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... thereon , report in relation to the ....... Manufacturing and agricultural productions of each State and Territory in 1840 and 1850 , with the amount said production would give to each person in said states and Territories , & c ...
... thereon , report in relation to the ....... Manufacturing and agricultural productions of each State and Territory in 1840 and 1850 , with the amount said production would give to each person in said states and Territories , & c ...
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... thereon for the accommodation of the United States courts of Maryland and the .... 14 84 Post office at Philadelphia , report relative to a building for the accommo- dation of the .... Post office at New York , report and correspondence ...
... thereon for the accommodation of the United States courts of Maryland and the .... 14 84 Post office at Philadelphia , report relative to a building for the accommo- dation of the .... Post office at New York , report and correspondence ...
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... thereon , with plans and esti- mates for fitting them up and furnishing them for the accommoda- tion of the United States courts and post office in Baltimore , under act of February 17 , 1855 , message from the ... President of the ...
... thereon , with plans and esti- mates for fitting them up and furnishing them for the accommoda- tion of the United States courts and post office in Baltimore , under act of February 17 , 1855 , message from the ... President of the ...
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... thereon , report in relation to the Mall in ...... Washington Territory , copies of papers relating to the proclamation of martial law in ... Western river improvements , report of Colonel Long on the .... West Point , report of the ...
... thereon , report in relation to the Mall in ...... Washington Territory , copies of papers relating to the proclamation of martial law in ... Western river improvements , report of Colonel Long on the .... West Point , report of the ...
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... thereon , with plans and estimates for fitting up and furnish- ing them for the use of the United States courts of Maryland and the post office in Baltimore , under act of February 17 , 1855 ... Transmitting instructions sent to Mr ...
... thereon , with plans and estimates for fitting up and furnish- ing them for the use of the United States courts of Maryland and the post office in Baltimore , under act of February 17 , 1855 ... Transmitting instructions sent to Mr ...
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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...