| 1819 - 550 strani
...sixteenth paragraph of the eighth section of the first article of the constitution, it is provided, " That congress shall have power to exercise exclusive...the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature, in which the same... | |
| United States. Congress - 1828 - 770 strani
...the enumeration of the powers of Congress, in the 8th section of the 1st article, in these words : " Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation,...the seat of Government of the United States ; and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by consent of the legislature of the State in which... | |
| United States. Congress - 1828 - 760 strani
...confirmed, in express terms, by the eighth section of the first article of tlie Constitution, in whicli it is declared that " Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation,!)) all cases whatsoever, over rach District, (not exceeding ten miles square,) as may, by the cession... | |
| United States. Congress - 1830 - 498 strani
...Columbia. 7, 1829. there can be no difference of opinion. In article 1, section 8, of the constitution, it is declared that Congress shall have power " to...of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States." The words arc full, clear, and explicit. The power extends to "legislation in all cases... | |
| United States. Congress - 1830 - 488 strani
...Columbia. 7, 1829. there can be no difference of opinion. In article 1, section 8, of the constitution, it is declared that Congress shall have power " to exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular... | |
| Matthew St. Clair Clarke - 1832 - 856 strani
...them. In the eighth section of the first article of the constitution, a right is enumerated : " The Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation...of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States." The power delegated to the Congress by virtue and force of this clause, is eminently... | |
| Henry Wheaton - 1834 - 186 strani
...But there is another view still more conclusive. In the eighth section of the first article of the constitution of the United States, it is declared that Congress shall have power " to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing, for limited times, to authors and inventors,... | |
| William J. Hobby - 1835 - 40 strani
...to this subject even in Columbia. By the 16th clause of the 8th section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States, it is declared...the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by consent of the legislature of the State in which... | |
| 1837 - 486 strani
...examination, to the 17th clause of the same section, from which we have just quoted, where it reads — " The Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation...of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, &c." No one can reasonably suppose theframers of the Constitution foresaw the importance,... | |
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