Compilation of Laws and Decisions of the Courts Relating to War ClaimsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1908 - 329 pages |
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... soldiers for losses of horses or horse equipments and other property lost or destroyed in the military service of the United States . Claims of officers of volunteers for three months ' pay when mustered out of service ... Claims ...
... soldiers for losses of horses or horse equipments and other property lost or destroyed in the military service of the United States . Claims of officers of volunteers for three months ' pay when mustered out of service ... Claims ...
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... soldiers . They are men who rose from the ranks by hard fighting and good conduct , earning their commissions before they got them , and working for them after they came ; and it seems a strange anomaly that six years after the war ...
... soldiers . They are men who rose from the ranks by hard fighting and good conduct , earning their commissions before they got them , and working for them after they came ; and it seems a strange anomaly that six years after the war ...
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... soldiers . SEC . 1290. When a soldier is ( honorably ) discharged to Travel pay from the service , ( except by way of punishment for an offense , ) he shall be allowed transportation and subsist- ence from the place of his discharge to ...
... soldiers . SEC . 1290. When a soldier is ( honorably ) discharged to Travel pay from the service , ( except by way of punishment for an offense , ) he shall be allowed transportation and subsist- ence from the place of his discharge to ...
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... soldiers tion for dis- to whom arti- ficial limbs are furnished . ARTIFICIAL LIMBS . ACTS OF CONGRESS RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL LIMBS FOR SOLDIERS AND SEAMEN . [ 14 Stat . L. , p . 342. ] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to furnish ...
... soldiers tion for dis- to whom arti- ficial limbs are furnished . ARTIFICIAL LIMBS . ACTS OF CONGRESS RELATING TO ARTIFICIAL LIMBS FOR SOLDIERS AND SEAMEN . [ 14 Stat . L. , p . 342. ] AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of War to furnish ...
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... soldiers who have elected to receive money commutation instead of limbs or apparatus , with the amount due to each , and the commissioner of pensions shall cause the same to be paid to such soldiers in the same manner as pensions are ...
... soldiers who have elected to receive money commutation instead of limbs or apparatus , with the amount due to each , and the commissioner of pensions shall cause the same to be paid to such soldiers in the same manner as pensions are ...
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Page 172 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder...
Page 175 - ... that this war is not waged on their part in any spirit of oppression, or for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, or purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Page 169 - States, do proclaim, declare, and make known to all persons who have, directly or* by implication, participated in the existing rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted, that a full pardon is hereby granted to them and each of them, with restoration of all rights of property, except as to slaves, and in property cases where rights of third parties shall have intervened...
Page 132 - All claims founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, except for pensions, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the Government of the United States...
Page 187 - Every claim against the United States, cognizable by the Court of Claims, shall be forever barred unless the petition setting forth a statement thereof is filed in the court, or transmitted to it by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives as provided Ъу law, within six years after the claim first accrues...
Page 171 - And it is suggested as not improper that in constructing a loyal State government in any State the name of the State, the boundary, the subdivisions, the constitution, and the general code of laws as before the rebellion be maintained...
Page 16 - All transfers and assignments made of any claim upon the United States, or of any part or share thereof, or interest therein, whether absolute or conditional, and whatever may be the consideration therefor, and all powers of attorney, orders, or other authorities for receiving payment of any such claim, or of any part or share thereof, shall be absolutely null and void, unless they are freely made and executed in the presence of at least two attesting witnesses, after the allowance ' of such a claim,...
Page 170 - ... the United States shall guaranty to every state in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or the executive, (when the legislature cannot be convened,) against domestic violence.
Page 169 - President shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offences against the United States, except in cases of impeachment — and, whereas, a rebellion now exists, whereby the loyal State Governments of several States have for a long time been subverted, and many persons have committed and are now guilty of treason against the United States...
Page 170 - The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature can not be convened), against domestic violence.