The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States: With an Appendix, Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and All the Laws of a Public Nature; with a Copious Index ... [First To] Eighteenth Congress.--first Session: Comprising the Period from [March 3, 1789] to May 27, 1824, Inclusive. Comp. from Authentic Materials, Volume 2Gales and Seaton, 1855 - United States |
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Page 1271
... passed March the 2d , 1799 , and to repeal an act supplementary thereto , passed the 20th of April , 1818 , and for other purposes ; which bill was read twice , and committed to a Committee of the Whole . The By the experiments of the ...
... passed March the 2d , 1799 , and to repeal an act supplementary thereto , passed the 20th of April , 1818 , and for other purposes ; which bill was read twice , and committed to a Committee of the Whole . The By the experiments of the ...
Page 1273
... passed the thirtieth day of April , eighteen hundred and sixteen , except as to the payment of the debenture , which shall be made con- formably to an act passed the third March , eighteen hundred and twenty - one , entitled " An act to ...
... passed the thirtieth day of April , eighteen hundred and sixteen , except as to the payment of the debenture , which shall be made con- formably to an act passed the third March , eighteen hundred and twenty - one , entitled " An act to ...
Page 1305
... passed the 3d day of March , 1815 , and for other purposes ; " which was read twice and committed to a Com- mittee ... passed the 18th of April , 1818 , and the act supplementary to the act concerning navigation , passed the 15th of May ...
... passed the 3d day of March , 1815 , and for other purposes ; " which was read twice and committed to a Com- mittee ... passed the 18th of April , 1818 , and the act supplementary to the act concerning navigation , passed the 15th of May ...
Page 1307
... passed . A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate have passed bills of the following titles , viz : " An act for the relief of James H. Clarke ; " " An act to amend the act , entitled ' An act to incorporate the ...
... passed . A message from the Senate informed the House that the Senate have passed bills of the following titles , viz : " An act for the relief of James H. Clarke ; " " An act to amend the act , entitled ' An act to incorporate the ...
Page 1323
... passed the bill of this House , entitled " An act to provide for paying to the State of Missouri three per cent . of the net proceeds arising from the sale of the public lands within the same , " with amendments ; and they have also passed ...
... passed the bill of this House , entitled " An act to provide for paying to the State of Missouri three per cent . of the net proceeds arising from the sale of the public lands within the same , " with amendments ; and they have also passed ...
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Page 1825 - ... to ascertain the necessary sums of money to be raised for the service of the United States...
Page 1873 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Page 1937 - Until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands all the civil, judicial, and military powers exercised by the officers of the existing government in said islands shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct; and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned.
Page 1615 - The United States shall guaranty to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
Page 1823 - All charges of war and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several states...
Page 1537 - States, who shall be sworn or affirmed to a faithful execution of his office; whose duty it shall be to prosecute and conduct all suits in the supreme court in which the United States shall be concerned, and to give his advice and opinion upon questions of law when required by the president of the United States, or when requested by the heads of any of the departments, touching any matters that may concern their departments, and shall receive such compensation for his services as shall by law be...
Page 1911 - His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, in full property and sovereignty, all the territories which belong to him situated to the eastward of the Mississippi, known by the name of East and West Florida.
Page 1803 - An Act to regulate Trade and Intercourse with the Indian Tribes, and to preserve Peace on the Frontiers...
Page 1823 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, paupers, vagabonds and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States...
Page 1883 - All persons so drafted shall, from the date of their draft, stand discharged from the militia, and shall be subject to such laws and regulations for the government of the Army of the United States...