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  From Revolution to Reconstruction: Documents: The Constitution of the USA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services, a compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that period any other emolument from the United States, or any of them.
The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states.
A person charged in any state with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee justice, and be found in another state, shall, on demand of the executive authority of the state from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the state having jurisdiction of the crime.
odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/D/1776-1800/constitution/const.htm   (2795 words)

  
 STATE CENSUSES
State censuses were taken in some counties in 1818,1820, 1822, 1823, 1824, 1825, 1830, 1833, 1837, 1840, 1841, 1845, 1850, 1853,1860, and 1866.
Nevada became a state in 1864, and a state census was taken in 1875.
A 1905 Wyoming state census is at the
clanboyd.info /research/stcensus   (795 words)

  
 Connecticut state   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Connecticut was the fifth of the original 13 states ratifying the Constitution of the United States on January 9, 1788, and it played an important role in the development of the United States.
The state’s armaments industry was an important supplier of firearms during World War I (1914-1918) and World War II (1939-1945), and the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine was launched from a Connecticut shipyard in 1954.
It established the present form of the Congress of the United States: a lower house in which the states are represented on the basis of population and an upper house in which they are represented equally.
www.theusaonline.com /states/connecticut.htm   (9557 words)

  
 Reason: The First Free State Project: The brief, tumultuous history of Franklin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
All of the Southern states except Georgia voted against admittance; they had vast land claims themselves and worried that the division between North Carolina and Franklin (and, more amicably, between Virginia and its Kentucky District) would encourage additional breakaway states, to their detriment.
The new state adopted a constitution modeled on that of its parent.
In June 1789, the new federal Constitution was ratified and North Carolina—whether from the esprit de corps of fighting beside the rebels or from a desire to wash its hands of Indian troubles—stopped blocking the cession of its western lands.
www.reason.com /0412/fe.jk.the.shtml   (1015 words)

  
 Dept. of State: International Information Programs: Publications: Outline of U.S. Government
But beyond this official role, the president, as head of a political party and as principal executive officer of the U.S. government, is in a position to influence public opinion and thereby to influence the course of legislation in Congress.
The heads of the 14 departments, chosen by the president and approved by the Senate, form a council of advisers generally known as the president's "cabinet." In addition to departments, there are a number of staff organizations grouped into the Executive Office of the President.
The Justice Department is headed by the attorney general of the United States, the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government.
usinfo.state.gov /products/pubs/outusgov/ch3.htm   (5424 words)

  
 State leaders by year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This is a list of heads of state, government leaders, and other rulers in any given year.
1790 - 1789 - 1788 - 1787 - 1786 - 1785 - 1784 - 1783 - 1782 - 1781
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heads_of_state_timeline   (2695 words)

  
 Fifty State Quarter Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
State designs are displayed on the reverse (tails) of the quarters, while the obverse (heads) of the quarters continue to display the familiar image of George Washington.
To accommodate state designs on the reverse, the words "United States of America," "Quarter Dollar," "Liberty," and "In God We Trust" have been moved to the obverse.
State designs are submitted and selected via a process determined by the governor of each state.
www.fiftystatequarter.com /state_quarterinformation.htm   (362 words)

  
 Constitution of the United States (1787)
But once the delegates had gathered in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787, they took the bit in their teeth and decided to draft an entirely new document, one that would meet what they perceived to be the current and future needs of the country.
But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; a quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
usinfo.state.gov /usa/infousa/facts/democrac/6.htm   (4633 words)

  
 McAlisters in the first Census
The present states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, with part of Minnesota, were included in the Northwest Territory.
The total population of the states and territories was 3,929,326, including 697,697 slaves.
The categories counted were: (1) Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families; (2) Free white males under 16 years; (3) Free white females of all ages, including heads of families; (4) All other free persons; (5) Slaves.
www.clanmcalister.org /firstcensus.html   (429 words)

