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... express language- Ist . Whether all metals will produce the like effect ; and if not , he swald describe what sort only will produce it ; and how it is to be com ped , if it be a compound of metallic substances . 21. What shape and size ...
... express language- Ist . Whether all metals will produce the like effect ; and if not , he swald describe what sort only will produce it ; and how it is to be com ped , if it be a compound of metallic substances . 21. What shape and size ...
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... express words , the power of pass- ing a law for punishing a violation of territorial rights , it being an offence against the law of nations , and of a nature very serious in its consequences . That the peace of mankind may be ...
... express words , the power of pass- ing a law for punishing a violation of territorial rights , it being an offence against the law of nations , and of a nature very serious in its consequences . That the peace of mankind may be ...
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... express stipulation would have been necessary ; and that , too , couched in terms so irresistibly clear as to have permitted no doubt . But this trade , I conceive , like all internal commerce of the coun- try , is subject to the ...
... express stipulation would have been necessary ; and that , too , couched in terms so irresistibly clear as to have permitted no doubt . But this trade , I conceive , like all internal commerce of the coun- try , is subject to the ...
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... express contract , until the delivery of the goods at Malta ; unless some person , duly authorized by the Navy Department , had released the captain from the further prosecution of the voyage , or had the vessel dis- charged in England ...
... express contract , until the delivery of the goods at Malta ; unless some person , duly authorized by the Navy Department , had released the captain from the further prosecution of the voyage , or had the vessel dis- charged in England ...
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... express that intention clearly and explicitly ; and in every instance , I believe , in which they give a naked power to ap- point , ( saying nothing of the tenure , ) the practice has been to fill up the commissions in the manner in ...
... express that intention clearly and explicitly ; and in every instance , I believe , in which they give a naked power to ap- point , ( saying nothing of the tenure , ) the practice has been to fill up the commissions in the manner in ...
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Page 109 - The governor, for the time being, shall be Commander-in-chief of the militia, appoint and commission all officers in the same below the rank of general officers ; all general officers shall be appointed and commissioned by Congress.
Page 266 - No person shall be liable to be tried and punished by a general court-martial for any offense which shall appear to have been committed more than two years before the issuing of the order for such trial, unless the person, by reason of having absented himself, or some other manifest impediment, shall not have been amenable to justice within that period.
Page 669 - An act further to amend the several acts for the establishment and regulation of the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments.
Page 426 - No advance of public money shall be made in any case unless authorized by the appropriation concerned or other law. And in all cases of contracts for the performance of any service, or the delivery of articles of any description, for the use of the United States, payment shall not exceed the value of the service rendered, or of the articles delivered previously to such payment.
Page 66 - Previous to the organization of the General Assembly, the Governor shall appoint such magistrates and other civil officers in each county or township, as he shall find necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order in the same.
Page 723 - The President shall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session; but no person rejected by the Senate shall be reappointed to the same office during their ensuing recess.
Page 59 - An act in addition to the act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States," which does abridge the freedom of the press, is not law, but is altogether void and of no effect.
Page 59 - States as before defined ; and in every case in which any process issuing out of any court of the United States shall be disobeyed or resisted by any person or persons having the custody of any vessel of war, cruiser, or other armed vessel of any foreign prince...
Page 110 - And the Governor, legislative Council, and House of Representatives shall have authority to make laws in all Cases for the good government of the district not repugnant to the principles and articles in this ordinance established and declared.
Page 763 - The accused has a right to demand it, on the simple principle that every man is presumed to be innocent until he is proved to be guilty.