Documentary Source Book of American History, 1606-1898, Volume 10William MacDonald This book contains hundreds of primary documents from United States history, between 1606 and 1898. Most of the primary sources are colonial or United States government laws or other orders. The author provides analysis and notes with the sources. |
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... Dollar . 179. Civil Service Act . Jan. 16 , 1883 180. Interstate Commerce Act . Feb. 4 , 1887 181. Anti - Trust Act . July 2 , 1890 182. Silver Purchase Act . July 14 , 1890 183. Repeal of the Silver Purchase Act of 1890 . 184 ...
... Dollar . 179. Civil Service Act . Jan. 16 , 1883 180. Interstate Commerce Act . Feb. 4 , 1887 181. Anti - Trust Act . July 2 , 1890 182. Silver Purchase Act . July 14 , 1890 183. Repeal of the Silver Purchase Act of 1890 . 184 ...
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... dollar for each hundred pounds weight ; and for wines , brandies , verjuice and vinegar , there shall be paid eighteen guilders per cask . · XVIII . The Company promises the colonists of the Patroons that they shall be free from customs ...
... dollar for each hundred pounds weight ; and for wines , brandies , verjuice and vinegar , there shall be paid eighteen guilders per cask . · XVIII . The Company promises the colonists of the Patroons that they shall be free from customs ...
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... dollars for each Person . The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be sus- pended , unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it . No Bill of Attainder or expost facto Law shall be passed ...
... dollars for each Person . The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be sus- pended , unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it . No Bill of Attainder or expost facto Law shall be passed ...
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... dollars , the right of trial by jury shall be preserved , and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re - examined in any Court of the United States , than according to the rules of the common law . ARTICLE VIII . Excessive bail ...
... dollars , the right of trial by jury shall be preserved , and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re - examined in any Court of the United States , than according to the rules of the common law . ARTICLE VIII . Excessive bail ...
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... dollars . These several sums constitute the whole of the debt of the United States , amounting together to $ 54,124,464 56. That of the individual States is not equally well ascertained . . . . The Secretary , however , presumes that ...
... dollars . These several sums constitute the whole of the debt of the United States , amounting together to $ 54,124,464 56. That of the individual States is not equally well ascertained . . . . The Secretary , however , presumes that ...
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Page 214 - The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians ; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and in their property, rights, and liberty, they never shall be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congr.ess ; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall from time to time be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Page 592 - Any person who shall be injured in his business or property by any other person or corporation by reason of anything forbidden or declared to be unlawful by this act may sue therefor in any Circuit Court of the United States in the district in which the defendant resides or is found, without respect to the amount in controversy, and shall recover threefold the damages by him sustained, and the costs of suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee. Sec. 8. That the word "person
Page 380 - Mexicans who, in the territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States, and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...
Page 458 - ... shall then be in rebellion against the United States ; and the fact that any State or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 201 - Indians, not members of any of the States, provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated — establishing and regulating postoffices from one State to another, throughout all the United States, and exacting such postage on the papers passing thro' the same as may be requisite to defray the expenses of the said office — appointing all officers of the land forces, in the service of the United States, excepting regimental officers — appointing...
Page 550 - ... all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every state and territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses and exactions of every kind, and none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation or custom to the contrary...
Page 228 - Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of...
Page 197 - For the more convenient management of the general interest of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each State shall direct, to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November, in every year...
Page 202 - ... in congress assembled : But if the united states in congress assembled shall, on consideration of circumstances judge proper that any state should not raise men, or should raise a smaller number than its quota, and that any other state should raise a greater number of men than the quota thereof, such extra number shall be raised, officered, clothed, armed and equipped in the same manner as the quota of such state, unless the legislature of such state shall judge that such extra number cannot...
Page 199 - IX. The United States in Congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war, except in the cases mentioned in the sixth article — of sending and receiving ambassadors — entering into treaties and alliances, provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective States shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners, as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the...