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... passed in the affirmative - yeas 16 , nays 11 , as follows : . YEAS - Messrs . Anderson , Bradley , Condit , Fenner , Howland , Kitchel , Logan , Maclay , Mitchill , Plumer , Smith of Maryland , Smith of Tennessee , Smith of Ver- mont ...
... passed in the affirmative - yeas 16 , nays 11 , as follows : . YEAS - Messrs . Anderson , Bradley , Condit , Fenner , Howland , Kitchel , Logan , Maclay , Mitchill , Plumer , Smith of Maryland , Smith of Tennessee , Smith of Ver- mont ...
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... passed to check the violence of our navi- gators , and to restrain the adventurous zeal of our merchants . The provisions of this law , were such as it was deemed just and proper that a neutral nation should take . And this was a lib ...
... passed to check the violence of our navi- gators , and to restrain the adventurous zeal of our merchants . The provisions of this law , were such as it was deemed just and proper that a neutral nation should take . And this was a lib ...
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... passed a bill , entitled " An act to provide for light - houses in Long Island Sound , and to declare Roxbury , in the State of Massachusetts , to be a port of de- livery ; " in which bill they desire the concurrence of the Senate . The ...
... passed a bill , entitled " An act to provide for light - houses in Long Island Sound , and to declare Roxbury , in the State of Massachusetts , to be a port of de- livery ; " in which bill they desire the concurrence of the Senate . The ...
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... passed to the second Ordered , That the message and bill last read , be considered confidential , and that secrecy be observed by the members and officers of the Senate . The following Message was received from the PRESIDENT OF THE ...
... passed to the second Ordered , That the message and bill last read , be considered confidential , and that secrecy be observed by the members and officers of the Senate . The following Message was received from the PRESIDENT OF THE ...
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... passed in Parliament , in the same terms as the statute of Charles above stated . I presume they would never have passed laws to have authorized a pro- ceeding that was justifiable by the common law . Judge Foster , who is quoted by ...
... passed in Parliament , in the same terms as the statute of Charles above stated . I presume they would never have passed laws to have authorized a pro- ceeding that was justifiable by the common law . Judge Foster , who is quoted by ...
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Page 67 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
Page 201 - WHEN a question has been once made and carried in the affirmative or negative, it shall be in order for any member of the majority to move for the re-consideration thereof...
Page 121 - During the throes and convulsions of the ancient world, during the agonizing spasms of infuriated man, seeking through blood and slaughter his longlost liberty, it was not wonderful that the agitation of the billows should reach even this distant and peaceful shore...
Page 289 - When a motion has been once made and carried in the affirmative or negative, it shall be in order for any member of the majority to move for the reconsideration thereof, on the same or the succeeding day: and such motion shall take precedence of all other questions, except a motion to adjourn.
Page 287 - If any member, in speaking or otherwise, transgress the rules of the House, the Speaker shall, or any member may, call to order; in which case the member so called...
Page 287 - No member shall vote on any question, in the event of which he is immediately and particularly interested ; or, in any case, where he was not present when the question was put.
Page 21 - ... leading from the navigable waters emptying into the Atlantic, to the Ohio, to the said state, and through the same, such roads to be laid out under the authority of Congress, with the consent of the several states through which the road shall pass...
Page 287 - All acts, addresses, and joint resolutions, shall be signed by the Speaker ; and all writs, warrants, and subpoenas, issued by order of the House, shall be under his hand and seal, attested by the clerk.
Page 367 - The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person.
Page 291 - When a message shall be sent from the Senate to the House of Representatives, it shall be announced at the door of the House by the doorkeeper, and shall be respectfully communicated to the chair, by the person by whom it may be sent.