 | Robert Baird - Mississippi River Valley - 1834 - 408 pages
...in 1818, and contained that year, by enumeration, 35,220 inhabitants. OUTLINES OP TIIK CONSTITUTION. The Legislative authority is vested in a General Assembly, consisting of a Senate, the members of which are elected for four years; and of a House of Representatives, elected biennially.... | |
 | James Hall - Mississippi River Valley - 1834 - 276 pages
...lands of residents. The following are some of the principal features in the constitution of that state. The legislative authority is vested in a general assembly, consisting of a senate, the members of which are elected for four years, and a house of representatives elected for two years.... | |
 | Adriano Balbi - Geography - 1835 - 578 pages
...no manufactures of importance. 19. Government. The constitution of this state was adopted in 1776. The legislative authority is vested in a General Assembly, consisting of a Senate and House of Commons, chosen annually by the people. The Governor and Executive Council are elected annually by... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 474 pages
...adopted in 1792. since which time it has not been materially altered. Legislature. The legislative power is vested in a General Assembly, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives. The Representatives are chosen annually, and consist of seven from each county, or twenty-one in the whole.... | |
 | National characteristics, American - 1836 - 68 pages
...and hold office for seven years, if so long they beliave well. STATE OF INDIANA.—The legislature is vested in a general assembly consisting of a senate and house of representatives ; the first are elected triennially and the latter annually. Every representative must be twenty-one years... | |
 | John Mason Peck - Illinois - 1837 - 360 pages
...powers of government into three distinct departments. — The legislative, executive, and judiciary. The legislative authority is vested in a general assembly,...consisting of a senate and house of representatives. Elections are held biennially, as are the ordinary sessions of the legislature. Senators are elected... | |
 | Samuel Augustus Mitchell - Economics - 1837 - 164 pages
...powers of government into three distinct departments, — the legislative, executive, and judiciary. The legislative authority is vested in a general assembly,...consisting of a senate and house of representatives. Elections are held biennially, as are the ordinary sessions of the legislature. Senators are elected... | |
 | Hugh Murray - Geography - 1837 - 640 pages
...Counties upon Delaware. A new constitution of government was adopted in 1831. The legislative power is vested in a General Assembly, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives. The former are chosen for four years, three from each county ; the latter for two years, seven from each... | |
 | Hugh Murray - Geography - 1837 - 644 pages
...Counties upon Delaware. A new constitution of government was adopted in 1831. The legislative power is vested in a General Assembly, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives. The former are chosen for four years, three from each county ; the latter tor two years, seven from each... | |
 | George Newenham Wright - Geography - 1837 - 770 pages
...granted by Charles II., which has ever since formed the basis of the government. The legislative power is vested in a general assembly, consisting of a senate and house of representatives, consisting of 72 members — six from Newport, four from each of the towns of Providence, Portsmouth,... | |
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The legislative power of the state shall be vested in a General Assembly consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives, but the people reserve to themselves the power to propose to the General Assembly laws and amendments to the constitution, and... 
