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" In expounding this law the judgment of the court cannot in any degree be influenced by the construction placed upon it by individual members of Congress, in the debate which took place on its passage ; nor by the motives or reasons assigned by them for... "
I. Statistics in Colleges - Page 62
by Carroll Davidson Wright - 1888 - 80 pages
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Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the ..., Volume 44

United States. Supreme Court - 1845 - 852 pages
...upon goods imported after the 30th of June, 1842, without the aid of further legislation by Congress? In expounding this; law, the judgment of the court...its passage, nor by the motives or reasons assigned bythem for supporting or opposing amendments that were offered. The law as it passed is the will of...
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Reports from the Court of Claims Submitted to the House of ..., Volume 3

United States. Court of Claims - 1858 - 998 pages
...intended by enacting the law. In the case of Aldridge vs. Williams, (3 Howard, 24,) the court say : "In expounding this law the judgment of the court cannot, in any degree, be influenced by I he construction placed upon it by individual members of Congress in the debate which took place on...
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Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and ..., Volume 11

United States. Congress. Senate - 1860 - 888 pages
...Court of the United States have very clearly set forth the proper rule of construction, as follows: "The judgment of the court cannot in any degree be influenced by the construction placed upon the act by individual members of Congress in the debate which took place on its passage, nor by the...
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Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and ..., Volume 11

United States. Congress. Senate - 1860 - 888 pages
...Court of the United States have very clearly set forth the proper rule of construction, as follows: "The judgment of the court cannot in any degree be influenced by the construction placed upon the act by individual members of Congress in the debate which took place on its passage, nor by the...
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Trial of Andrew Johnson: President of the United States, Before ..., Volume 3

Andrew Johnson - 1868 - 444 pages
...and 24,) Chief Justice Taney observed — 'In expounding this law — the compromise act of 1833 — the judgment of the court cannot in any degree, be influenced by the construction placed upon it by members of Congress in the debate which took place on its passage, nor by the motives or reasons assigned...
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Trial of Andrew Johnson: Opinions and appendix

Andrew Johnson - 1868 - 446 pages
...I quote the judgment of the Supreme Court of the United States, pronounced by Chief Justice Taney : In expounding this law, the judgment of the court cannot in any degree he influenced by the construction placed upon it by individual members of Congress in the debate wkich...
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Trial of Andrew Johnson: Opinions and appendix

Andrew Johnson - 1868 - 436 pages
...quote the judgment of the Supreme Court of the United States, pronounced by Chief Justice Taney : 1n expounding this law, the judgment of the court cannot in any degree he influenced by the construction placed upon it by individual members of Congress in tke debate which...
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Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States: Advising ...

United States. Department of Justice - 1873 - 668 pages
...House of Representatives when the act of 1862 was under consideration. In expounding an act of Congress the construction placed upon it by individual members...Congress, in the debate which took place on its passage, cannot be considered. (Eldridge vs. Williams, 3 How., 1; 6 Opins., 464; 9 Opins., 57.) I am more impressed...
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Public Land Laws Passed by Congress from March 4, 1869, to March 3, 1875 ...

Henry Norris Copp - 1875 - 1000 pages
...go." In Aldridge v. Williams, 3 How., 24, Ch. Justice Taney in speaking of an act of Congress said, " in expounding this law the judgment of the Court cannot...any degree be influenced by the construction placed npon it by individual members of Congress in the debate which took place on its passage, nor by the...
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The Works of Charles Sumner, Volume 12

Charles Sumner - 1877 - 558 pages
...quote the judgment of the Supreme Court of the United States, pronounced by Chief Justice Taney : — " In expounding this law, the judgment of the Court...degree be influenced by the construction placed upon ii by individual members of Congress in the debate which took place on iis passage, nor by the motives...
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