Reports of Committees: 16th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, Volume 1 |
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... necessary to ascertain the quantity , quality , and circumstances of the lands , in that tract of country ; who should report their proceedings to the legislature , for their consideration , and which commissioners should have made to ...
... necessary to ascertain the quantity , quality , and circumstances of the lands , in that tract of country ; who should report their proceedings to the legislature , for their consideration , and which commissioners should have made to ...
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... necessary for that purpose , shall be , and is hereby , appropriated for the purpose of sa- tisfying , quieting , or compensating for , such other claims to the lands . of the United States south of the state of Tennessee , not ...
... necessary for that purpose , shall be , and is hereby , appropriated for the purpose of sa- tisfying , quieting , or compensating for , such other claims to the lands . of the United States south of the state of Tennessee , not ...
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... necessary , as they could exhibit little else than a transcript of the resolutions , and perhaps a warrant and survey , founded there- on , in some of the cases . Your committee are of opinion , that this omission does not , and ought ...
... necessary , as they could exhibit little else than a transcript of the resolutions , and perhaps a warrant and survey , founded there- on , in some of the cases . Your committee are of opinion , that this omission does not , and ought ...
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... necessary and appurtenant to it , and to exclude the grist mill , by issuing another commission , the separate value of the damage sustained by the destruction of the grist mill can be readily ascertained . There is no proof that the ...
... necessary and appurtenant to it , and to exclude the grist mill , by issuing another commission , the separate value of the damage sustained by the destruction of the grist mill can be readily ascertained . There is no proof that the ...
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... necessary to remind the House , either of the merit or the value , of the services rendered by the memorialists to their country . History has already consecrated the one , and the other is sufficiently attested , in a manner that must ...
... necessary to remind the House , either of the merit or the value , of the services rendered by the memorialists to their country . History has already consecrated the one , and the other is sufficiently attested , in a manner that must ...
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accounts aforesaid agent alleged amount appears appointed appropriation army authority Bill British Calvert county Capitol captain cents certificate claimant Colonel Brearly command commissioners Committee of Claims Congress court house David Brearly December Delawares Department deponent deposition destroyed destruction District dollars duty dwelling house Ebenezer Sage enemy entitled evidence expenditures expense February Fort Hawkins Fort Mitchell Fort Scott Fowl Town freemen frontier furnished Georgia honor House of Representatives hundred Indians James Guyon January John Joseph Janey Judge Advocate land letter March ment military militia Mohiccans Monday's Point Moses Hazen nation Navy officers opinion ordered to lie payment Pensions petitioner present provisions Public Buildings received referred the petition relief resolution Resolved respectfully Richard Bland Lee river Secretary Secretary of War Seminole Seminole war store house territory testimony thereof tion Treasury treaty treaty of Brownstown troops United votes warriors whole House William
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Page 5 - Resolved, That the committee on the judiciary be directed to inquire into the expediency of...
Page 4 - That the same computation shall extend to the corps not belonging to the lines of particular states, and who are entitled to half pay for life as aforesaid ; the acceptance or refusal to be determined by corps, and to be signified in the same manner, and within the same time as above mentioned.
Page 10 - ... there be no limitation either in the manner or measure of the punishment, the condition of the citizen will be perilous indeed. Which of these doctrines is to prevail, time will decide. Where there is no fixed law, the judgment on any particular case is the law of that single case only, and dies with it.
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Page 4 - Act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War...