The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States: With an Appendix, Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and All the Laws of a Public Nature; with a Copious Index, Volume 2Gales and Seaton, 1855 - United States |
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Page 1237
... referred , the first , second , third , fourth , and fifth , to the Committee of Claims ; the sixth , to the Com- mittee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims ; the seventh , to the Committee on Naval Affairs , and the eighth , to the ...
... referred , the first , second , third , fourth , and fifth , to the Committee of Claims ; the sixth , to the Com- mittee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims ; the seventh , to the Committee on Naval Affairs , and the eighth , to the ...
Page 1271
... referred bills of the Senate , of the following titles to wit : " An act for the relief of David Henley ; " and " An act for the relief of James H. Clarke , " re- ported the said bills without amendment ; and they were respectively ...
... referred bills of the Senate , of the following titles to wit : " An act for the relief of David Henley ; " and " An act for the relief of James H. Clarke , " re- ported the said bills without amendment ; and they were respectively ...
Page 1281
... referred the bill from the Senate , en- titled " An act for the relief of Rees Hill , " re- ported the same without amendment , and the bill was committed to a Committee of the Whole , to which is committed the report of the Com- mittee ...
... referred the bill from the Senate , en- titled " An act for the relief of Rees Hill , " re- ported the same without amendment , and the bill was committed to a Committee of the Whole , to which is committed the report of the Com- mittee ...
Page 1285
... referred to by the gentleman from Virginia . It was impossible to do justice to the conduct of the National Bank , at least for the first year of its operations , without attending to the new obligations in which this compact involved ...
... referred to by the gentleman from Virginia . It was impossible to do justice to the conduct of the National Bank , at least for the first year of its operations , without attending to the new obligations in which this compact involved ...
Page 1303
... notes . For information on the subject of those notes and their security , he referred to ta- ble 42 , among the documents which had been published . H. of R. FEBRUARY , 1819 . Can it be 1303 1304 HISTORY OF CONGRESS .
... notes . For information on the subject of those notes and their security , he referred to ta- ble 42 , among the documents which had been published . H. of R. FEBRUARY , 1819 . Can it be 1303 1304 HISTORY OF CONGRESS .
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Page 1575 - Labrador; but so soon as the same, or any portion thereof, shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such portion so settled, without previous agreement for such purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 1605 - American fishermen shall be admitted to enter such bays or harbours for the purpose of shelter and of repairing damages therein, of purchasing wood, and of obtaining water, and for no other purpose whatever. But they shall be under such restrictions as may be necessary to prevent their taking, drying or curing fish therein, or in any other manner whatever abusing the privileges hereby reserved to them.
Page 1575 - Parties, that the inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the liberty to take fish of every kind...
Page 1603 - And the United States hereby renounce forever any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof to take, dry, or cure fish on or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbors of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 1605 - ... citizens, and subjects of the two Powers: it being well understood, that this agreement is not to be construed to the prejudice of any claim, which either of the two high contracting parties may have 'to any part of the said country, nor shall it be taken to affect the claims of any other Power or State to any part of the said country ; the only object of the high contracting parties, in that respect, being to prevent disputes and differences amongst themselves.
Page 1575 - Belleisle and thence northwardly indefinitely along the coast, without prejudice, however, to any of the exclusive rights of the Hudson's Bay Company...
Page 1529 - Woods; thence through the said lake to the most northwestern point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude.
Page 1547 - Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled ; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlement, without a previous agreement for that purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 1661 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Page 1555 - ... she shall again attempt to enter, but she shall be permitted to go to any other port or place she shall think proper.