  
 Chronology
The Cherokee Nation sued the State of Georgia for passing laws and enacting policies that not only limited their sovereignty, but which were forbidden in the Constitution.
By 1923, 14 states had outlawed the use of peyote and in 1940, the Navajo tribal council banned it from the reservation.
The State claimed that it had the legal authority to prohibit such activities on Indian lands located within California if such activities were prohibited elsewhere in the State.
sorrel.humboldt.edu /~go1/kellogg/Chrono.html   (6619 words)

  
 PA State Archives - RG-26 - Series Descriptions - Dept. of State   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Information given is name of Governor and state to which directed, name of person indicted, nature of the crime for which indicted, where crime was committed, name of person to whom prisoner was to be delivered, date of requisition, and signature of the Governor of Pennsylvania.
Its authority covers the elections of President and Vice President of the United States, presidential electors, United State Senators, Representatives in Congress, all state Senators and Representatives in the General Assembly, judges of all courts of records, delegates and alternate delegates, and members of state committees.
Related materials on the State Board of Optometrical Examiners (known as State Board of Optometrical Education, Examination and Licensure prior to 1923) that will be found in the Records of the Department of Education are Minutes, 1925-1963 {#22.74} and Optometrical Licenses, 1918-1970 {#22.75}.
www.phmc.state.pa.us /bah/dam/rg/sd/r26sd.htm   (11513 words)

  
 The Tribes and the States, George Washington Order of the Cincinnati
It was no surprise, therefore, that the first three States to call "conventions" and ratify the proposed Constitution were Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, all of which rushed the whole plan through in such haste that the conventions there had done their work and adjourned before the year of 1787 was over.
All governmental functions actually reverted to the States for that winter, since all federal authority was disorganized, and the Cincinnati were merely in charge of a few fragments left over for their use in building up the new organization in the spring.
In some States they were appointed by the Legislature, and in others they were appointed by the Governor; in some States the electors were elected at large by the voters, and in others they were elected according to districts; while some States chose their Presidential electors by a mixture of various plans.
www.sidis.net /TSChap27.htm   (5478 words)

  
 Social Issues & Government - ChristianAnswers.Net
It is often stated that there is a "separation of church and state," disallowing Christianity from influencing our nation in matters of public interest.
Much of today's secular society in the United States seeks to prove that the founding fathers of this country were not, indeed, Christian.
The typical heads of families are not managing the "25-inch sewer pipe" into their home.
christiananswers.net /menu-ag1.html   (1224 words)

  
 Census Information
1814, 1825, 1835, 1845, 1865, 1875, 1892, 1905, 1915, 1925 state census.
1845, 1849, 1853, 1856, 1858, 1859, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905 territorial and state census of scattered counties - State Archives.
1829, 1839, 1869, 1875 state census of scattered counties - State Archives.
skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/kcgs/census.htm   (1330 words)

  
 St. Louis Public Library: Gateway Family Historian Spring 2002: They Came from Illinois
Indiana requires that a record of deaths in the counties be forwarded to the State Board of Health in January of this year.
Indiana requires that a record of births in the counties be forwarded to the State Board of Health in October of this year.
Residents of countries hostile to the United States are required to register with the Department of Justice as enemy aliens.
www.slpl.lib.mo.us /libsrc/gfh0202p5.htm   (493 words)

  
 Constitution of the United State
Clause 3: The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves.
Clause 2: A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime.
On the 25th of May, seven States having convened, George Washington, of Virginia, was unanimously elected President, and the consideration of the proposed constitution was commenced.
showcase.netins.net /web/creative/lincoln/resource/constitution.htm   (2987 words)

  
 Poverty Fact Sheet Series - Poverty Facts About Children, HYG-5704-98
The number of poor children under age 18 is given along with the total population of children under age 18 and the total population of people all ages in the United States.
Single heads of households can be male or females but female-headed families are the families associated with higher poverty rates.
Although there is a strong association between single female heads of households and family poverty, O'Hare (1996) cautions that female headed householders are not the main cause of the increase in child poverty.
ohioline.osu.edu /hyg-fact/5000/5704.html   (1662 words)

