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... whole nation , you are authorized to receive and transmit them to the Department of War , for the consideration of the President and Senate , provided the said pro- positions do not in any degree impugn the treaty with the execution of ...
... whole nation , you are authorized to receive and transmit them to the Department of War , for the consideration of the President and Senate , provided the said pro- positions do not in any degree impugn the treaty with the execution of ...
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... whole operation was confined to appropriations made at the then session of Con- gress . But the following general and comprehensive expression is added : " or for any other service or duty whatsoever , unless authorized by law . " It ...
... whole operation was confined to appropriations made at the then session of Con- gress . But the following general and comprehensive expression is added : " or for any other service or duty whatsoever , unless authorized by law . " It ...
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... whole case , I am of opinion that General Scott has no right to the money claimed by him , either in law or equity . I am , sir , & c . To the SECRetary of War . FELIX GRUNDY , No. 11 . WAR DEPARTMENT , February 25 , 1839 . SIR : There ...
... whole case , I am of opinion that General Scott has no right to the money claimed by him , either in law or equity . I am , sir , & c . To the SECRetary of War . FELIX GRUNDY , No. 11 . WAR DEPARTMENT , February 25 , 1839 . SIR : There ...
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... whole labor of the country , ( which is alone the source of national wealth , ) and giving to that labor full and permanent assurance of defence against the productions of an exhausted and starving population elsewhere , should be first ...
... whole labor of the country , ( which is alone the source of national wealth , ) and giving to that labor full and permanent assurance of defence against the productions of an exhausted and starving population elsewhere , should be first ...
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... whole into the one great pursuit of agriculture , but our country will , ere long , become exhaust- ed by a drain of all its specie , to pay for articles of necessity imported from other countries , and produced by their labor ...
... whole into the one great pursuit of agriculture , but our country will , ere long , become exhaust- ed by a drain of all its specie , to pay for articles of necessity imported from other countries , and produced by their labor ...
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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.