Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive Documents: 14th Congress, 1st Session-48th Congress, 2nd Session and Special Session, Volume 16 |
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Army in the department of the east during the year 1855 , statement of the position and distribution of the . ... Armory in the District of Columbia , statement from the contractors and an estimate by the officer in charge of the ...
Army in the department of the east during the year 1855 , statement of the position and distribution of the . ... Armory in the District of Columbia , statement from the contractors and an estimate by the officer in charge of the ...
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12 49 r Academy at West Point , N. Y. , report with tabular statements of the con- dition of the Military . ... third , and fourth quarters of the year 1854 , and the first and second quarters of the year 1855 , tabular statement of .
12 49 r Academy at West Point , N. Y. , report with tabular statements of the con- dition of the Military . ... third , and fourth quarters of the year 1854 , and the first and second quarters of the year 1855 , tabular statement of .
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Army in the department of New Mexico during the year 1855 , statement of the position and distribution of the . ... Armory in the District of Columbia , statement from the contractors and an estimate by the officer in charge of the ...
Army in the department of New Mexico during the year 1855 , statement of the position and distribution of the . ... Armory in the District of Columbia , statement from the contractors and an estimate by the officer in charge of the ...
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12 17 21 2425 1 1 Coinage of the United States and bank notes in circulation from 1790 to 1855 , statement of the amount of gold and silver ...... 5 2 Coinage of the United States mint and branches , from their establishment to June 30 ...
12 17 21 2425 1 1 Coinage of the United States and bank notes in circulation from 1790 to 1855 , statement of the amount of gold and silver ...... 5 2 Coinage of the United States mint and branches , from their establishment to June 30 ...
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Customs , lands , loans , and otherwise , from 1789 to 1855 , statement of re- ceipts into the treasury from .... Custom - houses purchased , constructed , and in course of construction under appropriations , report of Captain Bowman in ...
Customs , lands , loans , and otherwise , from 1789 to 1855 , statement of re- ceipts into the treasury from .... Custom - houses purchased , constructed , and in course of construction under appropriations , report of Captain Bowman in ...
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Page 6 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 3 - Privateering is, and remains abolished. 2. The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war. 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under the enemy's flag.
Page 5 - DECLARATION RESPECTING MARITIME LAW, SIGNED BY THE PLENIPOTENTIARIES OF GREAT BRITAIN, AUSTRIA, FRANCE, PRUSSIA, RUSSIA, SARDINIA, AND TURKEY, ASSEMBLED IN CONGRESS AT PARIS, APRIL 16, 1856.
Page 5 - That free ships make free goods' — that is to say, that the effects or goods belonging to subjects or citizens of a Power or State at war are free from capture and confiscation when found on board of neutral vessels, with the exception of articles contraband of war. 2* That the property of neutrals on board an enemy's vessel is not subject to confiscation, unless the same be contraband of war.
Page 3 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under the enemy's flag. 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective — that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 1 - The Secretary of State, to whom has been referred a resolution of the House of Representatives...
Page 11 - It is, in the opinion of this Government, to be seriously apprehended that if the use of privateers be abandoned, the dominion over the seas will be surrendered to those Powers which adopt the policy and have the means of keeping up large navies. The one which has a decided naval superiority would be potentially the mistress of the ocean, and by the abolition of privateering that domination would be more firmly secured.
Page 20 - An act to provide for the ascertainment and satisfaction of claims of American citizens for spoliations committed by the French prior to the 31st day of July, 1801," which was presented to me on the 6th instant, with my objections to its becoming a law.
Page 127 - Wherefore I, the said notary, at the request aforesaid, have protested, and by these presents do solemnly protest, as well against the...
Page 2 - ... who had agreed, and those who should afterwards accede to it, should, after the adoption of the same, enter into no arrangement on the application of maritime law in time of war without stipulating for a strict observance of the four points resolved by the declaration. The...
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| Title | Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive Documents: 14th Congress, 1st Session-48th Congress, 2nd Session and Special Session, Volume 16 United States congressional serial set |
| Author | United States. Congress. Senate |
| Published | 1856 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 7 Dec 2006 |
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