The first ten of the amendments were proposed at the first session of the first congress of the United States, September 25, 1789, and were finally ratified by the constitutional number of states, December 15,... | |
 | 1915 - 1330 pages
...since." See also Eilenbecker v. District, etc., 134 US, 31; Kansas v. Bradley, 26 Fed. Rep'r, 289. CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. Begun and held at the city of New York, on Wednetday, the 4iA day of March, 1789. Ths conventions of a number of the states having, at the time... | |
 | Horace A. Hollister - 1918 - 280 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... | |
 | Mary Brown Sumner Boyd, Carrie Lane Chapman Catt - 1918 - 288 pages
...Virginia AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OP 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... | |
 | Hanson Hart Webster - 1919 - 156 pages
...Constitution. The first ten are commonly called the "Bill of Rights." The first ten Amendments were proposed at the First Session of the First Congress of the United States. They were declared in force December 15, 1791. These Amendments were accompanied by the following explanatory... | |
 | United States - 1920 - 54 pages
...Constitution. By the Unanimous Order of the Convention G? WASHINGTON Presid' W. JACKSON Secretary. 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 Conventions... | |
 | Edmund Peyton Lowe - 1921 - 202 pages
...These Amendments were accompanied by the following explanatory preamble and resolution: — CONGRESS OP THE UNITED STATES, begun and held at the city of New York, on Wednesday, the 4th of March, 1789. The conventions of a number of the States having, at the time of their adopting... | |
 | Edmund Peyton Lowe - 1921 - 192 pages
...CONSTITUTION (The first ten are commonly called the "Bill of Rights") [The first ten Amendments were proposed at the First Session of the First Congress of the United States. They were declared in force December 15, 1791. These Amendments were accompanied by the following explanatory... | |
 | John Benedict Howe - 1922 - 440 pages
...or public trust under the United States. THE AMENDMENTS: [The following ten 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 fourth of March, 1789, and were ratified by... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1922 - 1044 pages
...would relieve their fears in this particular. This was accordingly done. The 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... | |
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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... 