  
 Heads or Tails?
The quarter designs are being released in the order the original territories joined the United States.
The governor of each state is responsible for picking their state's design.
Since Delaware was the first state, in 1787, it was the first to have a new design.
googolplex.cuna.org /12433/5spot/story.html?doc_id=33   (452 words)

  
 First Amendment no big deal, students say - Education - MSNBC.com
It turns out the First Amendment is a second-rate issue to many of those nearing their own adult independence, according to a study of high school attitudes released Monday.
The original amendment to the Constitution is the cornerstone of the way of life in the United States, promising citizens the freedoms of religion, speech, press and assembly.
Federal and state officials, meanwhile, have bemoaned a lack of knowledge of U.S. civics and history among young people.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6888837   (745 words)

  
 Countries Ba-Bo
1940) (acting head of state) 23 Feb 1934 - 16 Jul 1951 Léopold III (b.
2000) (Head of State to 31 Dec 1960) 27 Oct 1963 - 28 Oct 1963 Provisional Government - Hubert Maga (s.a.) - Sourou Migan Apithy (b.
2003) (Head of State) 21 Dec 1967 - 17 Jul 1968 Alphonse Alley (Head of State) (b.
www.rulers.org /rulb1.html   (11331 words)

  
 Free State of Lavaca
Yet in spite of their cantankerous nature, they have done a good job of settling the county and developing it socially and industrially.
THE FREE STATE OF LAVACA is more than a phrase; until 1900 it was an apt description of Lavaca County, Texas, and its people.
She has heard the Indian war whoops, the cry of the panther about her door, but has survived all, and now resides, respected and esteemed, in a city that has grown on her ancestors' estates.
www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/freelavaca.htm   (5064 words)

  
 The Diaries of George Washington. Vol. 6. Donald Jackson, and Dorothy Twohig, ed. The Papers of George Washington. ...
He was a member of the state legislature in 1778–79, of the governor's council in 1780, and of the Continental Congress 1786–88 and was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1789.
Otto had served in the United States since 1779, and after his return to France in 1792 he was in charge of the political division of the department of foreign affairs until he lost his position with the fall of the Girondist regime.
Ryerson one of the Representatives of that State in Assembly, respecting the exposed state of the County of Washington.
lcweb2.loc.gov /mss/mgw/mgwd/wd06/wd06.sgm   (16843 words)

  
 Fundamental Documents: Constitution of the United States and the First Twelve Amendments 1787--1804
The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct.
He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
press-pubs.uchicago.edu /founders/documents/v1ch1s9.html   (3197 words)

  
 Freezing Vegetables, HYG-5333-97
For popular varieties of vegetables to grow in Ohio, see Ohio State University Extension bulletin 736, Vegetables for Ohio Gardens.
Blanch small heads 3 minutes; medium heads 4 minutes; large heads 5 minutes.
All educational programs conducted by Ohio State University Extension are available to clientele on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, gender, age, disability or Vietnam-era veteran status.
ohioline.osu.edu /hyg-fact/5000/5333.html   (1289 words)

  
 The Avalon Project : U.S. Constitution : Article II
The Avalon Project : U.S. Constitution : Article II The Avalon Project
Constitution of the United States : Article II
The electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves.
www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/art2.htm   (532 words)

  
 Iraq
11 Nov 1920 State of Iraq (League of Nations Mandate
(also Head of Arab Union from 14 Feb 1958)
23 May 1919 - 17 Jun 1919 Independent Kurdish state proclaimed in rebellion.
www.worldstatesmen.org /Iraq.htm   (2478 words)

  
 Governers and Heads of State
29 Jan 1784 - 24 Jan 1787 James Mourgan
24 Jan 1787 - 27 Apr 1787 Thomas Price
27 Apr 1787 - 20 Jun 1789 John Norris
www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/history/govners.php   (1521 words)

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