Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States: Advising the President and Heads of Departments, in Relation to Their Official DutiesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1875 |
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... statute now in force shall be revived by anything herein contained . " Is it not clear that a defendant in a suit under this act , desiring to avail himself of the statute of limitations , could , if necessary to perfect the bar ...
... statute now in force shall be revived by anything herein contained . " Is it not clear that a defendant in a suit under this act , desiring to avail himself of the statute of limitations , could , if necessary to perfect the bar ...
Page 119
... statute does not contemplate that the remitter of the order shall be at liberty to revoke it , and demand back his ... statutes establishing the money order system , and the regulations of the Postmaster- General thereunder , and that ...
... statute does not contemplate that the remitter of the order shall be at liberty to revoke it , and demand back his ... statutes establishing the money order system , and the regulations of the Postmaster- General thereunder , and that ...
Page 121
... statute to the Postmaster - General in respect to the form of the order ; and the form authorized by him , while omitting the name of the payee , does state the amount for which the order is given . Although the money and the fee are ...
... statute to the Postmaster - General in respect to the form of the order ; and the form authorized by him , while omitting the name of the payee , does state the amount for which the order is given . Although the money and the fee are ...
Page 122
... statute of 11 and 12 Victoria , chap . 88 , passed in 1848 , and contained in the 88th volume of the English Statutes at Large , 562 , and the systems in the two countries are so similar as to make it very apparent that the English statutes ...
... statute of 11 and 12 Victoria , chap . 88 , passed in 1848 , and contained in the 88th volume of the English Statutes at Large , 562 , and the systems in the two countries are so similar as to make it very apparent that the English statutes ...
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... statute , differed in their views re- specting the particular grounds of their liability . Acting upon the interpretation of the statute conceived by the Department to have been given it by the court , accord- ing to which " silk and ...
... statute , differed in their views re- specting the particular grounds of their liability . Acting upon the interpretation of the statute conceived by the Department to have been given it by the court , accord- ing to which " silk and ...
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Page 115 - All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States...
Page 282 - ... committed within the jurisdiction of either party, shall seek an asylum, or shall be found within the territories of the other: provided, that this shall only be done upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial , if the crime or...
Page 315 - ... upon condition that said company shall pay said bonds at maturity', and shall keep said railroad and telegraph line in repair and use, and shall at all times transmit dispatches over said telegraph line, and transport mails, troops, and munitions of war, supplies and public stores, upon said railroad for the government, whenever required to do so by any department thereof; and that the government shall at all times have the preference in the use of the same for all the purposes aforesaid (at...
Page 37 - ACT constituting eight hours a day's work for all laborers, workmen, and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the Goverment of the United States.
Page 158 - Valley ; every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for ten sections in width on each side of said road and each of its branches.
Page 664 - ... a public highway, for the use of the government of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States.
Page 372 - And all property taken or detained by any officer or other person under authority of any revenue law of the United States, shall be irrepleviable, and shall be deemed to be in the custody of the law, and subject only to the orders and decrees of the courts of "the United States having jurisdiction thereof.
Page 266 - No person shall be liable to be tried and punished by a general court-martial for any offense which shall appear to have been committed more than two years before the issuing of the order for such trial, unless the person, by reason of having absented himself, or some other manifest impediment, shall not have been amenable to justice within that period.
Page 452 - States, to admit amongst them; and the United States now solemnly agrees that no persons except those herein designated and authorized so to do, and except such officers, agents. and employes of the government as may be authorized to enter upon Indian reservations in discharge of duties enjoined by law, shall ever be permitted to pass over, settle upon, or reside in the territory described in this article...
Page 467 - No person or corporation shall, directly or indirectly, take or receive in money, goods or things in action, or in any other way, any greater sum or greater value for the loan or forbearance of any money, goods or things in action than is above prescribed.