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A Complete History of the United States of America: Embracing the Whole ... - Page 233
by Frederick Butler - 1821
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Statutes at Large of the State of New York: Comprising the Revised ..., Volume 5

New York (State) - Law - 1863 - 1026 pages
...shall present a petition to congress, stating the matter in question, and praying for a hearing, notice thereof shall be given by order of congress to the...consent, commissioners or judges to constitute a court for hearing and determining the matter in question ; but if they cannot agree, congress shall name...
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Senate Manual Containing the Standing Rules, Orders, Laws, and Resolutions ...

United States. Congress. Senate - 1971 - 946 pages
...shall present a petition to congress stating the matter in question and praying for a hearing, notice thereof shall be given by order of congress to the...consent, commissioners or judges to constitute a court for hearing and determining the matter in question: but if they cannot agree, congress shall name three...
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Dreiser: Sister Carrie; Jennie Gerhardt; Twelve Men

Theodore Dreiser - Fiction - 1987 - 1168 pages
...shall present a petition to congress stating the matter in question and praying for a hearing, notice thereof shall be given by order of congress to the...consent, commissioners or judges to constitute a court for hearing and determining the matter in question: but if they cannot agree, congress shall name three...
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The Constitutional Convention and the Formation of the Union

Winton U. Solberg - History - 1990 - 548 pages
...shall present a petition to congress stating the matter in question and praying for a hearing, notice thereof shall be given by order of congress to the...consent, commissioners or judges to constitute a court for hearing and determining the matter in question; but if they cannot agree, congress shall name three...
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Roots of the Republic: American Founding Documents Interpreted

Stephen L. Schechter - Business & Economics - 1990 - 478 pages
...shall present a petition to congress stating the matter in question and praying24 for a hearing, notice thereof shall be given by order of congress to the...executive authority of the other state in controversy, obtain funds from each state government. This section contains the agreement that each state will normally...
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Dictionary of Politics: Selected American and Foreign Political and Legal Terms

Walter John Raymond - Law - 1992 - 760 pages
...or lawful agent of any state shall present a petition to congress stating the matter in question and thereof shall be given by order of congress to the legislative or other state in controversy, and a day assigned for the appearance of the agents, who shall then be...
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The Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787: Which Framed the Constitution ...

United States. Constitutional Convention, James Madison - Law - 1999 - 836 pages
...petition to congress stating the matter in question and praying for a hearing, notice thereof shall bo given by order of congress to the legislative or executive...consent, commissioners or judges to constitute a court for hearing and determining the matter in question: but if they cannot agree, congress shall name three...
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A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States: Containing a ...

Joseph Story - Constitutional law - 1999 - 374 pages
...shall present a petition to Congress, stating the matter in question, and praying for a hearing, notice thereof shall be given, by order of Congress, to the...authority of the other State in controversy ; and a day assign ed, for the appearance of the parties by their lawful agents, who shall then be "directed to...
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The American Constitutional Experience: Selected Readings & Supreme Court ...

Richard M Battistoni - Law - 2000 - 198 pages
...shall present a petition to Congress, stating the matter in question and praying for a hearing, notice thereof shall be given by order of Congress to the...consent, commissioners or judges to constitute a court for hearing and determining the matter in question; but if they cannot agree, Congress shall name three...
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A Nation of States: Federalism at the Bar of the Supreme Court

Kermit L. Hall - Law - 2000 - 464 pages
...jurisdiction or any other cause whatever. . . ." The parties to a dispute could be directed by Congress "to appoint by joint consent, commissioners or judges to constitute a court for hearing and determining the matter in question." Or if the disputing parties could not agree, Congress...
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