The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United StatesGales and Seaton, 1852 |
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... thereof , " was read the second time , and for other purposes , ' as is contained in the and referred to Messrs . ANDERSON , TRACY , and ADAMS , to consider and report thereon . The bill to regulate the laying out and making land , to ...
... thereof , " was read the second time , and for other purposes , ' as is contained in the and referred to Messrs . ANDERSON , TRACY , and ADAMS , to consider and report thereon . The bill to regulate the laying out and making land , to ...
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... thereof be " An act to regulate the laying out and making a road from Cumber- land , in the State of Maryland , to the State of Ohio . " The bill , entitled " An act supplementary to the act making provision for the payment of claims of ...
... thereof be " An act to regulate the laying out and making a road from Cumber- land , in the State of Maryland , to the State of Ohio . " The bill , entitled " An act supplementary to the act making provision for the payment of claims of ...
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... thereof , un- der a hope that it would have been respected in foreign ports , and have protected him from im- pressment . This certificate acquired the name of a protection . 6 ' the practice , though relaxed at times in the dis- tant ...
... thereof , un- der a hope that it would have been respected in foreign ports , and have protected him from im- pressment . This certificate acquired the name of a protection . 6 ' the practice , though relaxed at times in the dis- tant ...
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... thereof be post- poned until to - morrow . Great Britain by an attack on the liberty of the citizen , and it can never be said that we are not justified by claiming the damages we have receiv - sentatives . ed by a violation on personal ...
... thereof be post- poned until to - morrow . Great Britain by an attack on the liberty of the citizen , and it can never be said that we are not justified by claiming the damages we have receiv - sentatives . ed by a violation on personal ...
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... thereof to the public , and praying the duct has been prescribed or sanctioned by the public authority of their respective nations , they are not con- sidered as falling within the purview of the resolution Trade with St. Domingo ...
... thereof to the public , and praying the duct has been prescribed or sanctioned by the public authority of their respective nations , they are not con- sidered as falling within the purview of the resolution Trade with St. Domingo ...
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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.