First, as commander of Baltimoreâs militia, he would put in place an effective defense. Second, having been given the job by Baltimoreâs Committee of Vigilance and Safety, he would not under any circumstances relinquish that commandâespecially to the man in charge of the 10th Military District. Brig.
The Australian Constitution was drafted at a series of constitutional conventions held in the 1890s. It was passed by the British Parliament as part of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 and took effect on 1 January 1901.
James Madison, the principal original author of that documentâs original text who also wrote the first 10 Amendments, wrote in the Federalist Papers that âThe powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. â Federalist Paper #45, paragraph #9.