The Congressional GlobeBlair & Rives, 1854 - United States |
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... ment , which constitution and State government so formed is republican , and in conformity with the prin- ciples of the articles of compact between the original States and the people and States in the territory north- west of the river ...
... ment , which constitution and State government so formed is republican , and in conformity with the prin- ciples of the articles of compact between the original States and the people and States in the territory north- west of the river ...
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... ment of all public accounts . The pecuniary embar- rassments by which the Government was pressed at that period , requiring a system of the most rigid econ- omy in the public disbursements , could not fail to give peculiar force to the ...
... ment of all public accounts . The pecuniary embar- rassments by which the Government was pressed at that period , requiring a system of the most rigid econ- omy in the public disbursements , could not fail to give peculiar force to the ...
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... ment , the clothing department , the purchase of arms and munitions of war , and to the Indian Department , were referred to the Accountant of the War Depart- ment . The additional duties imposed upon the Accountant by this act have ...
... ment , the clothing department , the purchase of arms and munitions of war , and to the Indian Department , were referred to the Accountant of the War Depart- ment . The additional duties imposed upon the Accountant by this act have ...
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... ment of the Patent Office , to which , as at present , a single clerk was fully competent . On the whole , he could not see the necessity for creating a new department , the head of which would have a place in the Cabinet , and be one ...
... ment of the Patent Office , to which , as at present , a single clerk was fully competent . On the whole , he could not see the necessity for creating a new department , the head of which would have a place in the Cabinet , and be one ...
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... ment would follow of course . Mr. BARBOUR required a division of the ques- tion , so as to take it separately on each section . He was in favor of the first section , but opposed to the second , because , he said , he was yet to learn ...
... ment would follow of course . Mr. BARBOUR required a division of the ques- tion , so as to take it separately on each section . He was in favor of the first section , but opposed to the second , because , he said , he was yet to learn ...
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Page 17 - 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 25 - 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 211 - An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes...
Page 219 - to provide for the common defence and general welfare," to cases which are to be provided for by the expenditure of money, would still leave within the legislative power of Congress, all the great and most important measures of government ; money being the ordinary and necessary means of carrying them into execution.
Page 123 - ... result of the same shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall thereupon announce the state of the vote...
Page 25 - Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled, two-thirds of both houses concurring, that the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the constitution of the United States; all or any of which articles, when ratified by three-fourths of the said legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said constitution...
Page 485 - ... the American society for colonizing the free people of color of the United States...
Page 95 - An act further to amend the several acts for the establishment and regulation of the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments.
Page 279 - States, as may be necessary to suppress such combinations, and to cause the laws to be duly executed...
Page 17 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the State of California shall be one, and is hereby declared to be one, of the United States of America, and admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever.