Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States: Advising the President and Heads of Departments in Relation to Their Official Duties, Volume 1R. Farnham, 1852 - Administrative law |
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Page 686
... Bermuda Hundred and City Point were constituted a district ; and that act directed that a collector and surveyor should be appointed to reside at Bermuda Hundred or City Point , which Salary of the Surveyor of Petersburg . it directed ...
... Bermuda Hundred and City Point were constituted a district ; and that act directed that a collector and surveyor should be appointed to reside at Bermuda Hundred or City Point , which Salary of the Surveyor of Petersburg . it directed ...
Page 687
... Bermuda Hundred and City Point . All of them taking their designa- tion from the district to which they belonged , were surveyors of Bermuda Hundred and City Point ; the only discrimination between them arising from their place of ...
... Bermuda Hundred and City Point . All of them taking their designa- tion from the district to which they belonged , were surveyors of Bermuda Hundred and City Point ; the only discrimination between them arising from their place of ...
Page 688
... Bermuda Hundred . " The manifest object of the commis- sion was the object of the law - to enable the surveyor to act both at Bermuda Hundred and City Point , as he had all along acted while the district was the district of Bermuda ...
... Bermuda Hundred . " The manifest object of the commis- sion was the object of the law - to enable the surveyor to act both at Bermuda Hundred and City Point , as he had all along acted while the district was the district of Bermuda ...
Page 689
... Bermuda Hundred or City Point were again inserted . Mr. Peterson had so understood it . He has continued to reside at City Point , and to do the duties of sur- veyor both for City Point and Bermuda Hundred , as formerly ; in which , in ...
... Bermuda Hundred or City Point were again inserted . Mr. Peterson had so understood it . He has continued to reside at City Point , and to do the duties of sur- veyor both for City Point and Bermuda Hundred , as formerly ; in which , in ...
Page 690
... Bermuda Hundred or City Point . Yet it seemed strange to me that an office thus proven to be unnecessary and a mere sinecure , should have been continued by law ; and that so late as May , 1822 , the salary of that officer should have ...
... Bermuda Hundred or City Point . Yet it seemed strange to me that an office thus proven to be unnecessary and a mere sinecure , should have been continued by law ; and that so late as May , 1822 , the salary of that officer should have ...
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Page 91 - 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 166 - 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 72 - To be free, is to live under a government by law. The liberty of the press consists in printing without any previous license, subject to the consequences of law.
Page 304 - And he is to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time...
Page 414 - That where any revenue officer or other person hereafter becoming indebted to the United States, by bond or otherwise, shall become insolvent, or where the estate of any deceased debtor in the hands of executors or administrators shall be insufficient to pay all the debts due from the deceased, the debt due to the United States shall be first satisfied...
Page 91 - 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 646 - For the benefit and comfort of the Indians, and for the prevention of injuries or oppressions on the part of the citizens or Indians, the United States in Congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right of regulating the trade with the Indians, and managing all their affairs in such manner as they think proper.
Page 433 - Where a law is plain and unambiguous, whether it be expressed in general or limited terms, the Legislature should be intended to mean what they have plainly expressed, and consequently no room is left for construction.
Page 104 - 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 313 - And be it further enacted, That the collectors of the customs be, and they are hereby, respectively authorized and required to detain any vessel manifestly built for warlike purposes...