Annals of the Congress of the United StatesGales and Seaton, 1854 - Law |
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... fact and of law , which may have been committed by the accounting officers , to whom their settlement is , in the first instance , committed . He is likewise charged with the superintendence of the collection of the rev- enue arising ...
... fact and of law , which may have been committed by the accounting officers , to whom their settlement is , in the first instance , committed . He is likewise charged with the superintendence of the collection of the rev- enue arising ...
Page 53
... fact , of giving a currency a bill , entitled " An act directing the discharge of to the nation , which shall every where be of equal value with gold and silver . The power reserved by the Gov - Oliver Spellman from imprisonment : " in ...
... fact , of giving a currency a bill , entitled " An act directing the discharge of to the nation , which shall every where be of equal value with gold and silver . The power reserved by the Gov - Oliver Spellman from imprisonment : " in ...
Page 209
... , the consideration of the bill , entitled " An fact to repeal so much of any acts now in force as authorizes a loan of money or an issue of Treas- SENATE . Veto Message on Internal Improvement Bill . ury 209 210 HISTORY OF CONGRESS .
... , the consideration of the bill , entitled " An fact to repeal so much of any acts now in force as authorizes a loan of money or an issue of Treas- SENATE . Veto Message on Internal Improvement Bill . ury 209 210 HISTORY OF CONGRESS .
Page 237
... fact , by these level or reduce the salaries of most of the officers and other means , the poor compensation bill ex- of Government , or you must add to the per diem cited more discontent than the alien or sedition which has been ...
... fact , by these level or reduce the salaries of most of the officers and other means , the poor compensation bill ex- of Government , or you must add to the per diem cited more discontent than the alien or sedition which has been ...
Page 247
... fact was as represented , that the public money had been paid from the Treasury without an appro- priation , it would certainly fall within the province of that committee to inquire . As a member , how- ever , of the Committee of Claims ...
... fact was as represented , that the public money had been paid from the Treasury without an appro- priation , it would certainly fall within the province of that committee to inquire . As a member , how- ever , of the Committee of Claims ...
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adopted amendment appointed Army authorizing BARBOUR bill entitled bill or otherwise bill was read British Caleb Nicholls Carolina citizens colonies Commissioner Committee of Claims Compensation Law Congress consider and report Constitution Department district duty election Electors engrossed entitled An act establish Executive expediency favor FORSYTH Fromentin Goldsborough Government Hampshire honorable gentleman House of Representatives Hugh Nelson instructed to inquire JANUARY Kentucky LACOCK last session Legislature Massachusetts measure ment military militia Mississippi Territory mittee motion nation navigation North Carolina object officers opinion passed payment Pennsylvania ports praying PRESIDENT reported principle proposed Public Lands question read a third read the second relief repeal report thereon reported a bill resolution Resolved respect resumed the consideration Rufus Easton Senate resumed six dollars Spain Territory thereof was postponed thereon by bill thereto tion Treasury United vessels Virginia vote Whole William William Maclay
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Page 21 - That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states, and the people and states, in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Page 697 - An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties, and disabilities accruing in certain cases therein mentioned...
Page 361 - All goods, wares, or merchandise imported contrary to this section, and the vessel wherein the same shall be imported, together with her cargo, tackle, apparel, and furniture, shall be forfeited to the United States; and such goods, wares, or merchandise, ship, or vessel, and cargo shall be liable to be seized, prosecuted, and condemned in like manner, and under the same regulations...
Page 841 - That no goods, wares, or merchandise, unless in cases provided for by treaty, shall be imported into the United States from any foreign port or place, except in vessels of the United States, or in such foreign vessels as truly and wholly belong to the citizens or subjects of that country of which the goods are the growth, production, or manufacture, or from which such goods, wares, or merchandise can only be, or most usually are, first shipped for transportation.
Page 47 - all claims and demands whatever by the United States, or against them, and all accounts whatever in which the United States are concerned, either as debtors or creditors, shall be settled and adjusted in the department of the treasury.
Page 29 - No law varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
Page 481 - ... vessel shall not be employed by such owners to cruise or commit hostilities against the subjects, citizens, or property of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district? or people, with whom the United States are at peace.
Page 203 - An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes...
Page 275 - In pursuance of this authority, the act of 1795 has provided, "that whenever the United States shall be invaded, or be in imminent danger of invasion from any foreign nation or Indian tribe, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to call forth such number of the militia of the State or States most convenient to the place of danger, or scene of action, as he may judge necessary to repel such invasion, and to issue his...
Page 17 - ... may diminish the frequency or circumscribe the calamities of war, and meliorate the social and beneficent relations of peace; a Government, in a word, whose conduct within and without may bespeak the most noble of all ambitions that of promoting peace on earth and good will to man.