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... testimony of any description . No new evi- dence is submitted . The committee do not find any ground to reverse the decision of the Commissioner , and ask to be discharged from further consideration of the petition . 2d Session . IN THE ...
... testimony of any description . No new evi- dence is submitted . The committee do not find any ground to reverse the decision of the Commissioner , and ask to be discharged from further consideration of the petition . 2d Session . IN THE ...
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... testimony upon several important points . Mrs. Williamson swears that she was married to the soldier on the 20th day of July , 1856. Two of her witnesses swear that the sol- dier's first wife did not die till December 16 in that year ...
... testimony upon several important points . Mrs. Williamson swears that she was married to the soldier on the 20th day of July , 1856. Two of her witnesses swear that the sol- dier's first wife did not die till December 16 in that year ...
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... testimony is irreconcilable , and the fact that Aiken obtained a land warrant in 1856 does not cure the defects . The case having been fully examined by the bureau , by the Secretary of the Interior upon appeal , and no new evidence ...
... testimony is irreconcilable , and the fact that Aiken obtained a land warrant in 1856 does not cure the defects . The case having been fully examined by the bureau , by the Secretary of the Interior upon appeal , and no new evidence ...
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... testimony of Dr. Carpenter shows that within one month thereafter he was treated for the diseases for which he now claims pension . He has since that time been continuously under the care of the most eminent surgeons in New York ...
... testimony of Dr. Carpenter shows that within one month thereafter he was treated for the diseases for which he now claims pension . He has since that time been continuously under the care of the most eminent surgeons in New York ...
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... testimony , and finally made an award , which was regarded as excessive ; and for that , and the additional reason that the jury allowed damages for land lying beyond the jurisdiction of the court , in Virginia , at the instance of the ...
... testimony , and finally made an award , which was regarded as excessive ; and for that , and the additional reason that the jury allowed damages for land lying beyond the jurisdiction of the court , in Virginia , at the instance of the ...
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2d Session accompany bill Adjutant-General ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE affidavit amount appointed approved April Army Artillery August authority bill H. R. bonds brevet Captain Cavalry cents charge claimant Colonel command commission Commissioner Committee on Claims Committee on Military Committee on Pensions Congress contract court court-martial December Department desertion disability discharged district duty enlisted entitled evidence facts February FEBRUARY 9 Fitz-John Porter following REPORT granted HEADQUARTERS herewith honor inclosed Indian Infantry January JANUARY 12 JANUARY 21 July June lands letter Major-General March ment Military Affairs mustered obedient servant opinion paid payment petitioner Porter President printed quartermaster received recommend the passage referred the bill regiment relief respectfully Second lieutenant Secretary Secretary of War soldier Statutes submitted the fol submitted the following testimony thereof tion Treasury troops United United States Army United States Senate Volunteers War Department Washington
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Page 78 - 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 78 - ... the Court of Claims. The act of February 24, 1855, establishing the Court of Claims, invested it with authority to " hear and determine all claims founded upon any law of Congress, or upon any regulation of an executive department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the Government of the United States, which may be suggested to it by a petition filed therein ; and also all claims which may be referred to said court by either house of Congress.
Page 78 - An act for establishing rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States,
Page 67 - March, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, or shall hereafter die, by reason of any wound received or disease contracted while in the service of the United States, and in the line of duty, and has not left or shall not leave a widow nor legitimate child...
Page 78 - But it shall be a sufficient defense to any charge of introducing or attempting to introduce ardent spirits, ale, beer, wine, or intoxicating liquors into the Indian country that the acts charged were done under authority, in writing, from the War Department or any officer duly authorized thereunto by the War Department.
Page 78 - First. In the apprehension of every person who may be in the Indian country in violation of law; and in conveying him immediately from the Indian country, by the nearest convenient and safe route, to the civil authority of the Territory or judicial district in which such person shall be found, to be proceeded against in due course of law; Second.
Page 78 - ... go beyond the limits of the United States, with intent to avoid any draft into the military or naval service, duly ordered, shall be liable to the penalties of this section.