California and New Mexico: Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Information in Answer to a Resolution of the House of the 31st of December, 1849, on the Subject of California and New Mexico |
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... July , 1849 , relative to the contract for ship chandlery for the New York station in the years 1847 - '48 . To the first of these communications I have only to state , that I reported the fact , with the amount , to the department ...
... July , 1849 , relative to the contract for ship chandlery for the New York station in the years 1847 - '48 . To the first of these communications I have only to state , that I reported the fact , with the amount , to the department ...
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... July 2 Some pools of water . 20 00 499.93 3 Middle springs of Cimarron ... 19.02 518.95 4 Little crossings of Cimarron .. 12.93 531.88 5 Near upper Cimarron springs .. 14.10 545.98 6 Cold spring . 19.05 565.03 7 Cedar creek .. 16.13 ...
... July 2 Some pools of water . 20 00 499.93 3 Middle springs of Cimarron ... 19.02 518.95 4 Little crossings of Cimarron .. 12.93 531.88 5 Near upper Cimarron springs .. 14.10 545.98 6 Cold spring . 19.05 565.03 7 Cedar creek .. 16.13 ...
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... July 11 , 1849 . SIR : That I may be enabled to lay before Congress at their next ses- sion something reliable as to the condition of land titles in California , it is important that the archives in that Territory and also in the city ...
... July 11 , 1849 . SIR : That I may be enabled to lay before Congress at their next ses- sion something reliable as to the condition of land titles in California , it is important that the archives in that Territory and also in the city ...
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... July 5 , 1849 . SIR : By a communication of the 29th ultimo , the Secretary of the Interior advised this office of your appointment as confidential agent of the government to visit Mexico and California , in order to obtain infor ...
... July 5 , 1849 . SIR : By a communication of the 29th ultimo , the Secretary of the Interior advised this office of your appointment as confidential agent of the government to visit Mexico and California , in order to obtain infor ...
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... July , 1846 - and up to the period when actual hostilities between the United States and Mexico were known in California , and also of any which may have been subse- quently made ; showing the dates of sales ; area of tracts ; names of ...
... July , 1846 - and up to the period when actual hostilities between the United States and Mexico were known in California , and also of any which may have been subse- quently made ; showing the dates of sales ; area of tracts ; names of ...
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acknowledge the receipt Adjutant alcalde Angeles arrival Assistant Quartermaster August Bennet Riley brevet brigadier Brevet Captain Brig brigadier general United citizens civil funds coast collector Colonel 1st Dragoons Colonel Mason commanding Commodore communication Congress copy court custom-house DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA directed district of San duties E. R. S. CANBY election enclose Governor of California H. W. HALLECK HEADQUARTERS TENTH MILITARY hereby appoint herewith Indians instant instructions June land laws letter Lieut Lieutenant of Engineers Lower California Major March ment Mexican Mexico Monterey necessary obedient servant officers persons port present proper Pueblo R. B. MASON received regulations respect respectfully revenue San Diego San Francisco San José San Luis Santa Barbara Santa Fe Secretary sent Sonoma TENTH MILITARY DEPARTMENT TERRITORY OF CALIFORNIA tion town treaty troops United States army Upper California vessels W. T. SHERMAN Washington York volunteers
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Page 844 - ... on the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation : "I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that...
Page 96 - ... and each of the said district courts shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction in all cases arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States, as is vested in the circuit and district courts of the United States...
Page 839 - Upon conviction for treason, he shall have power to suspend the execution of the sentence until the case shall be reported to the Legislature at its next meeting, when the Legislature shall either pardon, or commute the sentence, direct the execution of the sentence, or grant a further reprieve.
Page 844 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be,) that I will support the constitution of the United States, and the constitution of the state of California, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of , according to the best of my ability.
Page 93 - Territory, and reprieves for offences against the laws of the United States until the decision of the President can be made known thereon ; he shall commission all officers who shall be appointed to office under the laws of the said Territory, and shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.
Page 834 - For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his presence or absence while employed in the service of the United States ; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State or of the United States, or of the high seas ; nor while a student of any seminary of learning, nor while kept at any almshouse or other asylum at public expense ; nor while confined in any public prison.
Page 844 - When the duration of any office, is not provided by this Constitution, it may be declared by law, and if not so declared, such office shall be held, during the pleasure of the authority making the appointment.
Page 93 - States ; he shall record and preserve all the laws and proceedings of the legislative assembly hereinafter constituted, and all the acts and proceedings of the governor in his executive department...
Page 96 - Territory appointed, who shall hold his office for four years, unless sooner removed by the president, and who shall execute all processes issuing from the said courts, when exercising their jurisdiction as circuit and district courts of the United States...
Page 836 - Courts, shall be liable to impeachment for any misdemeanor in office; but judgment in such cases shall extend only to removal from office and disqualification to hold any office of honor, trust, or profit under the State; but the party convicted or acquitted shall, nevertheless, be liable to indictment, trial, and punishment, according to law.