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Page 128
... relation to such an enterprise , to invite a favor . Moreover , the letter of Sir Henry Wellesley is asked and accepted , when America and England stood in the attitude of bel- ligerents . Passing over animadversions that hence occur ...
... relation to such an enterprise , to invite a favor . Moreover , the letter of Sir Henry Wellesley is asked and accepted , when America and England stood in the attitude of bel- ligerents . Passing over animadversions that hence occur ...
Page 143
... relation to wharves , we have seen from the quotation before made from the law of Maryland . Before the abolition . of the three commissioners , ( to wit , on the 20th July , 1795 , ) they issued a general order , purporting to be ...
... relation to wharves , we have seen from the quotation before made from the law of Maryland . Before the abolition . of the three commissioners , ( to wit , on the 20th July , 1795 , ) they issued a general order , purporting to be ...
Page 144
... relation to the discharge of ballast , the landing of cargoes , & c . The policy of the law in relation to wharves was probably to enable the commissioners to avoid , in subsequent licenses , any inconvenience which might have been ...
... relation to the discharge of ballast , the landing of cargoes , & c . The policy of the law in relation to wharves was probably to enable the commissioners to avoid , in subsequent licenses , any inconvenience which might have been ...
Page 152
... relation to the army par- ticularly . Having no national court , they were forced to divide the gov ernment of that between the republican generals and themselves ; and , in relation to an army composed of their fellow - citizens ...
... relation to the army par- ticularly . Having no national court , they were forced to divide the gov ernment of that between the republican generals and themselves ; and , in relation to an army composed of their fellow - citizens ...
Page 162
... relation to the accounts of James Thomas , a quartermaster general in the army during the late war , be referred to the Attorney General of the United States . " The purpose for which this reference was made not being specified by the ...
... relation to the accounts of James Thomas , a quartermaster general in the army during the late war , be referred to the Attorney General of the United States . " The purpose for which this reference was made not being specified by the ...
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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.
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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.