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... establishing a uniform coinage . Under the presidency of Mr. James Heyward , F. R. S. , in the appro- priate section of the congress , this programme was ably discussed at successive meetings by Sir John Bowring , Mr. Visschers , of ...
... establishing a uniform coinage . Under the presidency of Mr. James Heyward , F. R. S. , in the appro- priate section of the congress , this programme was ably discussed at successive meetings by Sir John Bowring , Mr. Visschers , of ...
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... United Kingdom or of the United States , whether on the oceans or on the inland lakes , are now made only by weight . For the purpose of establishing a measure better fitted for stating 12 INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CONGRESS .
... United Kingdom or of the United States , whether on the oceans or on the inland lakes , are now made only by weight . For the purpose of establishing a measure better fitted for stating 12 INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CONGRESS .
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... establishing a measure better fitted for stating the actual value of cereals , the British government , in the year 1864 , took an important step in the right direction , by requiring that all cereals of every description thereafter to ...
... establishing a measure better fitted for stating the actual value of cereals , the British government , in the year 1864 , took an important step in the right direction , by requiring that all cereals of every description thereafter to ...
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... establish the benefit of artificial shad culture , and to prove that these fish could be hatched at a rate that would supply the wants of an increasing population ; and from this single experi- ment it is reasonable to suppose that many ...
... establish the benefit of artificial shad culture , and to prove that these fish could be hatched at a rate that would supply the wants of an increasing population ; and from this single experi- ment it is reasonable to suppose that many ...
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... established as a successful means of supplying the people with cheap food . Shad culture was commenced on a small scale in the State of New York in the spring of 1868 , not with the expectation of any positive result other than a full ...
... established as a successful means of supplying the people with cheap food . Shad culture was commenced on a small scale in the State of New York in the spring of 1868 , not with the expectation of any positive result other than a full ...
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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.