Reports from the Court of Claims Submitted to the House of Representatives, Volume 1C. Wendell, printer, 1860 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... March , A. D. 1849 , was succeeded by the Hon . William B. Preston in said office . The latter gentleman , by order dated December 1 , 1849 , directed Commodore Jones " to place the saw - mill in charge of the navy agent or purser at ...
... March , A. D. 1849 , was succeeded by the Hon . William B. Preston in said office . The latter gentleman , by order dated December 1 , 1849 , directed Commodore Jones " to place the saw - mill in charge of the navy agent or purser at ...
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... March 12 , 1850 , ( a certified copy of which is herewith filed :) " If , under the terms of the contract entered into with Mr. Parker , the mill has already relieved itself , then you will resume the posses- sion of the said saw - mill ...
... March 12 , 1850 , ( a certified copy of which is herewith filed :) " If , under the terms of the contract entered into with Mr. Parker , the mill has already relieved itself , then you will resume the posses- sion of the said saw - mill ...
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... March , 1849 , was succeeded by the Hon . William B. Preston in said office . The latter gentleman , by order dated December 1 , 1849 , directed Commodore Jones to place the saw - mill in charge of the navy agent or purser at San ...
... March , 1849 , was succeeded by the Hon . William B. Preston in said office . The latter gentleman , by order dated December 1 , 1849 , directed Commodore Jones to place the saw - mill in charge of the navy agent or purser at San ...
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... March 12 , 1850 , " If , under the terms of the con- tract entered into with Mr. Parker , the mill has already relieved itself , you will resume the possession of the said saw - mill . " Here he admits that the contract was binding so ...
... March 12 , 1850 , " If , under the terms of the con- tract entered into with Mr. Parker , the mill has already relieved itself , you will resume the possession of the said saw - mill . " Here he admits that the contract was binding so ...
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... March , 1849 , and I perceive that the contract is dated in April of that year . I give you my opinion on the extent of power conferred on Commodore Jones , by my instructions , without an accurate knowledge of the subsequent order of ...
... March , 1849 , and I perceive that the contract is dated in April of that year . I give you my opinion on the extent of power conferred on Commodore Jones , by my instructions , without an accurate knowledge of the subsequent order of ...
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Page 92 - ... that its abandonment ought not to be presumed, in a case in which the deliberate purpose of the State to abandon it does not appear.
Page 102 - The result is a conviction that the states have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden, or in any manner control the operations of the constitutional laws enacted by Congress to carry into execution the powers vested in the general government.
Page 67 - 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.
Page 56 - Clarkson, whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed instrument, and thereon written, was, at the time of taking such proof or acknowledgment, a Notary Public in and for the City and County of New York, dwelling In the said City, commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same.
Page 18 - On this.... day of July, AD, 1917, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public, in and for the County of State of Texas, John Jones, known to me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument and who acknowledged to me that he executed the same freely and voluntarily and for the uses and purposes therein mentioned.
Page 102 - If the end be legitimate and within the scope of the Constitution, all the means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, and which are not prohibited, may constitutionally be employed to carry it into effect.
Page 255 - That every person or corporation who has, or shall have, purchased or constructed any newly invented machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, prior to the application by the inventor or discoverer for a patent, shall be held to possess the right to use, and vend to others to be used, the specific machine, manufacture, or composition of matter so made or purchased, without liability therefor...
Page 67 - Signed, sealed, published and Declared by the said Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the Presence of us who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses thereto.
Page 24 - 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 102 - The state governments have no right to tax any of the constitutional means employed by the government of the Union to execute its constitutional powers.