Acts Passed at the First Session of the 1st Congress - 3d Session of the 25th Congress, 2d Session of the 27th, 1st-2d of the 29th, 1st-2d of the 30th, 1st of the 31st, 1st-3d of the 37th, 2d of the 38th, 1st of the 39th, 2d-3d of the 40th 1st-3d of the 41st, 1st-3d of the 42d, 1st of the 43dRichard Folwell, 1796 - Law |
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... Tract of Land.t [ SECT . 1. ] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That Anthony Cavalier , and Peter Petit , of the state of Lou- isiana , shall be , and they ...
... Tract of Land.t [ SECT . 1. ] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That Anthony Cavalier , and Peter Petit , of the state of Lou- isiana , shall be , and they ...
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United States. 1820 . claims of others to a tract of land , containing two thousand and sixty - five acres , being an Island in the Mississippi river , known by the name . of Apple Island ; for which tract of land the said Anthony ...
United States. 1820 . claims of others to a tract of land , containing two thousand and sixty - five acres , being an Island in the Mississippi river , known by the name . of Apple Island ; for which tract of land the said Anthony ...
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... tract of empt from taxes for five years ; land sold by the United States , from and after the first day of and bounty lands January next , shall remain exempt from any tax laid by order or under the authority of the State , whether for ...
... tract of empt from taxes for five years ; land sold by the United States , from and after the first day of and bounty lands January next , shall remain exempt from any tax laid by order or under the authority of the State , whether for ...
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... tract of Creek , in Missis- [ SECT . 1. ] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That the legal representatives of John O'Connor , deceas- The legal rens- ed ...
... tract of Creek , in Missis- [ SECT . 1. ] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That the legal representatives of John O'Connor , deceas- The legal rens- ed ...
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... tract , before he shall enter the same at the land office ; and The highest bid if any person , being the highest bidder , at public sale , for a failing to pay , the tract of land , shall fail to make payment therefor , on the day ...
... tract , before he shall enter the same at the land office ; and The highest bid if any person , being the highest bidder , at public sale , for a failing to pay , the tract of land , shall fail to make payment therefor , on the day ...
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16th Congress act of twentieth aforesaid agent allowed America in Congress amount appointed Approved authorized Bank ceded cents certificate CHAP Circuit Court claims clerks collector Commissioners compensation Congress assembled continue in force day of March District Court dolls dred duties eighteen hundred entitled An act fifty dollars Florida further enacted hereby House of Repre hundred and eighteen hundred and fifty hundred and twenty Indian Island issue James JAMES MONROE John JOHN QUINCY ADAMS Land Office legal representatives mark marshal ment messenger Navy oath otherwise appropriated paid patent payment Pensacola person ports President Proviso public lands purchase Register and Receiver Relief repealed Repre sentatives river Secretary SECT Senate and House session Surveyor Territory Territory of Michigan thence thereof thousand dollars thousand eight hundred thousand five hundred tion tonnage tract Treaty Treaty of Ghent tribe United vessels wares West Florida x mark
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Page 105 - But if they be not sent back within two months, to be counted from the day of their arrest, they shall be set at liberty, and shall be no more arrested for the same cause ARTICLE THIRTIETH.
Page 62 - River; then following the course of the Rio Roxo westward, to the degree of longitude 100 west from London, and 23 from Washington; then crossing the said Red River, and running thence by a line due north to the river Arkansas; thence following the course of the southern bank of the Arkansas to its source, in latitude 42 degrees north; and thence by that parallel of latitude to the South Sea...
Page 66 - All the grants of land made before the 24th of January, 1818, by His Catholic Majesty, or by his lawful authorities, in the said territories ceded by His Majesty to the United States, shall be ratified and confirmed to the persons in possession of the lands, to the same extent that the same grants would be valid if the territories had remained under the dominion of His Catholic Majesty.
Page 101 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 147 - I, , do solemnly and truly declare that I am the owner of the merchandise described in the annexed entry and invoice; that the entry now delivered by me to the collector of contains a just and true account of all the goods, wares, and merchandise imported by or consigned to me, in the whereof is master, from ; that the invoice and entry which I now produce contain a just and faithful account of the actual cost...
Page 64 - The inhabitants of the territories which His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, by this treaty, shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States as soon as may be consistent with the principles of the Federal Constitution, and admitted to the enjoyment of all the privileges, rights, and immunities of the citizens of the United States.
Page 62 - The whole being as laid down in Melish's map of the United States, published at Philadelphia, improved to the first of January, 1818.
Page 87 - 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 86 - Ireland, the Right Honourable Sir CHARLES BAGOT, one of His Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of the most honourable order of the Bath, and His Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias...
Page 67 - An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary war...