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 ... [First To] Eighteenth Congress.--first Session: Comprising the Period from [March 3, 1789] to May 27, 1824, Inclusive. Comp. from Authentic MaterialsGales and Seaton, 1849 - United States |
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... petition of John Blanch was presented and read , praying Congress to grant him a patent , for executing and vending a new hydrostatic pump or engine , for such length of time as may be judged expedient . Ordered , That this petition be ...
... petition of John Blanch was presented and read , praying Congress to grant him a patent , for executing and vending a new hydrostatic pump or engine , for such length of time as may be judged expedient . Ordered , That this petition be ...
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... petition of John Blanch , and the report was read , and ordered to lie for consideration . MONDAY , December 28 . The bill declaring the consent of Congress to " An act of the State of Virginia , passed the 25th of December , 1794 , for ...
... petition of John Blanch , and the report was read , and ordered to lie for consideration . MONDAY , December 28 . The bill declaring the consent of Congress to " An act of the State of Virginia , passed the 25th of December , 1794 , for ...
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... petition of Jose Roiz. SENATE . ] WEDNESDAY , January 20 . [ JANUARY , 1796 . Letter from the Secretary for the Department of THURSDAY , January 21 . Mr. KING attended to - day . Ordered , That Messrs . ELLSWORTH , BROWN , and BRADFORD ...
... petition of Jose Roiz. SENATE . ] WEDNESDAY , January 20 . [ JANUARY , 1796 . Letter from the Secretary for the Department of THURSDAY , January 21 . Mr. KING attended to - day . Ordered , That Messrs . ELLSWORTH , BROWN , and BRADFORD ...
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... petition of Jose Roiz Silva , praying that the officers of the revenue for the State of New York may be authorized to re- fund him two thousand five hundred and twenty- one dollars , overrated duties , on a cargo of Graci- to lie for ...
... petition of Jose Roiz Silva , praying that the officers of the revenue for the State of New York may be authorized to re- fund him two thousand five hundred and twenty- one dollars , overrated duties , on a cargo of Graci- to lie for ...
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... petition of John Howell , commander of the revenue cutter of the United States for the port of Savannah , and the coasts of the State aforesaid , which was read , ead , praying that he , and the other commanders of the revenue cutters ...
... petition of John Howell , commander of the revenue cutter of the United States for the port of Savannah , and the coasts of the State aforesaid , which was read , ead , praying that he , and the other commanders of the revenue cutters ...
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Page 139 - Speaker shall, or any member may, call to order ; in which case the member so 137 140 H. OF R.] Rules of the House. [DECEMBER, 1795. called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain ; and the House shall, if appealed to, decide on the case, but without debate.
Page 87 - An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers...
Page 631 - ... entering into treaties and alliances: provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective States shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any species of goods or commodities whatsoever...
Page 745 - No state shall lay any imposts or duties, which may interfere with any stipulations in treaties, entered into by the united states in congress assembled with any king, prince, or state, in pursuance of any treaties already proposed by congress to the courts of France and Spain.
Page 143 - In every case of an amendment of a bill agreed to in one house and dissented to in the other, if either house shall request a conference, and appoint a committee...
Page 797 - That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights, and ought not to be exercised.
Page 723 - It hath sovereign and uncontrollable authority in the making, confirming, enlarging, restraining, abrogating, repealing, reviving, and expounding of laws, concerning matters of all possible denominations, ecclesiastical or temporal, civil, military, maritime, or criminal: this being the place where that absolute despotic power, which must in all governments reside somewhere, is entrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms.
Page 491 - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or of the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Page 289 - An act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the government of the United States...
Page 37 - An act to promote the progress of useful arts, and to repeal the act heretofore made for that purpose.