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 IndexGales and Seaton, 1854 - United States |
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... duty of the undersigned to propose , in order to insure the annual settlement of the public accounts , there will be five auditing or accounting officers , whose acts are to be revised . From this view of the subject , the appointment ...
... duty of the undersigned to propose , in order to insure the annual settlement of the public accounts , there will be five auditing or accounting officers , whose acts are to be revised . From this view of the subject , the appointment ...
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... duties re- quired of those departments , it is confidently believed , cannot fail to produce the most decided ... duty . But when the set- tlement of his accounts must expose his guilt , and es- pecially when he has been dismissed ...
... duties re- quired of those departments , it is confidently believed , cannot fail to produce the most decided ... duty . But when the set- tlement of his accounts must expose his guilt , and es- pecially when he has been dismissed ...
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... duties as shall be given or intrusted to him by the President of the United States , in conformity to the Constitution ... duty of the second auditor to examine and settle all accounts relative to the pay and clothing of the Army , the ...
... duties as shall be given or intrusted to him by the President of the United States , in conformity to the Constitution ... duty of the second auditor to examine and settle all accounts relative to the pay and clothing of the Army , the ...
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... duty of the third The Transactions of the American Philosophical auditor to examine and settle all accounts relative to Society , the Transactions of the Royal Society of Lon- the subsistence of the Army , the Quartermaster's de - don ...
... duty of the third The Transactions of the American Philosophical auditor to examine and settle all accounts relative to Society , the Transactions of the Royal Society of Lon- the subsistence of the Army , the Quartermaster's de - don ...
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... duty , as stated in the petition ; which was read , and referred to the Committee of Claims , to con- sider and report thereon , by bill or otherwise . Mr. TAYLOR submitted the following motion for consideration : Resolved , That the ...
... duty , as stated in the petition ; which was read , and referred to the Committee of Claims , to con- sider and report thereon , by bill or otherwise . Mr. TAYLOR submitted the following motion for consideration : Resolved , That the ...
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Page 365 - That no goods, wares, or merchandise, unless in cases provided for by treaty, shall be imported into the United States from any foreign port or place, except in vessels of the United States, or in such foreign vessels as truly and wholly belong to the citizens or subjects of that country of which the goods are the growth, production, or manufacture, or from which such goods, wares, or merchandise can only be, or most usually are, first shipped for transportation.
Page 21 - That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states, and the people and states, in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Page 235 - That a committee of three Members be appointed on the part of the House, to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to wait on the President of the United States and inform him that a quorum of the two Houses has assembled, and that Congress is ready to receive any communication he may be pleased to make.
Page 153 - That it shall be the duty of the surveyor of the lands of the United States south of the State of Tennessee...
Page 365 - ... as have been heretofore established for the recovery, collection, distribution, and 'remission of forfeitures to the United States by the several revenue laws.
Page 143 - An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes...
Page 275 - In pursuance of this authority, the act of 1795 has provided, "that whenever the United States shall be invaded, or be in imminent danger of invasion from any foreign nation or Indian tribe, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to call forth such number of the militia of the State or States most convenient to the place of danger, or scene of action, as he may judge necessary to repel such invasion, and to issue his...
Page 29 - No law varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
Page 723 - On all foreign vessels which shall be entered in the United States from any foreign port or place, to and with which vessels of the United States are not ordinarily permitted to enter and trade...
Page 725 - An Act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties and disabilities accruing in certain cases therein mentioned...