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... dollars a bushel . Infantry garrisons are less expensive , because less forage is required ; but , under such circum- stances , neither can be sustained except at great cost . It may be proper further to consider the comparative value ...
... dollars a bushel . Infantry garrisons are less expensive , because less forage is required ; but , under such circum- stances , neither can be sustained except at great cost . It may be proper further to consider the comparative value ...
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... dollars . In their present condition they are very inferior to the improved arms , and , in order to be made properly efficient and servicable , they must be altered . It will be remembered that , for many years past , this gov- ernment ...
... dollars . In their present condition they are very inferior to the improved arms , and , in order to be made properly efficient and servicable , they must be altered . It will be remembered that , for many years past , this gov- ernment ...
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... dollars , of which a portion is asked in the annual estimate for the next fiscal year . The work upon the new dome , suspended during the session of Con- gress , has been resumed . The machinery for the removal of the ma- sonry of the ...
... dollars , of which a portion is asked in the annual estimate for the next fiscal year . The work upon the new dome , suspended during the session of Con- gress , has been resumed . The machinery for the removal of the ma- sonry of the ...
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... dollars , or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year . " Their It will not be claimed that the members of this so - called legislative assembly have any lawful appointment or deputation — that is , that they were ...
... dollars , or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year . " Their It will not be claimed that the members of this so - called legislative assembly have any lawful appointment or deputation — that is , that they were ...
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... dollars ; since that date nothing has been paid , and there is now due her the sum of " two hundred and seventy - two dollars . " A letter has been sent to Marshal Donaldson asking for funds ; his reply was , to the person who delivered ...
... dollars ; since that date nothing has been paid , and there is now due her the sum of " two hundred and seventy - two dollars . " A letter has been sent to Marshal Donaldson asking for funds ; his reply was , to the person who delivered ...
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Page 47 - ... shall be composed of ten companies, each company to consist of one captain, one first lieutenant, one second lieutenant, one first sergeant, four sergeants, eight corporals, two musicians, one wagoner, and from sixty-four to eighty-two privates.
Page 95 - 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 95 - February 28, 1795, provided, that, " in case of an insurrection in any State against the government thereof, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, on application of the legislature of such State or of the executive, when the legislature cannot be convened, to call forth such number of the militia of any other State or States, as may be applied for, as he may judge sufficient to suppress such insurrection.
Page 95 - ... to employ for the same purposes such part of the land or naval force of the United States as shall be judged necessary, having first observed all the prerequisites of the law iu that respect.
Page 95 - An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions,' it is enacted, ' that whenever the laws of the United States shall be opposed, or the execution thereof obstructed, in any state, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the power vested in the marshals...
Page 95 - ... whenever it may be necessary in the judgment of the President to use the military force hereby directed to be called forth, the President shall forthwith and previous thereto, by proclamation, command such insurgents to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within a limited time...
Page 95 - ... it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to call forth the militia of such State, or of any other State or States, as may be necessary to suppress such combinations, and to cause the laws to be duly executed...
Page 169 - No emigrants or other whites, except the Hudson's Bay Company, or persons having ceded rights from the Indians, will be permitted to settle or remain in the Indian country, or on land not ceded by treaty, confirmed by the Senate, and approved by the President of the United States.
Page 58 - States, do issue this my proclamation to command all persons engaged in unlawful combinations .against the constituted authority of the Territory of Kansas or of the United States to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes...
Page 375 - SIR : The following report of the principal operations of the Ordnance Department during the last fiscal year, with such remarks, suggestions, and recommendations as are deemed appropriate to the respective subjects mentioned in it, is respectfully submitted: FUNDS.