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... weight on their hands ; and , as the In- dians will be prepared to leave in three or four weeks from this time , I do most earnestly request that I inay be allowed to apply the $ 10,000 in my hands to the purchase of these goods ...
... weight on their hands ; and , as the In- dians will be prepared to leave in three or four weeks from this time , I do most earnestly request that I inay be allowed to apply the $ 10,000 in my hands to the purchase of these goods ...
Page 99
... weight , previous to her arrival at the trading post ; and I can allow it but little weight , as bearing upon those six months , in con- sequence of her too great freedom in swearing to value and fitness of the goods forming the first ...
... weight , previous to her arrival at the trading post ; and I can allow it but little weight , as bearing upon those six months , in con- sequence of her too great freedom in swearing to value and fitness of the goods forming the first ...
Page 37
... weight , or measure of the article is attached a fixed value , upon which the per centage expressed is to be levied . This ranges from one to thirty upon effects imported under the Spanish flag - augmented a half , a third , or a fourth ...
... weight , or measure of the article is attached a fixed value , upon which the per centage expressed is to be levied . This ranges from one to thirty upon effects imported under the Spanish flag - augmented a half , a third , or a fourth ...
Page 48
... weight for the collection of duties is , in the Lombardy Ve- netian Kingdom , the metric ; in the other countries , the Venetian weight . The 100 lbs . Trieste or Venetian weight corresponds with 123 lbs . avoirdupois , or 904 lbs ...
... weight for the collection of duties is , in the Lombardy Ve- netian Kingdom , the metric ; in the other countries , the Venetian weight . The 100 lbs . Trieste or Venetian weight corresponds with 123 lbs . avoirdupois , or 904 lbs ...
Page 52
... weight of 5,200 pounds , which is the weight of the Danish commercial 52 Doc . No. 163 .
... weight of 5,200 pounds , which is the weight of the Danish commercial 52 Doc . No. 163 .
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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.