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Page 439 - and surest foundations that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among us for all generations." MARCH 5, 1877. PROCLAMATIONS. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas the final adjournment of the Forty-fourth Congress without making the usual appropriations for the support of the
Page 389 - exchanged as provided in Article VI, the convention shall remain in force for seven years from the date at which it may come into operation, and, further, until the expiration of twelve months after either of the high contracting parties shall give notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same, each of the high contracting parties
Page 286 - President, to use the military force for the purpose aforesaid, he shall forthwith, by proclamation, command such insurgents to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective homes within a limited time: and cooperation of all good citizens thereof to uphold law and preserve the public peace. In witness whereof I have hereunto set
Page 160 - on behalf of the Orange Free State. US GRANT. WASHINGTON, March 20, 1872. To the House of Representatives: I transmit herewith a report,f dated the 2oth instant, received from the Secretary of State, to whom was referred the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo. -.-, ,, WASHINGTON, March 23,
Page 131 - shall forthwith, by proclamation, command such insurgents to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within a limited time: Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States, do hereby command the persons composing the unlawful combinations aforesaid to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within twenty days from this date. In witness whereof I have hereunto set
Page 55 - An act to provide for the publication of the laws of the United States, and for other purposes," do hereby certify that the amendment aforesaid has become valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution of the United States. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
Page 55 - race, color, or previous condition of servitude. SEC. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. And further, that it appears from official documents on file in this Department that the amendment to the Constitution of the
Page 55 - hand and caused the seal of the Department of State to be affixed. [SEAL.] Done at the city of Washington this 3oth day of March, AD 1870, and of the Independence of the United States the ninety-fourth. HAMILTON FISH. WASHINGTON, March 31, 1870. To
Page 511 - States and France, and that the same shall not henceforth be regarded as legally obligatory on the Government or citizens of the United States. The history of the Government shows no other instance of an abrogation of a treaty by Congress. Instances have sometimes occurred where the
Page 48 - transmit a report from the Secretary of War, to whom the resolution was referred. US GRANT. EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, DC, February 21, 1870. To the House of Representatives: I transmit to the House of Representatives, in answer to their resolution of the yth instant, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents,