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... regulations of , upon the subject of fisheries Erie and Ohio river canal , survey of the Erie and Conneaut creek canal , & c . , survey of the Estimate of appropriations for 1832 Estimates of surveys made since 4th March , 1829 , and ...
... regulations of , upon the subject of fisheries Erie and Ohio river canal , survey of the Erie and Conneaut creek canal , & c . , survey of the Estimate of appropriations for 1832 Estimates of surveys made since 4th March , 1829 , and ...
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... regulations of , relative to the fisheries . New Bedford , Massachusetts , citizens of , against reducing the duty on tallow , palm , and olive oils Newspapers , & c . , amount of postage on , and expediency of abolishing the Newspapers ...
... regulations of , relative to the fisheries . New Bedford , Massachusetts , citizens of , against reducing the duty on tallow , palm , and olive oils Newspapers , & c . , amount of postage on , and expediency of abolishing the Newspapers ...
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... regulations of England , France , and the Netherlands , respecting their fisheries . FEBRUARY 7 , 1832 . Read , and laid upon the table . WASHINGTON , February 6 , 1832 . In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives ...
... regulations of England , France , and the Netherlands , respecting their fisheries . FEBRUARY 7 , 1832 . Read , and laid upon the table . WASHINGTON , February 6 , 1832 . In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives ...
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... regulations should be made in order to the insuring a due and proper attention to the curing , sorting , and packing of white herrings , that the credit of the British fisheries in our colonies , and in foreign parts , may be maintained ...
... regulations should be made in order to the insuring a due and proper attention to the curing , sorting , and packing of white herrings , that the credit of the British fisheries in our colonies , and in foreign parts , may be maintained ...
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... regulations of this act ; and , also , as well for preserving order among the persons employed therein , as for protecting them and their vessels against enemies , which person so to be appointed superintendent , shall annually proceed ...
... regulations of this act ; and , also , as well for preserving order among the persons employed therein , as for protecting them and their vessels against enemies , which person so to be appointed superintendent , shall annually proceed ...
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aforesaid amount Baltimore boiler branded breadth Britain British herring fishery British white bushels buss or vessel Capt carried cents certificate certificate of registry cod and ling commissioners construction cost crew cured and packed curer day of month deep sea dollars estimate expense exportation feet fish fishery at place Fort Winnebago four further enacted gutted hake half hereby horses inches injury less ling fishery Liverpool Majesty manner master miles an hour miles per hour oath officer Ohio canal passengers persons pickle Point of Rocks port or place pounds pounds weight present proper put on board quantity railroad railway regulations repacked repairs respect road salt shillings shipped stage coach steam carriages steam coaches sundry taken thereof tion toll tonnage bounty tons transporting from hence ungutted velocity vessel or boat voyage wagons weight wheels white herring fishery
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Page 7 - ... 2. That at this rate they have conveyed upwards of fourteen passengers. 3. That their weight, including engine, fuel, water, and attendants, may be under three tons. 4. That they can ascend and descend hills of considerable inclination with facility and safety.
Page 124 - Payment well and truly to be made we bind ourselves and every of us, jointly and severally, for and in the whole, our Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, and every of them, firmly by these Presents.
Page 279 - Committee to believe that the substitution of inanimate for animal power, in draught on common roads, is one of the most important improvements in the means of internal communication ever introduced. Its practicability they consider to have been fully established ; its general adoption will take place more or less rapidly, in proportion as the attention of scientific men shall be drawn by public encouragement to further improvement.
Page 13 - ... containing the same shall be forfeited, and shall and may be seized by any officer of the fishery : ********* XL.
Page 215 - The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber, from the colliery, down to the river, exactly straight and parallel ; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails ; whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or five chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal merchants.
Page 19 - ... every such person so offending shall for every such offence forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred pounds to any person who shall sue for the same...
Page 48 - An Act to repeal the Duties of Customs payable in Great Britain, and to grant other Duties in lieu thereof...
Page 82 - ... our heirs, executors, and administrators, and every of them, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals.
Page 57 - Perhaps one of the principal advantages resulting from the use of steam will be, that it may be employed as cheaply at a quick as at a slow rate ; ' this is one of the advantages over horse labour, which becomes more and more expensive, as the speed is increased. There is every reason to expect, that in the end, the rate of travelling by steam will be much quicker than the utmost speed of travelling by horses ; in short, the safety to travellers will become the limit to speed.
Page 5 - Assembly; be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shall and may be lawful for His Majesty, his heirs and successors, by...