The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States: With an Appendix, Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and All the Laws of a Public Nature; with a Copious Index ... [First To] Eighteenth Congress.--first Session: Comprising the Period from [March 3, 1789] to May 27, 1824, Inclusive. Comp. from Authentic MaterialsGales and Seaton, 1852 |
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... sent from the House of Representa - ance to the ordinance and laws of the United tives , entitled " An act authorizing the erection of a bridge over the river Potomac , within the Dis- trict of Columbia , " was read the second time ...
... sent from the House of Representa - ance to the ordinance and laws of the United tives , entitled " An act authorizing the erection of a bridge over the river Potomac , within the Dis- trict of Columbia , " was read the second time ...
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... sent , that this bill be now read the third time . The Senate resumed , as in Committee of the Whole , the second reading of the bill for the relief of Seth Harding , late a Čaptain in the Navy of the United States , and the bill having ...
... sent , that this bill be now read the third time . The Senate resumed , as in Committee of the Whole , the second reading of the bill for the relief of Seth Harding , late a Čaptain in the Navy of the United States , and the bill having ...
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... sent of its inhabitants , and that his resources were in- adequate , as yet , to effect it by force . He took his course then at once , determined to seize on New Or- leans , plunder the bank there , possess himself of the military and ...
... sent of its inhabitants , and that his resources were in- adequate , as yet , to effect it by force . He took his course then at once , determined to seize on New Or- leans , plunder the bank there , possess himself of the military and ...
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... sent from the Senate , entitled " An act to alter the time for holding the circuit courts in the district of North Carolina , " with amendments , in which they request the concurrence of the Senate . They have passed a bill , entitled ...
... sent from the Senate , entitled " An act to alter the time for holding the circuit courts in the district of North Carolina , " with amendments , in which they request the concurrence of the Senate . They have passed a bill , entitled ...
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... sent from the House of Representa- tives , entitled " An act further supplementary to the act , entitled ' An act concerning the District That a committee be appointed to inquire into the of Columbia , " was read the second time , and ...
... sent from the House of Representa- tives , entitled " An act further supplementary to the act , entitled ' An act concerning the District That a committee be appointed to inquire into the of Columbia , " was read the second time , and ...
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Page 233 - And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Page 541 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 555 - That all the before-mentioned courts of the United States shall have power to issue writs of scire facias, habeas corpus, and all other writs, not specially provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and agreeable to the principles and usages of law.
Page 501 - The writ of habeas corpus shall in no case extend to a prisoner in jail, unless where he is in custody under or by color of the authority of the United States...
Page 271 - 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 425 - An Act regulating the grants of land, and providing for the disposal of the lands of the United States south of the State of Tennessee...
Page 325 - That if any person shall write, print, utter or publish, or shall cause or procure to be written, printed, uttered or published, or shall knowingly and willingly assist or aid in writing, printing, uttering or publishing any false, scandalous and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States...
Page 429 - An act to regulate the laying out and making a road from Cumberland, in the State of Maryland, to the State of Ohio...
Page 25 - An act for establishing rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States,
Page 165 - Lawrence: comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the bay of Fundy, and the Atlantic ocean; excepting such islands as now are or heretofore have been within...