 | Michael Bright (Gen.), Thomas Lloyd - Federal-state controversies - 1809 - 236 pages
...1st section of the 1st article declares only, that nil legislative powers therein granted shall be vested in a congress, consisting of a senate and house of representatives ; and the 8th section of the same article contains a precise enumeration of the powers granted to congress... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Arts - 1817 - 348 pages
...He is re-eligible as often as the people please to re-elect him. 158. The legislative power resides in a CONGRESS, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives. The Senate consists of two members from each state in the union, chosen by the legislature thereof, and remain... | |
 | Sidney Edwards Morse - Atlases - 1822 - 706 pages
...country, the regulation of commerce, and all the general interests of the confederacy are committed, by the constitution of the United States, to a general...House of Representatives. The Senate is composed of two members from each state, chosen by their Legislatures for 6 years. The Representatives are chosen... | |
 | Sidney Edwards Morse - Atlases - 1822 - 706 pages
...country, tbe regulation of commerce, and all the general interests of the confederacy are committed, by the constitution of the United States, to a general...House of Representatives. The Senate is composed of two members from each state, chosen by tbeir Legislatures for 6 years. The Representatives are •clKMen... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - Atlases - 1822 - 354 pages
...the executive department, are the secretaries of state, of '.he treasury, of war, and of the navy. The legislative power is vested in a congress consisting of a senate and house of reprcsentaiives. The senate is composed of 2 members from each state, chosen ty the legislature for... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1822 - 658 pages
...He is re-eligible as often as the people please to re-elect him. 158. The legislative power resides in a CONGRESS, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives. The vSenate consists of two members from each state in the union, chosen by the legislature thereof, and... | |
 | Henry Charles Carey, J. Lea - America - 1823 - 532 pages
...country, the regulation of commerce, and all the general interests of the confederacy, are committed by the constitution of the United States to a general...house of representatives. The senate is composed of two members from each state, chosen by their legislators for six years: the representatives are chosen... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Costume - 1826 - 294 pages
...appointed by the spveral states. lk The legielativepower, that is, the power which enacts all the laws, is vested in a congress, consisting of a senate and house of representatives. 8. The senate consists of two members from each state, chosen by the legislature for six years. 9.... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - Geography - 1826 - 480 pages
...and all the general interests of the confederacy are committed, by the constitution of the l.'nited States, to a general government. The legislative power is vested in a Concrets, consisting of « Senate and House of Representatives. The Senate is composed of two members... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Geography - 1830 - 298 pages
...appointed by the several states. 3. The legislative power, that is, the power which enacts all the laws, is vested in a congress, consisting of a senate and house of representatives. 4. The senate consists of two members from each state, chosen by the legislature for six years. 5.... | |
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The whole legislative power is vested by the constitution in a Congress, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives. The Senate, or Upper House, consists of two members from each State, chosen by the State legislatures for six years. 
