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" The law as it passed is the will of the majority of both Houses, and the only mode in which that will is spoken is in the act itself ; and we must gather their intention from the language there used, comparing it when any ambiguity exists with the laws... "
Trial of Andrew Johnson: Opinions and appendix - Page 260
by Andrew Johnson - 1868
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The Federal Reporter, Volume 79

Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 1038 pages
...or reasons assigned by them for supporting or opposing amendments that were offered. The law, as it passed, is the will of the majority of both houses,...comparing it when any ambiguity exists with the laws on the same subject, and looking, If necessary, to the public history of the times in which it was...
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The Federal Reporter, Volume 172

Law reports, digests, etc - 1910 - 1050 pages
...or reasons assigned by them for supporting or opposing amendments that were offered. The law as it passed is the will of the majority of both Houses, and the only mode in which that will Is spoken Is the act Itself; and we must gather their intention from the language used, comparing it when any ambiguity...
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Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Reports and Decisions of ..., Volume 122

United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - Interstate commerce - 1927 - 938 pages
...motives or reasons assigned by them for supporting or opposing amendments that were offered. The law as passed Is the will of the majority of both houses,...comparing it, when any ambiguity exists, with the laws on the same subject, and looking, If necessary, to the public history of the times in which it was...
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The Central Law Journal, Volume 22

Law - 1886 - 642 pages
...or reasons assigned by them for supporting or opposing amendments that were offered. The law as it passed is the will of the majority of both Houses, and the only mode in which that will is spoken is the act itself, and we must gather their intention from the language thev used, comparing it, when...
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Court of Customs Appeals Reports: Cases Adjudged in the United ..., Volume 2

United States. Court of Customs Appeals - Customs administration - 1912 - 588 pages
...particular provisions in it. In Aldridge et al. v. Williams (3 How., 8, 23), it is stated: The law as it passed is the will of the majority of both Houses,...necessary, to the public history of the times in which it was passed. In United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association (166 US, 290, 318), the court said:...
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The Columbia Jurist, Volume 2

Law - 1885 - 370 pages
...or reasons assigned by them for supporting or opposing amendments that were offered. The law as it passed is the will of the majority of both Houses, and the only mode in which that will is spoken is the act itself, and we must gather their intention from the language they used, comparing it, when...
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Treasury Decisions Under Customs and Other Laws, Volume 53

United States. Department of the Treasury - Customs administration - 1928 - 1172 pages
...or reasons assigned by them for supporting or opposing amendments that were offered. The law as it passed is the will of the majority of both Houses,...necessary, to the public history of the times in which it was passed. But, while the views of individual Members of the Congress, expressed in debate, have not...
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Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Reports, Volume 38

United States. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals - Customs administration - 1951 - 244 pages
...or reasons assigned by them for supporting or opposing amendments that were offered. The law as it passed is the will of the majority of both houses,...necessary, to the public history of the times in which it was passed. At any rate, we have been unable to find where any court has held that statements made...
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Statutory Interpretation and the Uses of Legislative History ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice - Law - 1990 - 550 pages
...the enactment process. III. Selected Problems of Legislative History A. Public History "The law as it passed is the will of the majority of both houses,...necessary, to the public history of the times in which it was passed. " Roger B. Taney «^ 44 Id. at 94 (Frankfurter, J., dissenting). 445 See id. at 95. 46...
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Statutory Interpretation and the Uses of Legislative History ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice - Law - 1990 - 548 pages
...statute by individual members of Congress in debate because "the only mode in which [the legislative] will is spoken is in the act itself; and we must gather their intention from the language there used . . . ." 239 In 1875, the Court reiterated that "we are not at liberty to recur to the views of individual...
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