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... tion which it contains is indispensable under the provisions of recent statutes . In the exercise of their arduous and responsible vocation , they have frequent occasion for the services and assistance of consular officers , which must ...
... tion which it contains is indispensable under the provisions of recent statutes . In the exercise of their arduous and responsible vocation , they have frequent occasion for the services and assistance of consular officers , which must ...
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... tion of U. S. foreign countries , chiefly in seaports and other places of commerce , to exercise administrative and some- times , in countries not Christian , judicial functions in regard to their countrymen who dwell or may happen to ...
... tion of U. S. foreign countries , chiefly in seaports and other places of commerce , to exercise administrative and some- times , in countries not Christian , judicial functions in regard to their countrymen who dwell or may happen to ...
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... tion from taxa- are exempted from the payment of a personal tax , 1 See section 212 of this volume , infra . Opinions of the Attorneys General , vol . i . pp . 41 and 406 . Kent , Commentaries , vol . i . pp , 50–57 . 3 Phillimore's ...
... tion from taxa- are exempted from the payment of a personal tax , 1 See section 212 of this volume , infra . Opinions of the Attorneys General , vol . i . pp . 41 and 406 . Kent , Commentaries , vol . i . pp , 50–57 . 3 Phillimore's ...
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... tion , but not to foreigners.3 But consuls of the United States in countries in which there is a resident minister are not permitted to issue passports . In most countries Assistance of consuls may require the assistance of the police ...
... tion , but not to foreigners.3 But consuls of the United States in countries in which there is a resident minister are not permitted to issue passports . In most countries Assistance of consuls may require the assistance of the police ...
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... tion , to withdraw the exequatur of any foreign consul . To justify the exercise of this power there is not needed the fact of technical violation of a law judi- cially proved . It may be exercised for any reasonable cause , whenever it ...
... tion , to withdraw the exequatur of any foreign consul . To justify the exercise of this power there is not needed the fact of technical violation of a law judi- cially proved . It may be exercised for any reasonable cause , whenever it ...
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Page 488 - I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Page 488 - I have neither sought nor accepted nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States; that I have not yielded a voluntary support to any pretended government, authority, power or constitution within the United States, hostile or inimical thereto.
Page 48 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities, of citizens of the United States ; and, in the mean time, they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 30 - All questions, in regard to rights whether of property or person, arising between citizens of the United States in China, shall be subject to the jurisdiction and regulated by the authorities of their own government. And all controversies occurring in China between citizens of the United States and the subjects of any other government, shall be regulated by the treaties existing between the United States and such governments, respectively, without interference on the part of China.
Page 276 - Schedule. Grain, flour, and bread-stuffs of all kinds. Animals of all kinds. Fresh, smoked, and salted meats. Cotton-wool, seeds, and vegetables. Undried fruits; dried fruits. Fish of all kinds. Products of fish and of all other creatures living in the water.
Page 213 - ... pay in addition to his wages to the time of discharge; but, if in the opinion of the inspectors the defects or deficiencies found to exist have been the result of mistake or accident, and could not, in the exercise of ordinary care, have been known and provided against before the sailing of the vessel, and the master shall, in a reasonable time, remove or remedy the causes of complaint, then the crew shall remain and discharge their duty...
Page 33 - States in their civil rights, and for their vindication, shall be exercised and enforced in conformity with the laws of the United States, so far as such laws are suitable to carry the same into effect; but in all cases where they are not adapted to the object, or are deficient in the provisions necessary to furnish suitable remedies...
Page 200 - The jurisdiction of the nation within its own territory is necessarily exclusive and absolute. It is susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction upon it, deriving validity from an external source, would imply a diminution of its sovereignty to the extent of the restriction, and an investment of that sovereignty to the same extent in that power which could impose such restriction.
Page 258 - I, the undersigned, Secretary of State of the United States of America, hereby request all whom it may concern to permit Gilbert Hardy, a citizen of the United States, safely and freely to pass, and, in case of need, to give him all lawful aid and protection.
Page 482 - Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said John Alden, 2nd, as and for his last will and testament, in the presence of us, who, at his request, and in his presence, and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses the day and year above written.