The Congressional Globe, Part 2Blair & Rives, 1834 - Law |
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... whole , yet , the principle of law applied , that in public bodies the act of a majority was the act of the whole number re- quired by law ; and he had asked , in support of this principle , if one of the sheriff's had died after the ...
... whole , yet , the principle of law applied , that in public bodies the act of a majority was the act of the whole number re- quired by law ; and he had asked , in support of this principle , if one of the sheriff's had died after the ...
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... Whole House on the state of the Union , was taken up . Mr. CHILTON had no desire to address the House on this question , when he moved the ad- journment yesterday . But he wished that , on so important a subject , some time should be ...
... Whole House on the state of the Union , was taken up . Mr. CHILTON had no desire to address the House on this question , when he moved the ad- journment yesterday . But he wished that , on so important a subject , some time should be ...
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... Whole was not the usual and proper place for such an inquiry . When all the facts were examined and reported upon , we could proceed to the discus- sion . He asked whether the House , in the Com- mittee of the Whole , had the power to ...
... Whole was not the usual and proper place for such an inquiry . When all the facts were examined and reported upon , we could proceed to the discus- sion . He asked whether the House , in the Com- mittee of the Whole , had the power to ...
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... whole expenses the past year , for all per- sons situated here , and belonging to the adminis- tration of this department , as well as the expenses for the care and repair of our furniture , buildings , and the grounds appurtenant ...
... whole expenses the past year , for all per- sons situated here , and belonging to the adminis- tration of this department , as well as the expenses for the care and repair of our furniture , buildings , and the grounds appurtenant ...
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... whole number of seamen in the navy , including all the different grades , does not vary much from five thousand ; and the annual expen- ses of their pay , rations , and enlistment , are not far from $ 1,130,000 , or , on an average ...
... whole number of seamen in the navy , including all the different grades , does not vary much from five thousand ; and the annual expen- ses of their pay , rations , and enlistment , are not far from $ 1,130,000 , or , on an average ...
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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...