The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States: With an Appendix, Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and All the Laws of a Public Nature; with a Copious Index ... [First To] Eighteenth Congress.--first Session: Comprising the Period from [March 3, 1789] to May 27, 1824, Inclusive. Comp. from Authentic Materials, Volume 1Gales and Seaton, 1853 - United States |
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... bill to authorize the surveying and mark- ing of certain roads in the State of Ohio , as con- templated by the treaty of Brownstown , in the Territory of Michigan , was read the second time and referred to a select committee , to ...
... bill to authorize the surveying and mark- ing of certain roads in the State of Ohio , as con- templated by the treaty of Brownstown , in the Territory of Michigan , was read the second time and referred to a select committee , to ...
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... bill or otherwise ; and Messrs . GILES , BRAD- LEY , and CRAWFORD , were appointed the com- mittee . Mr. LEIB gave notice that to - morrow he should ask leave to bring in a bill making a further ap- propriation for the support of a ...
... bill or otherwise ; and Messrs . GILES , BRAD- LEY , and CRAWFORD , were appointed the com- mittee . Mr. LEIB gave notice that to - morrow he should ask leave to bring in a bill making a further ap- propriation for the support of a ...
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... bill , entitled " An act for the relief of Josiah H. Webb ; " in which they desire the concurrence of the Senate . The bill last mentioned was read , and passed to the second reading . Mr. GILMAN , from the committee , reported the ...
... bill , entitled " An act for the relief of Josiah H. Webb ; " in which they desire the concurrence of the Senate . The bill last mentioned was read , and passed to the second reading . Mr. GILMAN , from the committee , reported the ...
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... bill , entitled " An act for the relief of Josiah H. Webb ; " and it was ordered to the third reading . The Senate resumed , as in Committee of the Whole , the bill for the relief of Thomas O'Ban- non ; and it was ordered to be ...
... bill , entitled " An act for the relief of Josiah H. Webb ; " and it was ordered to the third reading . The Senate resumed , as in Committee of the Whole , the bill for the relief of Thomas O'Ban- non ; and it was ordered to be ...
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... bill or otherwise ; and Messrs . FRANKLIN , ANDERSON , and GOODRICH , were appointed the committee . FRIDAY , December 6 . Mr. CUTTS asked and obtained leave to bring in a bill to annex the towns of Kittery , Elliot , and Berwick , to ...
... bill or otherwise ; and Messrs . FRANKLIN , ANDERSON , and GOODRICH , were appointed the committee . FRIDAY , December 6 . Mr. CUTTS asked and obtained leave to bring in a bill to annex the towns of Kittery , Elliot , and Berwick , to ...
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Page 433 - An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes...
Page 127 - An act for establishing rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States,
Page 41 - With this evidence of hostile inflexibility in trampling on rights which no independent nation can relinquish, Congress will feel the duty of putting the United States into an armor and an attitude demanded by the crisis, and corresponding with the national spirit and expectations.
Page 463 - British usurpation has not been more warmly cherished by these great men and their compatriots ; not more by Washington, Hancock, and Henry, than by Chatham and his illustrious associates in the British Parliament. It ought to be remembered, too, that the heart of the English people was with us. It was a selfish and corrupt Ministry, and their servile tools, to whom we were not more opposed than they were.
Page 33 - an act for the apportionment of Representatives among the several states according to the first enumeration,' and I return it to your House, wherein it originated, with the following objections.
Page 757 - 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 order for that purpose to such officer or officers of the militia...
Page 83 - States, suspended by this act, and by the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, and the several acts supplementary thereto, may be renewed with the nation so doing.
Page 191 - States, and leave a widow, or, if no widow, a child or children under sixteen years of age. such widow, or, if no widow, such child or children, shall be entitled to receive half the monthly pay to which the deceased was entitled at the time of his death...
Page 279 - States shall be, and he is hereby authorized to instruct the commanders of the public armed vessels which are, or which shall be employed in the service of the United States, to subdue, seize and take any armed French vessel, which shall be found within the jurisdictional limits of the United States, or elsewhere, on the high seas...
Page 185 - An Act for the admission of the state of Louisiana into the Union, and to extend the laws of the United States to the said state...