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... received at the Department of State of the ratifica- tion , by the legislature of one , and only one , additional State , to wit , that of New Jersey , of the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States , since the 30th ...
... received at the Department of State of the ratifica- tion , by the legislature of one , and only one , additional State , to wit , that of New Jersey , of the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States , since the 30th ...
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... received that 82 regiments were really organized and accepted for three years , prior to the passage of the act of July 22 , 1861 , and that those composing the 42,034 volunteers called for by the President could not be ascertained ...
... received that 82 regiments were really organized and accepted for three years , prior to the passage of the act of July 22 , 1861 , and that those composing the 42,034 volunteers called for by the President could not be ascertained ...
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... received at the contract office of this Department until 3 p . m . of Marchi 1 , 1870 , for carrying the mails of the United States , from July 1 , 1870 , to June 30 , 1874 , in the Territory of New Mexico , on the routes and by the ...
... received at the contract office of this Department until 3 p . m . of Marchi 1 , 1870 , for carrying the mails of the United States , from July 1 , 1870 , to June 30 , 1874 , in the Territory of New Mexico , on the routes and by the ...
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... received , and ruling out all above $ 43,000 as too high , a circular was sent to each of the other bidders , on the 14th July , 1870 , making offer to contract with them at their bid . A copy of this circular is hereto attached ...
... received , and ruling out all above $ 43,000 as too high , a circular was sent to each of the other bidders , on the 14th July , 1870 , making offer to contract with them at their bid . A copy of this circular is hereto attached ...
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... received from the Secretary of War . EXECUTIVE MANSION , March 31 , 1871 . U. S. GRANT . WAR DEPARTMENT , March 28 , 1871 . The Secretary of War has the honor to return to the President of the United States the resolution of the Senate ...
... received from the Secretary of War . EXECUTIVE MANSION , March 31 , 1871 . U. S. GRANT . WAR DEPARTMENT , March 28 , 1871 . The Secretary of War has the honor to return to the President of the United States the resolution of the Senate ...
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Page 73 - An act to confiscate property used for insurrectionary purposes,' approved August 6, 1861, and a copy of which act I herewith send you.
Page 212 - Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. 29 And there shall come from the east and the west and the north and the south ; and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
Page 1 - During the last session of Congress a treaty for the annexation of the Republic of San Domingo to the United States failed to receive the requisite two-thirds vote of the Senate. I was thoroughly convinced then that the best interests of this country, commercially and materially, demanded its ratification. Time has only confirmed me in this view. I now firmly believe that the moment it is known that the United States...
Page 9 - Whereas, for the reasons thus recited, it was enacted by the said statute that all able-bodied male citizens of the United States, and persons of foreign birth who shall have declared on oath their intention to become citizens...
Page 1 - To the Senate and House of Representatives : I have the honor to submit herewith to the two Houses of Congress the report of the commissioners appointed in pursuance of joint resolution approved January 12, 1871.
Page 30 - That the bridges across the Ohio river at Wheeling, in the state of Virginia, and at Bridgeport, in the state of Ohio, abutting on Zane's Island, in said river, are hereby declared to be lawful structures in their present positions and elevations, and shall be so held and taken to be, anything in the law or laws of the United States to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 5 - ... if the spirit of evil is, before the final consummation of things, to be cast down from his dominion over men and bound in the chains of a thousand years, the foretaste here of man's eternal felicity, then this system of common instruments to accomplish all the changes of social and friendly commerce will furnish the links of sympathy between the inhabitants of the most distant regions; the metre will surround the globe in use as well as in multiplied extension, and one language of weights and...
Page 13 - ... any officer, civil or military, or against any other person for any arrest or imprisonment made or other trespasses or wrongs done or committed or any act omitted to be done at any time during the present rebellion by virtue or under color of any authority derived from or exercised by or under the President of the United States or any act of Congress, and the defendant shall at the time of entering his appearance in...
Page 67 - ... and shall furnish such other information as may be required for a full and satisfactory understanding of the subject; And until the said plan and location of the bridge are approved by the Secretary of War, the bridge...
Page 67 - ... no higher charge shall be made for the transmission over the same of the mails, the troops, and the munitions of war of the United States, than the rate per mile paid for their transportation over the railroads or public highways leading to said bridge; and the United States shall have the right of way for postal telegraph purposes across said bridge.