 | John Lambert - Boston (Mass.) - 1814 - 556 pages
...— Satire upon American Discipline — A Militia Muster. THE legislative authority of South Carolina is vested in a general assembly, consisting of a sena'te and house of representatives. The executive authority is vested in a governor and lieutenantgovernor, who are chosen by the general... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse - Geography - 1814 - 698 pages
...this state, which was formed and ratified at Knoxville, February 6, J796, the legislative authority is vested in a general assembly, consisting of a senate and house of representatives. The number of representatives is to be fixed once in seven years, by the legislature, according to... | |
 | David Bailie Warden - Condiciones economicas - 1819 - 596 pages
...the federal union, and a constitution formed and ratified by the free inhabitants. Constitution. — The legislative power is vested in a general assembly,...consisting of a senate and house of representatives, elected by the freeholders, for the term of two years. Every freeman, twenty-one years of age, who... | |
 | David Bailie Warden - Indians of North America - 1819 - 658 pages
...established by the general convention held at Philadelphia in 1776, * and was amended in the year 1790. The legislative power is vested in a General Assembly, consisting of a Senate and House of Repre* This act, of which tfie charter of Penn formed the basis, wag drawn up by Sir William Junes,... | |
 | David Bailie Warden - Indians of North America - 1819 - 596 pages
...lable, and in order to guart ments thereon, are excepted ( of government. The legislative authority is vested in a general assembly, consisting of a senate and house of representatives, both elected by the people. The number of representatives to be fixed by the general assembly, according... | |
 | Daniel Blowe - Canada - 1820 - 788 pages
...— The civil government is, like that of the other states, legislative, executive, and judiciary. The legislative power is vested in a general assembly,...consisting of a senate and house of representatives. The senators are chosen for four years, and one half vacate their seats every two years. They must... | |
 | John Talbot - Canada - 1820 - 476 pages
...plenty in the caverns or subterraneous places, some of which are of great extent. / Constitution.—The legislative power is vested in a general assembly,...consisting of a senate and house of representatives, elected by the freeholders, for the term of two years. Every freeman, twenty-one years of age, who... | |
 | Frances Wright - United States - 1821 - 548 pages
...constitutions of all these different confederated republics differ in little the one from the other. The legislative power is vested in a general assembly,...consisting of a senate and house of representatives * ; the executive in a governor, or in a governor with the assistance, or perhaps it were more correct... | |
 | Sidney Edwards Morse - Atlases - 1822 - 706 pages
...Methodists. There are a few Catholics and some Episcopalians. The Catholic bishop reside* ;it Bardstown. Government.] The legislative power is vested in a general assembly, consisting of a ?en;ite and house of representativ*-sThe representatives are chosen for one year and cannot be less... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse, Richard Cary Morse - Geography - 1823 - 864 pages
...also in the western parts of the state a few settlements of GcrmanLuth crans and German Calvinists. The legislative power is vested in a general assembly, consisting of a senate and house of commons. The senators are chosen annually, one from each county. The members of the house of commous... | |
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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... 
