The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United StatesGales and Seaton, 1849 - United States |
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... Secretary of War , to report thereon to the Senate . The petition of Thomas O. Elliot , executor of the late Colonel Bernard Elliot , was read , praying that the orphan son of the said Bernard Elliot may receive the commutation for his ...
... Secretary of War , to report thereon to the Senate . The petition of Thomas O. Elliot , executor of the late Colonel Bernard Elliot , was read , praying that the orphan son of the said Bernard Elliot may receive the commutation for his ...
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... Secretary of the Treasury , of this date , together with a Return of the Imports of the United States , was read ; and ordered to lie for consideration . MONDAY , November 21 . The Senate assembled , but the committees not being ready ...
... Secretary of the Treasury , of this date , together with a Return of the Imports of the United States , was read ; and ordered to lie for consideration . MONDAY , November 21 . The Senate assembled , but the committees not being ready ...
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... Secretary of State shall give , and not exceeding an allowance of twelve cents to a man per diem ; and all masters and commanders of vessels belonging to citizens of the United States , and bound to some port of the same , are hereby ...
... Secretary of State shall give , and not exceeding an allowance of twelve cents to a man per diem ; and all masters and commanders of vessels belonging to citizens of the United States , and bound to some port of the same , are hereby ...
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... Secretary of State , the Secretary of War , the Postmaster General , and his as- sistant and deputies , under such restrictions as shall be enjoined upon the Postmaster General by the President of the United States : Provided , That no ...
... Secretary of State , the Secretary of War , the Postmaster General , and his as- sistant and deputies , under such restrictions as shall be enjoined upon the Postmaster General by the President of the United States : Provided , That no ...
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... Secretary desire the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendment . WEDNESDAY , April 18 . The VICE PRESIDENT being absent , the Senate proceeded to the election of a President pro tem- pore , as the Constitution ...
... Secretary desire the concurrence of the House of Representatives in the amendment . WEDNESDAY , April 18 . The VICE PRESIDENT being absent , the Senate proceeded to the election of a President pro tem- pore , as the Constitution ...
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Page 211 - Such depositions may be taken before any judge of any court of the United States, or any commissioner of a circuit, or any clerk of a district or circuit court, or any chancellor, justice, or judge of a supreme or superior court, mayor or chief magistrate of a city, judge of a county court, or court of common pleas of any of the United States...
Page 747 - An act for enrolling or licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same.
Page 629 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Page 657 - An Act to provide more effectually for the Collection of the Duties imposed by Law on Goods, Wares, and Merchandise imported into the United States, and on the Tonnage of Ships or Vessels...
Page 75 - The conventions of a number of the states having, at the time of their adopting the constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added...
Page 131 - An act establishing a mint, and regulating the coins of the United States...
Page 73 - ... the thousandth part of a dollar, and that all accounts in the public offices and all proceedings in the courts of the United States shall be kept and had in conformity to this regulation.
Page 679 - That a committee be appointed to inquire into the causes of the failure of the late expedition under Major General St. Clair; and that the said Committee be empowered to call for such persons, papers, and records, as may be necessary to assist their inquiries.
Page 639 - An act to provide more effectually for the settlement of the accounts between the United States and the individual States...
Page 121 - An act more effectually to provide for the national defence, by establishing an uniform militia throughout the United States " which act is in the words following vizt.