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Page 47 - Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of appropriating thirty thousand dollars, to enable Professor Morse to establish a line of telegraph between Washington and Baltimore.
Page 23 - States to advance rapidly in population, wealth and power. It will separate the Indians from immediate contact with settlements of whites; free them from the power of the States; enable them to pursue happiness in their own way and under their own rude institutions; will retard the progress of decay which is lessening their numbers, and perhaps cause them gradually, under the protection of the Government and through the influence of good counsels, to cast off their savage habits and become an interesting,...
Page 531 - It shall be the duty of the Committee on Military Affairs to take into consideration all subjects relating to the military establishment and public defence which may be referred to them by the House, and to report their opinion thereupon ; and also to report, from time to time, such measures as may contribute to economy and accountability in the said establishment.
Page 531 - States, as shall be presented, or shall or may come in question, and be referred to them by the House; and to report their opinion thereupon, together with such propositions for relief therein as to them shall seem expedient.
Page 536 - States for his approbation, it being first endorsed on the back of the roll, certifying in which House the same originated ; which endorsement shall be signed by the secretary or clerk (as the case may be) of the House in which the same did originate, and shall be entered on the journal of each House.
Page 214 - Boon moved the following resolution; which was read, and laid on the table, -viz...
Page 31 - It is thought practicable to organize such a bank with the necessary officers, as a branch of the treasury department, based on the public and individual deposites, without power to make loans or purchase property...
Page 536 - After a bill shall have passed both houses it shall be duly enrolled on parchment, by the clerk of the house of representatives, or the secretary of the senate...
Page 66 - Resolved, That the Committee on Commerce be instructed to inquire into the expediency of...
Page 531 - Canals to take into consideration all such petitions, and matters or things relating to roads and canals, and the improvement of the navigation of rivers, as shall be presented, or may come in question, and be referred to them by the House, and to report thereupon, together with such propositions relative thereto as to them shall seem expedient.

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