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... dollars per day for the services rendered under these orders , in addition to his pay and emolu- ments as major general in the army of the United States ; and the question you ask me to decide is , whether he is lawfully entitled to the ...
... dollars per day for the services rendered under these orders , in addition to his pay and emolu- ments as major general in the army of the United States ; and the question you ask me to decide is , whether he is lawfully entitled to the ...
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... dollars . " Very respectfully , your obedient servant , Hon . SILAS WRIGHT , JR . , Chairman Com . on Finance , Senate . J. R. POINSETT . WAR DEPARTMENT , March 1 , 1839 . SIR : I have had the honor to receive your letter of yesterday ...
... dollars . " Very respectfully , your obedient servant , Hon . SILAS WRIGHT , JR . , Chairman Com . on Finance , Senate . J. R. POINSETT . WAR DEPARTMENT , March 1 , 1839 . SIR : I have had the honor to receive your letter of yesterday ...
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... dollars per annum , payable quarterly , and twenty per centum of all lead , and of all moneys due for lead , that you may collect for the United States from the proceeds of said mines , provided that the whole per centage so received ...
... dollars per annum , payable quarterly , and twenty per centum of all lead , and of all moneys due for lead , that you may collect for the United States from the proceeds of said mines , provided that the whole per centage so received ...
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... dollars , to be paid to the United States ; for which pay- ment , well and truly to be made , we do , jointly and severally , bind our- selves , our heirs , executors , and administrators , and each and every one of them , firmly by ...
... dollars , to be paid to the United States ; for which pay- ment , well and truly to be made , we do , jointly and severally , bind our- selves , our heirs , executors , and administrators , and each and every one of them , firmly by ...
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... dollars , for notes redeemed by that institution , and the Bank of America about the like amount . The banks have declined the pressing requests of the Comptroller of this State to loan the State two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ...
... dollars , for notes redeemed by that institution , and the Bank of America about the like amount . The banks have declined the pressing requests of the Comptroller of this State to loan the State two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ...
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Page 1 - It is hereby ordained and declared, by the authority aforesaid That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states, and the people and states, in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Page 269 - ... Philosophical and scientific apparatus, utensils, instruments, and preparations, including bottles and boxes containing the same, specially imported in good faith for the use and by order of any society or institution incorporated or established solely for religious, philosophical, educational, scientific, or literary purposes, or for the encouragement of the fine arts, or for the use or by order of any college, academy, school or seminary of learning in the United States, or any State or public...
Page 7 - It is also understood that the permission granted by this article is not to extend to allow the -vessels of the United States to carry on any part of the coasting trade of the said British territories...
Page 9 - ... to be recovered by any person who will sue for the same in any Court of Record in this State, in the name of the Governor of the Commonwealth.
Page 56 - ... and port charges, as well as to the fees and perquisites of public officers, and all other duties and charges, of whatever kind or denomination, levied in the name or to the profit of the Government, the local authorities, or of any private establishment whatsoever.
Page 107 - Sykes's hydrometer, and so in proportion for any greater or less strength than the strength of proof, and for any greater or less quantity than a gallon, viz.
Page 11 - Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety seven and in the one hundred and twenty first year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America.
Page 19 - An Act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same.