An Abridgement of the Laws of the United States: Or, A Complete Digest of All Such Acts of Congress as Concern the United States at Large. To which is Added, an Appendix, Containing, All Existing Treaties, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Rules and Articles for the Government of the Army, and the Ordinance for the Government of the Territory North-west of the Ohio |
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Page vii
... exported from any state . No preference shall be given , by any regulation of commerce or revenue , to the ports of one state over those of another ; nor shall vessels bound to or from one state be obliged to enter , clear , or pay ...
... exported from any state . No preference shall be given , by any regulation of commerce or revenue , to the ports of one state over those of another ; nor shall vessels bound to or from one state be obliged to enter , clear , or pay ...
Page xxvii
... An ACT to allow a drawback of duties on goods exported to New - Orleans , and therein to amend the act entitled " An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage . " VOL . V. Page 84 88 92 An ACT to ( xxvii )
... An ACT to allow a drawback of duties on goods exported to New - Orleans , and therein to amend the act entitled " An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage . " VOL . V. Page 84 88 92 An ACT to ( xxvii )
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... exported wines . An ACT authorizing the payment of four thousand dollars for the use of the daughters of the late count de Grasse . An ACT to provide some present relief to the officers of go- vernment , and other citizens , who have ...
... exported wines . An ACT authorizing the payment of four thousand dollars for the use of the daughters of the late count de Grasse . An ACT to provide some present relief to the officers of go- vernment , and other citizens , who have ...
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... exported in vessels of less than thirty tons , by the Missisippi . An ACT repealing in part , the " Act concerning the duties on spirits distilled within the united states , " passed the eighth of May , one thousand seven hundred and ...
... exported in vessels of less than thirty tons , by the Missisippi . An ACT repealing in part , the " Act concerning the duties on spirits distilled within the united states , " passed the eighth of May , one thousand seven hundred and ...
Page 105
... exported to a foreign port or place 15 cents per pair Goods , wares and merchandise imported directly from China or India , in hips or veffels not of the united states , ( except teas , china ware and all other articles liable to higher ...
... exported to a foreign port or place 15 cents per pair Goods , wares and merchandise imported directly from China or India , in hips or veffels not of the united states , ( except teas , china ware and all other articles liable to higher ...
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Page 132 - The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians ; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent ; and in their property, rights, and liberty, they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by congress ; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Page 123 - 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 124 - States, in proportion to the value of all land within each State granted to, or surveyed for, any person, as such land, and the buildings and improvements thereon, shall be estimated according to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled shall, from time to time direct and appoint.
Page 66 - ... a copy of an indictment found or an affidavit made before a magistrate of any state or territory charging the person demanded with having committed treason, felony, or other crime, certified as authentic by the governor or chief magistrate of the state or territory from whence the person so charged has fled, it shall be the duty of the executive authority of the state or territory to which such person has fled to cause him to be arrested and secured...
Page 125 - Congress shall strike in behalf of such party absent or refusing ; and the judgment and sentence of the court to be appointed, in the manner before prescribed, shall be final and conclusive...
Page 125 - ... defend their claim or cause, the court shall nevertheless proceed to pronounce sentence or judgment, which shall in like manner be final and decisive, the judgment or sentence and other proceedings being in either case transmitted to Congress and lodged among the acts of Congress for the security of the parties concerned : provided that every commissioner, before he sits in judgment, shall take an oath, to be administered by one of the judges of the Supreme or Superior Court of the State where...
Page 241 - That all the before-mentioned courts of the United States shall have power to issue writs of scire facias, habeas corpus, and all other writs, not specially provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and agreeable to the principles and usages of law.
Page 124 - ... the United States in Congress assembled, shall from time to time direct and appoint. The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the Legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled. ARTICLE IX. The United States in Congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war, except in the cases mentioned in the sixth article — of sending and...
Page 9 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid Highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean, from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 127 - ... and welfare of the United States or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war to be built or purchased...