Annals of the Congress of the United StatesGales and Seaton, 1853 |
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... LEIB , from him that a quorum of the two Houses is assembled Pennsylvania . SAMUEL WHITE , from Delaware . SAMUEL SMITH , from Maryland . WILLIAM B. GILES , from Virginia . JESSE FRANKLIN and JAMES TURNER , from North Carolina . JOHN ...
... LEIB , from him that a quorum of the two Houses is assembled Pennsylvania . SAMUEL WHITE , from Delaware . SAMUEL SMITH , from Maryland . WILLIAM B. GILES , from Virginia . JESSE FRANKLIN and JAMES TURNER , from North Carolina . JOHN ...
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... LEIB presented the petition of Edward Pennington and others , sugar refiners in the city of Philadelphia , praying that a law may be passed spect the United States , having been thus arranged , a The discontinuance of the British Orders ...
... LEIB presented the petition of Edward Pennington and others , sugar refiners in the city of Philadelphia , praying that a law may be passed spect the United States , having been thus arranged , a The discontinuance of the British Orders ...
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... LEIB , were appointed the committee . The Senate resumed the consideration of the motion submitted yesterday , that a select com- mittee be appointed to inquire whether it be ex- pedient at this time to make any modification of the laws ...
... LEIB , were appointed the committee . The Senate resumed the consideration of the motion submitted yesterday , that a select com- mittee be appointed to inquire whether it be ex- pedient at this time to make any modification of the laws ...
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... LEIB , to postpone the consideration thereof The Senate resumed the consideration of the motion made yesterday for a committee to inquire into the expediency of taking the census of the inhabitants of the United States and Territories ...
... LEIB , to postpone the consideration thereof The Senate resumed the consideration of the motion made yesterday for a committee to inquire into the expediency of taking the census of the inhabitants of the United States and Territories ...
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... Leib , Lloyd , Parker , Pick- ering , and Turner . On motion , by Mr. LLOYD , Resolved , That the President of the Senate be requested to notify the Executive of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations of the death of ...
... Leib , Lloyd , Parker , Pick- ering , and Turner . On motion , by Mr. LLOYD , Resolved , That the President of the Senate be requested to notify the Executive of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations of the death of ...
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Page 835 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer, Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike ; Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Page 37 - Congress concerning the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies...
Page 617 - ... for one share, and not more than two shares, one vote; for every two shares above two, and not exceeding ten, one vote; for every four shares above ten, and not exceeding thirty, one vote; for every six shares above thirty, and not exceeding sixty, one vote; for every eight shares above sixty, and not exceeding one hundred, one vote ; and for every ten shares above one hundred, one vote ; but no person, co-partnership, or body politic shall be entitled to a greater number than thirty votes.
Page 617 - ... natural and private capacities ; and an action of debt may, in such case, be brought against them, or any...
Page 33 - An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes...
Page 141 - It seemed, therefore, to be my duty to admonish our citizens of the consequences of a contraband trade and of hostile acts to any of the parties, and to obtain by a declaration of the existing legal state of things an easier admission of our right to the immunities belonging to our situation.
Page 617 - ... six shares above thirty and not exceeding sixty, one vote; for every eight shares above sixty and not exceeding one hundred, one vote; and for every ten shares above one hundred, one vote; but no person, copartnership, or body politic, shall be entitled to a greater number than thirty votes. And after the first election, no share or shares shall confer a right of suffrage, which shall not have been holden three calendar months previous to the day of election.
Page 619 - ... his, her or their private or natural capacity or capacities, and shall be assignable and negotiable in like manner as if they were so issued by such private person or persons; that is to say, those which shall be payable to any person or persons...
Page 583 - An act making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States for the year 1823?
Page 671 - ... of the United States shall accept, claim, receive, or retain any title of nobility or honor, or shall, without the consent of Congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office, or emolument of any kind whatever, from any emperor, king, prince or foreign power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of the United States and shall be incapable of holding any office of trust or profit under them or either of them.