Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading Debates and Incidents of the ... Session of the ... Congress, Volume 1; Volume 43Gales & Seaton, 1825 |
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... commissioner or witness to the treaty . That gentleman raging , any other person so to engage , shall forfeit the died on the ... Commissioners ; in January , 1806 , another was concluded with them at Washington , by Gen. Dearborn , then ...
... commissioner or witness to the treaty . That gentleman raging , any other person so to engage , shall forfeit the died on the ... Commissioners ; in January , 1806 , another was concluded with them at Washington , by Gen. Dearborn , then ...
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... Commissioner appointed for that purpose under the former act , its failure , and the ill success which had since attended , in Congress , individual claims for indem- nification , by his constituents , although other claims , of a ...
... Commissioner appointed for that purpose under the former act , its failure , and the ill success which had since attended , in Congress , individual claims for indem- nification , by his constituents , although other claims , of a ...
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... Commissioner of the Land Office ; and that they left no doubt on his mind of the validity or value of the title which General Lafayette had released , with equal gene- rosity and delicacy . The United States granted to General Lafayette ...
... Commissioner of the Land Office ; and that they left no doubt on his mind of the validity or value of the title which General Lafayette had released , with equal gene- rosity and delicacy . The United States granted to General Lafayette ...
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... commissioner in his decisions . The claims currence of a state of war , the frontier will , of course , which had been passed , and the allowances which were be most exposed to danger ; and if , in his opinion , the considered ...
... commissioner in his decisions . The claims currence of a state of war , the frontier will , of course , which had been passed , and the allowances which were be most exposed to danger ; and if , in his opinion , the considered ...
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... Commissioner who was au- thorized to examine testimony on the claims , and if it was proved that the buildings destroyed were used as a place of military deposite , he was authorized to repay their value . The Commissioner held , that ...
... Commissioner who was au- thorized to examine testimony on the claims , and if it was proved that the buildings destroyed were used as a place of military deposite , he was authorized to repay their value . The Commissioner held , that ...
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Page 39 - It is agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the north-west coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbors, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects, of the two powers...
Page 1 - Resolved, That a committee of one member from each State represented in this House be appointed on the part of this House, to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to consider and report by what token of respect and affection it may be proper for the Congress of the United States to express the deep sensibility of the nation to the event of the decease of their late President.
Page 151 - An act in addition to an act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and for other purposes...
Page 153 - Statutes, which provides, among other things, that 'every person who commits murder' 'upon the high seas, or in any arm of the sea, or in any river, haven, creek, basin, or bay, within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State...
Page 101 - And they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President and of all persons voted for as Vice...
Page 101 - And if the house of representatives shall not choose a president whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the vice president shall act as president, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the president.
Page 641 - An act enabling the claimants to lands within the limits of the State of Missouri and Territory of Arkansas to institute proceedings to try the validity of their claims...
Page 3 - ... to you cordial congratulations upon the occasion of your recent arrival in the United States, in compliance with the wishes of Congress, and to assure you of the very high satisfaction which your presence affords on this early theatre of your glory and renown. Although but few of the members...
Page 339 - State, or when committed within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State on board any vessel belonging in whole or in part to the United States or any citizen thereof, or to any corporation created by or under the laws of the United States or of any State, Territory or District thereof.
Page 465 - ... dollars out of any moneys in the treasury or to come into the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this act into effect.