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... seamen and ordinary seamen . Whether a frigate may be trusted to two - thirds only of her proper complement of men , must depend on the nature of the service on which she is ordered . That may sometimes for her safety , as well as to ...
... seamen and ordinary seamen . Whether a frigate may be trusted to two - thirds only of her proper complement of men , must depend on the nature of the service on which she is ordered . That may sometimes for her safety , as well as to ...
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... seamen which may be employed in the whole service , rather than by the number of vessels . Occasions oftener arise for the employment of small than of large vessels , and it would lessén risk as well as expense , to be authorized to em ...
... seamen which may be employed in the whole service , rather than by the number of vessels . Occasions oftener arise for the employment of small than of large vessels , and it would lessén risk as well as expense , to be authorized to em ...
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... seamen , our remonstrances have never been intermitted . A hope existed at one moment of an arrangement which might have been sub- mitted to , but it soon passed away , and the practice , though relaxed at times in the distant seas ...
... seamen , our remonstrances have never been intermitted . A hope existed at one moment of an arrangement which might have been sub- mitted to , but it soon passed away , and the practice , though relaxed at times in the distant seas ...
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... SEAMEN . Agreeably to notice given on the 16th instant , Mr. WRIGHT asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill ; which was read , and passed to a second reading : A Bill for the protection and indemnification of Amer- can ...
... SEAMEN . Agreeably to notice given on the 16th instant , Mr. WRIGHT asked and obtained leave to bring in the following bill ; which was read , and passed to a second reading : A Bill for the protection and indemnification of Amer- can ...
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... seamen . " Under these legislative provisions , and the inter- hundreds of our seamen no doubt have been vention of our agents appointed for that purpose , discharged by the Board of Admiralty , while at the same time , and under the ...
... seamen . " Under these legislative provisions , and the inter- hundreds of our seamen no doubt have been vention of our agents appointed for that purpose , discharged by the Board of Admiralty , while at the same time , and under the ...
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Page 293 - An act to regulate trade, and intercourse with the Indian tribes and to preserve peace on the frontiers.
Page 283 - 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 to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain, and the House shall, if appealed to, decide on the case, but without debate; if there be no appeal, the derision of the Chair shall be submitted to.
Page 117 - 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 287 - The first reading of a bill shall be for information, and, if opposition be made to it, the question shall be, " Shall this bill be rejected ?" If no opposition be made, or if the question to reject be negatived, the bill shall go to its second reading without a question.
Page 283 - 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 283 - 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 283 - He shall preserve order and decorum ; may speak to points of order in preference to other members, rising from his seat for that purpose ; and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the house by any two members, on which appeal no member shall speak more than once, unless by leave of the house.
Page 283 - After a motion is stated by the Speaker, or read by the Clerk, it shall be deemed to be in the possession of the House, but may be withdrawn at any time before a decision or amendment.
Page 345 - 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.