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... president and directors , or a majority of them , shall direct , for the true and faithful discharge of the trust ... president and directors shall from time to time re- quire , as the work advances : Provided , That not more than ...
... president and directors , or a majority of them , shall direct , for the true and faithful discharge of the trust ... president and directors shall from time to time re- quire , as the work advances : Provided , That not more than ...
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... president or any of the directors , and appoint others for and during the remainder of the term for which such person or persons were at first to have acted . 7. And be it enacted , That every president and director , before he acts as ...
... president or any of the directors , and appoint others for and during the remainder of the term for which such person or persons were at first to have acted . 7. And be it enacted , That every president and director , before he acts as ...
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... president and directors , or a majority of them , shall direct , for the true and faithful discharge of the trust reposed in him ; and that the allowance to be made him for his services shall not exceed three dollars in the hundred ...
... president and directors , or a majority of them , shall direct , for the true and faithful discharge of the trust reposed in him ; and that the allowance to be made him for his services shall not exceed three dollars in the hundred ...
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... president and directors shall have power to establish so many toll - houses , and at their pleasure appoint and remove so many collectors , and at such places as from time to time they may judge expedient ; and the said president and ...
... president and directors shall have power to establish so many toll - houses , and at their pleasure appoint and remove so many collectors , and at such places as from time to time they may judge expedient ; and the said president and ...
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... president and directors , to be evidenced by deed or deeds in the name of the said Potomac Company , under the hands of the said president and directors , or a majority of them , and the corporate seal of the said Potomac Company ...
... president and directors , to be evidenced by deed or deeds in the name of the said Potomac Company , under the hands of the said president and directors , or a majority of them , and the corporate seal of the said Potomac Company ...
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Page cxiii - An act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam...
Page 85 - That the said river, and the works to be erected thereon in virtue of this act, when completed, shall forever thereafter be esteemed and taken to be navigable as a public highway, free for the transportation of all goods, commodities, or produce, whatsoever, on payment of the tolls imposed by this act...
Page 41 - That every citizen so enrolled and notified, shall, within six months thereafter, provide himself with a good musket or firelock, a sufficient bayonet and belt, two spare flints, and a knapsack, a pouch with a box therein to contain not less than twentyfour cartridges...
Page 8 - That the marshals of the several districts, and their deputies, shall have the same powers in executing the laws of the United States, as sheriffs and their deputies, in the several states, have by law, in executing the laws of the respective states.
Page lxx - Instead of reproaching us with a want of constitutional power to make an equitable and just distribution of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands among all the...
Page 83 - ... person so offending shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars for...
Page 30 - ... and every citizen so enrolled, and providing himself with the arms, ammunition, and accoutrements required as aforesaid, shall hold the same exempted from all suits, distresses, executions, or sales for debt, or for the payment of taxes.
Page 1 - States; pilots; mariners actually employed in the sea service of any citizen or merchant within the United States...
Page 51 - Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 10 - To provide for organizing, arming and disciplining the militia and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the states, respectively, the appointment of officers and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress...