Annals of the Congress of the United StatesGales and Seaton, 1849 - Law |
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Page 175
... Britain , antecedent to the existing revolution , the regulations of the subse- quent period will perhaps not be passed over al- together unnoticed . nature . I shall , accordingly , reject from the in- quiry every idea which has ...
... Britain , antecedent to the existing revolution , the regulations of the subse- quent period will perhaps not be passed over al- together unnoticed . nature . I shall , accordingly , reject from the in- quiry every idea which has ...
Page 177
... Britain , it was , and is , like other foreign flour , subject to a duty so high as in ordinary times to be prohibitory ; this duty is 24s . 3d . per quarter , until the price of British flour rises as high as fifty shillings , when a ...
... Britain , it was , and is , like other foreign flour , subject to a duty so high as in ordinary times to be prohibitory ; this duty is 24s . 3d . per quarter , until the price of British flour rises as high as fifty shillings , when a ...
Page 179
... Britain has always cultivated the closest ties . In the West Indies , the comparison is still in favor of the system of Great Britain . Tobacco was prohibited in the French while it was free in the British West Indies . The result is ...
... Britain has always cultivated the closest ties . In the West Indies , the comparison is still in favor of the system of Great Britain . Tobacco was prohibited in the French while it was free in the British West Indies . The result is ...
Page 181
... Britain , less able to supply herself with fish oil than with fish , makes a difference in her system . She does not prohibit the article , but 4. Wood . This article ( the fourth in import- lays a prohibitory duty upon it ; but her ...
... Britain , less able to supply herself with fish oil than with fish , makes a difference in her system . She does not prohibit the article , but 4. Wood . This article ( the fourth in import- lays a prohibitory duty upon it ; but her ...
Page 183
... Britain than of France . merce . After stating a diminution of the product In the latter , they were subject to a duty of two- of the French cod fishery , during the year 1789 , and - a - half per cent . ad valorem , with no distinc ...
... Britain than of France . merce . After stating a diminution of the product In the latter , they were subject to a duty of two- of the French cod fishery , during the year 1789 , and - a - half per cent . ad valorem , with no distinc ...
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Page 789 - 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 31 - 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 article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
Page 821 - In the exercise of this power, congress has passed "an act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade, and fisheries, and for regulating the same.
Page 69 - States as before defined, and in every case in which any process issuing out of any court of the United States shall be disobeyed or resisted by any person or persons having the custody of any vessel of war, cruiser, or other armed vessel of any foreign prince...
Page 883 - When a message shall be sent from the Senate to the House of Representatives, it shall be announced at the door of the House by the doorkeeper, and shall be respectfully communicated to the chair, by the person by whom it may be sent.
Page 749 - ... make examination concerning the lawfulness of such prizes, but they may hoist sail at any time, and depart and carry their prizes to the places expressed in their commissions, which the commanders of such ships of war shall be obliged to show...
Page 423 - That the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished:
Page 31 - Constitution, the judicial power of the United States extends to all cases in law and equity arising under the Constitution, the laws of the United States...
Page 769 - ... resolved by the senate and house of representatives, that the president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives, be authorized to close the present session by adjourning their respective houses on the day of...
Page 127 - That whenever the United States shall be invaded, or be in imminent danger of invasion from any foreign nation or Indian tribe, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to call forth such number of the militia of the State, or States, most convenient to the place of danger, or scene of action, as he may judge necessary to repel such invasion, and to issue his orders for that purpose to such officer or officers of the militia as he shall think proper.