Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading Debates and Incidents of the Second Session of the Eighteenth Congress: [Dec. 6, 1824, to the First Session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, Oct. 16, 1837] Together with an Appendix, Containing the Most Important State Papers and Public Documents to which the Session Has Given Birth: to which are Added, the Laws Enacted During the Session, with a Copious Index to the Whole ...Gales & Seaton, 1834 - Law |
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... Secretary's report , I have been unable to discover or the constitution . a single new fact advanced by the Secretary in justifica- partment established by Congress , to which a trust has tion of his conduct , of which this House was ...
... Secretary's report , I have been unable to discover or the constitution . a single new fact advanced by the Secretary in justifica- partment established by Congress , to which a trust has tion of his conduct , of which this House was ...
Page 2793
... Secretary of State , enacts in these tenure of his office to endure for life or good behavior ; or words : “ that he [ the Secretary ] shall perform and exe- have provided that he should hold his office for a term of cute such duties as ...
... Secretary of State , enacts in these tenure of his office to endure for life or good behavior ; or words : “ that he [ the Secretary ] shall perform and exe- have provided that he should hold his office for a term of cute such duties as ...
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... Secretary laws , it has been construed and acted upon as a distinct of the Treasury . Over all the officers whose duties relate grant of power , clothing the Executive with an authority to subjects which belong by the constitution to ...
... Secretary laws , it has been construed and acted upon as a distinct of the Treasury . Over all the officers whose duties relate grant of power , clothing the Executive with an authority to subjects which belong by the constitution to ...
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... Secretary of the Navy , the Attorney General , or the Post- say that this was a faithful execution of the law ? master General , all of whom appear to have been con- The President , in his manifesto , does not pretend to sulted on the ...
... Secretary of the Navy , the Attorney General , or the Post- say that this was a faithful execution of the law ? master General , all of whom appear to have been con- The President , in his manifesto , does not pretend to sulted on the ...
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... Secretary , in compliance with the law , the constitu- tion , and his own solemn pledge not to interfere , he up- Believing , however , that such is not the true character braids the Secretary for not basely betraying the confi- of our ...
... Secretary , in compliance with the law , the constitu- tion , and his own solemn pledge not to interfere , he up- Believing , however , that such is not the true character braids the Secretary for not basely betraying the confi- of our ...
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Page 2851 - It not only serves as a shield to the executive, but it furnishes an additional security against the enaction of improper laws. It establishes a salutary check upon the legislative body, calculated to guard the community against the effects of faction, precipitancy, or of any impulse unfriendly to the public good which may happen to influence a majority of that body.
Page 2851 - ... by different modes of election and different principles of action, as little connected with each other as the nature of their common functions and their common dependence on the society will admit. It may even be necessary to guard against dangerous encroachments by still further precautions. As the weight of the legislative authority requires that it should be thus divided, the weakness of the executive may require, on the other hand, that it should be fortified.
Page 3109 - The President shall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session; but no person rejected by the Senate shall be reappointed to the same office during their ensuing recess.
Page 3151 - SEC. 14. And be it further enacted, That the bills or notes of the said corporation originally made payable, or which shall have become payable on demand, shall be receivable in all payments to the United States, unless otherwise directed by act of Congress.
Page 2933 - Affairs, and that there shall be a principal officer therein, to be called the Secretary for the Department of Foreign Affairs, who shall perform and execute such duties as shall from time to time be enjoined on or intrusted to him by the President of the United States, agreeable to the Constitution...
Page 2941 - President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute ; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States ; or to stir up sedition within the United States ; or to excite any unlawful combinations therein, for opposing or resisting any law of the United States...
Page 2791 - Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States...
Page 3337 - States provides that the Congress shall have power — To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures: To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States.
Page 3013 - Nay, do not think I flatter ; For what advancement may I hope from thee, That no revenue hast but thy good spirits, To feed and clothe thee ? Why should the poor be flatter'd ? No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning.
Page 2971 - ... and shall not be debated or decided on the day of their being first read, unless where the House shall direct otherwise ; but shall lie on the table, to be taken up in the order they were read.