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... miles , has , on its western sides , numerous spurs or ridges at right angles with it ; and in all the streams which penetrate the vallies between the ridges and the alluvial lands on their banks , gold is found in similar abundance ...
... miles , has , on its western sides , numerous spurs or ridges at right angles with it ; and in all the streams which penetrate the vallies between the ridges and the alluvial lands on their banks , gold is found in similar abundance ...
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... miles long , was esti- mated to cost $ 4,762,260 , not including land damages . The canal commissioners made a special report to the Assembly , ( Doc . 143 , ) on the 30th of January , giving an estimate of $ 1,167,000 for doubling the ...
... miles long , was esti- mated to cost $ 4,762,260 , not including land damages . The canal commissioners made a special report to the Assembly , ( Doc . 143 , ) on the 30th of January , giving an estimate of $ 1,167,000 for doubling the ...
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... miles ; then passing on the north side of Wood Creek ten miles to Fish Creek , and following the channel of the latter stream to Oneida Lake ; thence twenty - two miles by the Lake to its outlet , and by the Oneida River nineteen miles ...
... miles ; then passing on the north side of Wood Creek ten miles to Fish Creek , and following the channel of the latter stream to Oneida Lake ; thence twenty - two miles by the Lake to its outlet , and by the Oneida River nineteen miles ...
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... miles in length , finished in 1829 , at a cost of . The Chemung Canal , connecting the Chemung River at Elmira with the head of Seneca Lake at Havana , 23 miles , with a navigable feeder of 16 miles more to Knoxsville , in all 39 miles ...
... miles in length , finished in 1829 , at a cost of . The Chemung Canal , connecting the Chemung River at Elmira with the head of Seneca Lake at Havana , 23 miles , with a navigable feeder of 16 miles more to Knoxsville , in all 39 miles ...
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... Miles . Erie Canal tolls . Miles . Champlain tolls . Total . 1820 . 94 $ 5,244 34 $ 5,244 34 .. 1821 . 94 23,001 63 24 $ 1,386 84 24,388 47 1822 . 116 * 60,446 89 49 3,625 44 64,072 33 1823 . 160 126,132 59 61 26,966 87 153,099 46 1824 ...
... Miles . Erie Canal tolls . Miles . Champlain tolls . Total . 1820 . 94 $ 5,244 34 $ 5,244 34 .. 1821 . 94 23,001 63 24 $ 1,386 84 24,388 47 1822 . 116 * 60,446 89 49 3,625 44 64,072 33 1823 . 160 126,132 59 61 26,966 87 153,099 46 1824 ...
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Page 592 - The liability of the owner of any vessel for any embezzlement, loss or destruction by any person of any property, goods or merchandise, shipped or put on board of such vessel, or for any loss, damage or injury by collision, or for any act, matter or thing, loss, damage or forfeiture, done, occasioned or incurred, without the privity or knowledge of such owner or owners, shall in no case exceed the amount or value of the interest of such owner in such vessel and her freight then pending.
Page 86 - ... and may take possession thereof, either by themselves or by others acting for them, and dispose of the same at their will, paying such dues only as the inhabitants of the country wherein the said goods are shall be subject to pay in like cases.
Page 679 - I never mean, unless some particular circumstances should compel me to it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law.
Page 57 - The statesman, who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals, would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention, but assume an authority which could safely be trusted, not only to no single person, but to no council or senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.
Page 88 - Majesty shall, upon mutual requisitions by them, or their ministers, officers, or authorities respectively made, deliver up to justice all persons who, being charged with the crime of murder, or assault with intent to commit murder, or piracy, or arson, or robbery, or forgery, or the utterance of forged paper, committed within the jurisdiction of either, shall seek an asylum, or shall be found, within the territories of the other...
Page 88 - ... to- the end that the evidence of criminality may be heard and considered...
Page 88 - ... upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial, if the crime or offence had there been committed...
Page 67 - A special partner may, from time to time, examine into the state and progress of the partnership concerns, and may advise as to their management...
Page 59 - ... shall directly or indirectly take or receive in money, goods, or things in action, or in any other way, any greater sum, or any greater value, for the loan or forbearance of money, goods, or things in action...
Page 88 - ... merchandise, or the proceeds thereof, as well as all the papers found on board such wrecked ships or...