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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... "
A New System of Modern Geography, Or, A View of the Present State of the ... - Page 169
by Sidney Edwards Morse - 1822 - 676 pages
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The American Traveller, Or, Guide Through the United States: Containing ...

Henry Schenck Tanner - United States - 1839 - 192 pages
...years — salary $1500 per annum. Lieutenant-governor is president of the senate. Legislature. — The legislative power is vested in a general assembly, consisting of a senate and a house of repre. sentatives. The members of the former bot'y are elected 66 MISSOURI. for four years...
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The Western Tourist: Or, Emigrant's Guide Through the States of Ohio ...

Joseph Hutchins Colton, John Calvin Smith - Illinois - 1839 - 194 pages
...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...
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The Penny Cyclopędia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volume 24

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1842 - 554 pages
...state to the United States, who converted it into a territory. In 1796 it was admitted into the Union. The legislative power is vested in a general assembly consisting of a senate and a house of representatives, elected by the freeholders for two years. The senate is at present composed...
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A Book of the United States: Exhibiting Its Geography, Divisions ...

Grenville Mellen - United States - 1843 - 866 pages
...offices during good behavior. MISSOURI. The constitution of this state was formed at St. Louis, in 1820. Legislative power is vested in a general assembly,...consisting of a senate and house of representatives. Representatives are chosen every second year. Every county is entitled to at least one representative...
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A History and New Gazetteer: Or Geographical Dictionary, of North America ...

Bishop Davenport - North America - 1843 - 604 pages
...Rhode Island is the only state in the Union which is without a Governwritten constitution. mcnlThe legislative power is vested in a General Assembly, consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives. The house of representatives consists of 72 members, 6 from Newport, 4...
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The United States' Almanac: Or Complete Ephemeris, for 1843-45

1844 - 328 pages
...years. Requisites for eligibility; the age of thirty years, and seven years residence in the State. THE LEGISLATIVE POWER Is vested in a General Assembly,...consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives. THE SENATE Consists of thirty-three members, elected by the people for three years, one-third of the...
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The United States' Almanac; Or Complete Ephemeris

Almanacs, American - 1845 - 404 pages
...years. Requisites for eligibility; the age of thirty years, and seven years residence in the State. THE LEGISLATIVE POWER Is vested in a General Assembly,...consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives. THE SENATE Consists of thirty-three members, elected by the people for three years, one-third of the...
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Manual for the Use of the Convention to Revise the Constitution of the State ...

New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1846 - 410 pages
...government until the 3d of March, 1845, when it was admitted into the Union as a state by act of Congress. The legislative power is vested in a General Assembly,...consisting of a senate and house of representatives. The senators are elected by the people, in districts, for two years, one half of the number going out...
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America, Its Realities and Resources: Comprising Important Details ..., Volume 3

Francis Wyse - United States - 1846 - 482 pages
...begun since 1800. In 1809 Illinois was erected into a territorial government, and in 1818 into a State. The legislative power 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 biennially....
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Commentaries on Statute and Constitutional Law and Statutory and ...

E. Fitch Smith - Constitutional law - 1848 - 1040 pages
...of any army be made for a longer period than two years." § 114. The legislative power of this state is vested in a general assembly, consisting of a senate and house of representatives. A majority of each house constitutes a quorum to do business ; and have power to determine rules of...
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