The Public and General Statutes Passed by the Congress of the United States of America: From 1789 to 1836 Inclusive, Whether Expired, Repealed, Or in Force : Arranged in Chronological Order, with Marginal References, and a Copious Index : to which is Added the Constitution of the United States, and an Appendix, Volume 3 |
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... Proviso ; the granted to any such applicant unless he shall previously sign a applicant to declaration , stating that he does not lay any claim to such tract tion that he or tracts of land , and that he does not occupy the same by vir ...
... Proviso ; the granted to any such applicant unless he shall previously sign a applicant to declaration , stating that he does not lay any claim to such tract tion that he or tracts of land , and that he does not occupy the same by vir ...
Page 1546
... Proviso ; re- emoluments at the city of Vol . ii . p . 1156 . Members of congress , & c . may frank let- ters for thirty days before and after a session . Proviso ; re- § 3. That letters and packets to and from any member of the senate ...
... Proviso ; re- emoluments at the city of Vol . ii . p . 1156 . Members of congress , & c . may frank let- ters for thirty days before and after a session . Proviso ; re- § 3. That letters and packets to and from any member of the senate ...
Page 1550
... Proviso ; but said : Provided always , That they shall not sell more thereof not more than than the sum of two millions of dollars in any one year ; nor any one year ; sell any part thereof at any time within the United States , with ...
... Proviso ; but said : Provided always , That they shall not sell more thereof not more than than the sum of two millions of dollars in any one year ; nor any one year ; sell any part thereof at any time within the United States , with ...
Page 1551
... Proviso ; a di- rector in any 8. That , for the management of the affairs of the said cor- Twenty - five directors ... Proviso ; as to appointment and election of the directors and president of the ment and elec- said bank shall be at ...
... Proviso ; a di- rector in any 8. That , for the management of the affairs of the said cor- Twenty - five directors ... Proviso ; as to appointment and election of the directors and president of the ment and elec- said bank shall be at ...
Page 1555
... Proviso ; no not make any bill obligatory , or of credit , or other obligation un- seal , to be for der its seal , for the payment of a sum less than five thousand less than 5,000 dollars . And the bills or notes which may be issued by ...
... Proviso ; no not make any bill obligatory , or of credit , or other obligation un- seal , to be for der its seal , for the payment of a sum less than five thousand less than 5,000 dollars . And the bills or notes which may be issued by ...
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Page 2075 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent, and in their property, rights, and liberty, they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars, authorized by congress; but laws, founded in justice and humanity, shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Page 2075 - The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the Legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Page 2081 - ... Place appointed and within the Time agreed on by the United States in Congress assembled ; but if the United States in Congress assembled shall, on consideration of circumstances, judge proper that any State should not raise men or should raise a smaller number than its Quota and that any other State should raise a greater Number of Men than the Quota thereof, such extra Number shall, be raised, officered...
Page 2077 - State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties, impositions, and restrictions, as the inhabitants thereof respectively ; provided that such restrictions shall not extend so far as to prevent the removal of property imported into any State, to any other State, of which the owner is an inhabitant; provided also, that no imposition, duties, or restriction, shall be laid by any State on the property of the United States, or either of them.
Page 2080 - States, and exacting such postage on the papers passing through the same, as may be requisite to defray the expenses of the said office — appointing all officers of the land forces in the service of the United States excepting regimental officers — appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States — making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations. The United...
Page 2074 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land, and should the public exigencies make it necessary, for the common preservation, to take any person's property, or to demand his particular services, full compensation shall be made for the same.
Page 2082 - And whereas it hath pleased the great Governor of the world to incline the hearts of the Legislatures we respectively represent in Congress, to approve of, and to authorize us to ratify the said Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union, Know ye, that we, the undersigned delegates, by virtue of the power and...
Page 2077 - No state shall be represented in congress by less than two, nor by more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United States, for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Page 2082 - ... or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the delegates of each state on any question shall be entered on the journal, when it is desired by any delegate ; and the delegates of a state, or any of them...
Page 2079 - ... to appoint, by joint consent, commissioners or judges to constitute a court for hearing and determining the matter in question...