The Congressional Globe, Part 2Blair & Rives, 1834 - Law |
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... meet it calmly , and to submit it to the decision of the House , although unformed and not having the power to give a legal decision , as is now the case . It is upon prima facie evidence only that any member of this House is entitled ...
... meet it calmly , and to submit it to the decision of the House , although unformed and not having the power to give a legal decision , as is now the case . It is upon prima facie evidence only that any member of this House is entitled ...
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... meet you at another session , I shall have the high grati- fication of announcing to you that the national debt is extinguished . I cannot refrain from expressing the pleasure I feel at the near approach of that desirable event . The ...
... meet you at another session , I shall have the high grati- fication of announcing to you that the national debt is extinguished . I cannot refrain from expressing the pleasure I feel at the near approach of that desirable event . The ...
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... meet on Monday . On motion of Mr. POLK , it was ordered that the standing committees be appointed . On motion of Mr. POLK , the House then ad- journed . REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR . DEPARTMENT OF WAR , November 29th , 1833. ( SIR ...
... meet on Monday . On motion of Mr. POLK , it was ordered that the standing committees be appointed . On motion of Mr. POLK , the House then ad- journed . REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR . DEPARTMENT OF WAR , November 29th , 1833. ( SIR ...
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... meet his engagement . It is fortunate for the Indians them- selves and for the great cause of humanity , that the efforts of the Government to persuade them peaceably and voluntarily to remove , are every PRINTED AND PUBLISHED AT THE ...
... meet his engagement . It is fortunate for the Indians them- selves and for the great cause of humanity , that the efforts of the Government to persuade them peaceably and voluntarily to remove , are every PRINTED AND PUBLISHED AT THE ...
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... meet with the approbation of yourself and Congress , I look for- ward with confidence to a long continuance of prosperity in the affairs connected with this de- partment . With great respect , Yours , & c . , LEVI WOODBURY . REPORT OF ...
... meet with the approbation of yourself and Congress , I look for- ward with confidence to a long continuance of prosperity in the affairs connected with this de- partment . With great respect , Yours , & c . , LEVI WOODBURY . REPORT OF ...
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Page 57 - ... powers, in the exercise of which he is to use his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience. To aid him in the performance of these duties, he is authorized to appoint certain officers, who act by his authority, and in conformity with his orders. "In such cases their acts are his acts; and whatever opinion may be entertained of the manner in which executive discretion may be used, still there exists, and can exist, no power to...
Page 10 - That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states, and the people and states, in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Page 58 - That if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause, shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.
Page 62 - The deposits of the money of the United States in places in which the said bank and branches thereof may be established shall be made in said bank or branches thereof unless the Secretary of the Treasury shall at any time otherwise order and direct, in which case the Secretary of the Treasury shall immediately lay before Congress, if in session, and, if not, immediately after the commencement of the next session, the reasons of such order or direction.
Page 153 - An act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution...
Page 58 - ... to resist, oppose, or defeat any such law or act, or to aid, encourage or abet any hostile designs of any foreign nation against the United States, their people or government, then such person, being thereof convicted before any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment not exceeding two years.
Page 10 - The legislatures of those districts or new states shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers.
Page 57 - By the constitution of the United States the president is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which he is to use his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience.
Page 50 - States, to be collected and paid in the legal currency of the United States, or treasury notes, or notes of the bank of the United States...
Page 10 - Western country, a liberal surrender of a portion of their territorial claims, since they cannot be preserved entire without endangering the stability of the general confederacy — to remind them how indispensably necessary it is to establish the federal union on a fixed and permanent basis, and on principles acceptable to all its respective members...