The National Almanac and Annual Record for ...William Vincent McKean G. W. Childs, 1864 - Almanacs, American |
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... cent . increase , from 1850 to 1860 , of the principal agricultural produc- tions of both sections : 60 Loyal States . Disloyal States . Live - stock .......... 348 per cent . 249 per cent . Value of same ..... 2091 Corn ...
... cent . increase , from 1850 to 1860 , of the principal agricultural produc- tions of both sections : 60 Loyal States . Disloyal States . Live - stock .......... 348 per cent . 249 per cent . Value of same ..... 2091 Corn ...
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... cent . Product of the Year to each Person . AND RESOURCES . Bates by Dr. Wm . Elder . ) Increased Product per cent . Annual Interest and Charge of Public Debt . Public Debt to Pro- perty per cent . Public Debt per capita . Annual Charge ...
... cent . Product of the Year to each Person . AND RESOURCES . Bates by Dr. Wm . Elder . ) Increased Product per cent . Annual Interest and Charge of Public Debt . Public Debt to Pro- perty per cent . Public Debt per capita . Annual Charge ...
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... cent . in the period investigation was made by the United States Mar- 1800 to 1841 , and at 50 per cent . from 1841 to 1858 , shals in 1810. Since that time we have official an accurately even rate of accumulation , -for as valuations ...
... cent . in the period investigation was made by the United States Mar- 1800 to 1841 , and at 50 per cent . from 1841 to 1858 , shals in 1810. Since that time we have official an accurately even rate of accumulation , -for as valuations ...
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... cent . increase upon those of 1850 ; by subtracting from the value of the manufactures one - third for the raw materials , which are included in the esti- mate of the agricultural values ; and by adding 400,000,000 for the profits of ...
... cent . increase upon those of 1850 ; by subtracting from the value of the manufactures one - third for the raw materials , which are included in the esti- mate of the agricultural values ; and by adding 400,000,000 for the profits of ...
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... cent , and in the year ending March , 1863 , at 2 to 3 per cent . , and in the money - market falling from 12 per cent ... cents per pound . To this must be added their exports of tobacco , rice , and breadstuffs and provisions , and the ...
... cent , and in the year ending March , 1863 , at 2 to 3 per cent . , and in the money - market falling from 12 per cent ... cents per pound . To this must be added their exports of tobacco , rice , and breadstuffs and provisions , and the ...
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Page 442 - States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege or exemption specially set up or claimed by either party, under such clause of the said Constitution, treaty, statute or commission, may be re-examined and reversed or affirmed in the supreme Court of the United States, upon a writ of error...
Page 314 - ... major part of them, and the judges of the court of appeals, or the major part of them.
Page 86 - ... as shall be equal to such lands as the United States have sold, reserved, or otherwise appropriated, or to which the rights of pre-emption or homestead settlements have attached as aforesaid...
Page 268 - That there is hereby established at the seat of government of the United States a Department of Agriculture, the general designs and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
Page 180 - An act to establish the Treasury Department," approved September second, seventeen hundred and eighty-nine, it was provided that it should be the duty of the Treasurer to receive and keep the moneys of the United States, and to disburse the same upon warrants drawn by the Secretary of the Treasury, countersigned by the Comptroller, and recorded by the Register, and not otherwise...
Page 460 - That the judicial power of said Territory shall be vested in a supreme court, district courts, probate courts, and in justices of the peace.
Page 82 - The supreme court shall consist of a chief justice and two associate justices, any two of whom shall constitute a quorum, and who shall hold a term at the seat of government of said Territory annually, and they shall hold their offices during the period of four years.
Page 180 - He receives and adjusts all accounts relating to the pay, clothing, and recruiting of the army, as well as armories, arsenals, and ordnance, and all accounts relating to the Indian Department, and reports the balances to the Second Comptroller for his decision thereon.
Page 40 - Observatories, though not expensive, cannot prosper in our country until we can obtain rest from the pursuit of mercantile affairs, or their charge is undertaken by the Government. The duties are confining; if properly executed, arduous: and but few are qualified by experience or habits to undertake them. If officers can be found with taste for such duties, an Observatory will give more information to the world, under a military organization, in one year, than under any other direction in two.
Page 108 - Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of the government and the preservation of the Union.