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 1255
... taken previous to the meeting of Congress , and some has been taken since , under instructions given by the committee , for the government of the parties . It was suggested to the parties by the committee that it would be satisfactory ...
... taken previous to the meeting of Congress , and some has been taken since , under instructions given by the committee , for the government of the parties . It was suggested to the parties by the committee that it would be satisfactory ...
Page 1265
... taken of this case . JEREMIAH CAUSDEN . To the Hon . JOHN SLOAN , Chairman of the Committee of Elections . BANKRUPT BILL . The House then resolved itself into a Commit- tee of the Whole on the bill to establish a uniform system of ...
... taken of this case . JEREMIAH CAUSDEN . To the Hon . JOHN SLOAN , Chairman of the Committee of Elections . BANKRUPT BILL . The House then resolved itself into a Commit- tee of the Whole on the bill to establish a uniform system of ...
Page 1267
... taken on Mr. RHEA's motion , and decided in the negative . The subsequent sections of the bill , from the sixth to the twentieth , both inclusive , were suc- cessively read , without proposition of amend- ment . The twenty - first ...
... taken on Mr. RHEA's motion , and decided in the negative . The subsequent sections of the bill , from the sixth to the twentieth , both inclusive , were suc- cessively read , without proposition of amend- ment . The twenty - first ...
Page 1277
... taken thereon , it was determined in the negative - yeas 71 , nays 87 , as follows : YEAS - Messrs . Alexander , Allen of Tennessee , Archer , Ball , Barber of Ohio , Bassett , Bateman , Blair , Breckenridge , Brown , Buchanan , Burton ...
... taken thereon , it was determined in the negative - yeas 71 , nays 87 , as follows : YEAS - Messrs . Alexander , Allen of Tennessee , Archer , Ball , Barber of Ohio , Bassett , Bateman , Blair , Breckenridge , Brown , Buchanan , Burton ...
Page 1299
... taken and the alteration " from time to time , such measures as may contri- adopted . MARCH , 1822 . Rules of the House . of. H. of R. Mr. GILMER submitted the following resolu- tion , viz : ( Resolved , That the Secretary of State be ...
... taken and the alteration " from time to time , such measures as may contri- adopted . MARCH , 1822 . Rules of the House . of. H. of R. Mr. GILMER submitted the following resolu- tion , viz : ( Resolved , That the Secretary of State be ...
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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...