Reports of Committees: 16th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, Volume 1 |
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... submit the following REPORT : The memorialists represent , that , by the resolve of the 21st of October , 1780 , Congress stipulated that half pay for life should be allowed to the officers of the revolutionary army , who should ...
... submit the following REPORT : The memorialists represent , that , by the resolve of the 21st of October , 1780 , Congress stipulated that half pay for life should be allowed to the officers of the revolutionary army , who should ...
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... submit their views of the nature of the case , and of the obligations on the part of the government thence arising . It is not necessary to remind the House , either of the merit or the value , of the services rendered by the ...
... submit their views of the nature of the case , and of the obligations on the part of the government thence arising . It is not necessary to remind the House , either of the merit or the value , of the services rendered by the ...
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... submit , with great force , that what they ask for , is due to them by contract . In the examination of this claim , it appears to the committee , that , towards men whose merits are so unquestionable , the government ought to be guided ...
... submit , with great force , that what they ask for , is due to them by contract . In the examination of this claim , it appears to the committee , that , towards men whose merits are so unquestionable , the government ought to be guided ...
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... to whom he supposed the property belonged . The committee submit the following resolu- tion : Resolved , That the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted . م REPORT Of the Committee on Military Affairs , on the [ 11 ]
... to whom he supposed the property belonged . The committee submit the following resolu- tion : Resolved , That the prayer of the petitioner ought not to be granted . م REPORT Of the Committee on Military Affairs , on the [ 11 ]
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... a Bill , containing a simi- lar grant and provisions , to the New - York Institution . Respectfully submitted , by order of the select committee . H. MEIGS , Chairman . REPORT , IN part , of the Committee on Revolutionary [ 16 ]
... a Bill , containing a simi- lar grant and provisions , to the New - York Institution . Respectfully submitted , by order of the select committee . H. MEIGS , Chairman . REPORT , IN part , of the Committee on Revolutionary [ 16 ]
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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.
Page 3 - An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes...
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...