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... hundred and sixty - one , in lieu of the clerks heretofore authorized by law for the office of the assistant ... hundred dollars , one clerk at three thousand dollars , one clerk at two thousand five hundred dollars , one clerk at two ...
... hundred and sixty - one , in lieu of the clerks heretofore authorized by law for the office of the assistant ... hundred dollars , one clerk at three thousand dollars , one clerk at two thousand five hundred dollars , one clerk at two ...
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... hundred dollars each , to include subsistence . Good hands cannot be had for less . Owing to the remote position of my agency , the difficulty of access to it , and the consequent heavy expenses for transportation and other purposes ...
... hundred dollars each , to include subsistence . Good hands cannot be had for less . Owing to the remote position of my agency , the difficulty of access to it , and the consequent heavy expenses for transportation and other purposes ...
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... hundred and thirty dollars that I now ask for , I have carried on the affairs . I think the most economical persons cannot think I have been extrava- gant . M. T. SIMMONS , Indian Agent , Washington Territory . D. INDIAN AGENCY ...
... hundred and thirty dollars that I now ask for , I have carried on the affairs . I think the most economical persons cannot think I have been extrava- gant . M. T. SIMMONS , Indian Agent , Washington Territory . D. INDIAN AGENCY ...
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... hundred Indians are subject , $ 6,250 is allowed to carry out certain stipulations ; while to the treaty under consideration , and to which seven thousand souls belong , only $ 3,000 is granted for the same purposes . Now , it is ...
... hundred Indians are subject , $ 6,250 is allowed to carry out certain stipulations ; while to the treaty under consideration , and to which seven thousand souls belong , only $ 3,000 is granted for the same purposes . Now , it is ...
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... hundred square miles , or nine hundred and sixty thou- sand acres of land . The present area of the reservation is estimated at six thousand square miles , which , when reduced as herein indicated , will contain two millions eight ...
... hundred square miles , or nine hundred and sixty thou- sand acres of land . The present area of the reservation is estimated at six thousand square miles , which , when reduced as herein indicated , will contain two millions eight ...
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00 Improving 37TH CONGRESS Adjutant agent amount required appropriations April April 22 arsenal Assistant Adjutant Beacon Brigadier Captain citizens Class clerks command committee Congress copy Cumberland Custom-house dollars duty election ending June 30 estimates exhibition exhibitors fiscal year ending fortifications GENERAL'S OFFICE GIDEON habeas corpus HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT herewith honor House of Representatives Improving the harbor incidental expenses Indian Affairs instant island July June 29 ledge letter Light-house Louis Louis arsenal LYONS Majesty's commissioners mark ment military Missouri Missouri State Guard naval navy yard necessary Nez Percé obedient servant ordnance Oregon PAULDING Paymaster Point President regiment reservation resolution respectfully river Secretary Secretary of War SEWARD SIMON CAMERON STATEMENT-Continued steamer STERLING PRICE submitted subsistence superintendent tion transmit Treasury treaty tribe troops U. S. naval forces Umatilla tribes United vessels volunteers W. S. HARNEY Washington Territory WEST WILLIAM writ of habeas
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Page 66 - Army depots: freights, wharfage, tolls and ferriages; the purchase and hire of horses, mules, oxen and harness, and the purchase and repair of wagons, carts, and drays, and of ships and other sea-going vessels and boats required for the transportation of supplies, and for garrison purposes; for drayage and cartage at the several posts; hire of teamsters; transportation of funds for the pay...
Page 18 - ... that, from and after the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and...
Page 42 - Undersigned, head chief, chiefs, headmen and delegates of the aforesaid confederated tribes and bands of Indians, have hereunto set their hands and seals at the place and on the day and year hereinbefore written.
Page 13 - Missouri, for the purpose of removing misapprehensions and allaying public excitement, deem it proper to declare publicly that they have this day had a personal interview in this city, in which it has been mutually understood, without the semblance of dissent on either part, that each of them has no other than a common object equally interesting and important to every citizen of Missouri — that of restoring peace and good order to the people of the state in subordination to the laws of the general...
Page 6 - If at any time the public safety should require the suspension of the powers vested by this Act in the courts of the United States, it is for the Legislature to say so. That question depends on political considerations, on which the Legislature is to decide. Until the legislative will be expressed, this court can only see its duty, and must obey the laws.
Page 65 - ... extra pay to soldiers employed under the direction of the quartermaster's department in the erection of barracks, quarters, storehouses, and hospitals, in the construction of roads, and other constant labor, for periods of not less than ten days...
Page 2 - States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States...
Page 6 - But the great and efficacious writ, in all manner of illegal confinement, is that of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum, directed to the person detaining another and commanding him to produce the body of the prisoner, with the day and cause of his caption and detention, ad faciendum, subjiciendum et recipiendum, to do, submit to, and receive whatsoever the judge or court awarding such writ shall consider in that behalf.