Annals of the Congress of the United StatesGales and Seaton, 1853 - Law |
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Page 25
... lands of the United States ; and that they have leave to report by bill , or otherwise . The bill to increase the Navy of ... Land Office of the late Territory of Orleans ; and praying the interposition of Congress ; which was read , and ...
... lands of the United States ; and that they have leave to report by bill , or otherwise . The bill to increase the Navy of ... Land Office of the late Territory of Orleans ; and praying the interposition of Congress ; which was read , and ...
Page 27
... Land Commissioners , for the western land district in the State of Louisiana ; and that they have leave to re- port by bill or otherwise . TUESDAY , December 8 . The bill directing the Secretary of the Treas- ury to remit fines ...
... Land Commissioners , for the western land district in the State of Louisiana ; and that they have leave to re- port by bill or otherwise . TUESDAY , December 8 . The bill directing the Secretary of the Treas- ury to remit fines ...
Page 29
... lands , in the said Territory ; and the memorial was read , and referred to the committee , appointed 2d December , on ... land at West Point , with the adjoining proprietor , be referred to a select com- mittee , to consider and report ...
... lands , in the said Territory ; and the memorial was read , and referred to the committee , appointed 2d December , on ... land at West Point , with the adjoining proprietor , be referred to a select com- mittee , to consider and report ...
Page 31
... lands on the north of Ten- nessee river , which lie within that Territory , may be extinguished , or that places of ... land , Tait , and Varnum . On motion , by Mr. TAIT , the bill was amended , by inserting the words " not less than ...
... lands on the north of Ten- nessee river , which lie within that Territory , may be extinguished , or that places of ... land , Tait , and Varnum . On motion , by Mr. TAIT , the bill was amended , by inserting the words " not less than ...
Page 33
... Land Office , 25 , nays 5 , as follows : together with a report of the Commissioners in the Western land district of the Territory of Or- leans , ( now State of Louisiana , ) of such claims as have not been confirmed by them ; and the ...
... Land Office , 25 , nays 5 , as follows : together with a report of the Commissioners in the Western land district of the Territory of Or- leans , ( now State of Louisiana , ) of such claims as have not been confirmed by them ; and the ...
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Page 595 - Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our Country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 297 - O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.
Page 547 - Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumor lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.
Page 67 - An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions, and to repeal the act now in force for that purpose...
Page 523 - President makes public proclamation of the event, all natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the hostile nation or government. being males of the age of fourteen years and upwards, who shall be within the United States, and not actually naturalized, shall be liable to be apprehended, restrained, secured, and removed, as alien enemies.
Page 677 - Yea, even that which Mischief meant most harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory. But evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness, when at last, Gathered like scum, and settled to itself, It shall be in eternal restless change Self-fed and self-consumed.
Page 31 - The memorial of the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Missouri Territory, praying for admission into the Union, was presented to the Senate by Mr.
Page 639 - in the event of a declaration of war against the United States, or of actual invasion of their territory by a foreign power, or of imminent danger of such invasion discovered in his opinion to exist, before the next session of Congress...
Page 45 - An act for an amicable settlement of limits with the State of Georgia, and authorizing the establishment of a Government in the Mississippi territory...
Page 279 - France and their dependencies, and for other purposes," it is provided "that in case either Great Britain or France shall before the 3d day of March next so revoke or modify her edicts as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States...