Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 21F. Hunt, 1849 - Commerce |
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... construction of a railroad across the Isthmus is entirely practicable , but that the grades will be comparatively easy . By the discovery of a sum- mit level thirty feet lower than had ever been ascertained before , it is found that ...
... construction of a railroad across the Isthmus is entirely practicable , but that the grades will be comparatively easy . By the discovery of a sum- mit level thirty feet lower than had ever been ascertained before , it is found that ...
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... construction . In most of the States , the members of the popular branch are elected an- nually , and it is too much the custom to present new candidates every year , each town in the county and district taking its turn . This arises in ...
... construction . In most of the States , the members of the popular branch are elected an- nually , and it is too much the custom to present new candidates every year , each town in the county and district taking its turn . This arises in ...
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... construction of statutes in the courts . A provision of the New York Constitution , which de- clares that " no private or local bill which may be passed by the Legislature shall embrace more than one subject , which shall be expressed ...
... construction of statutes in the courts . A provision of the New York Constitution , which de- clares that " no private or local bill which may be passed by the Legislature shall embrace more than one subject , which shall be expressed ...
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... construction . 1848 .... While on this subject , we would remark that the greater part of these roads pass through those districts most cultivated with the sugar cane , the most important branch of the agricultural wealth of Cuba ; that ...
... construction . 1848 .... While on this subject , we would remark that the greater part of these roads pass through those districts most cultivated with the sugar cane , the most important branch of the agricultural wealth of Cuba ; that ...
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... construction of the State Basin , which was completed at the same time with the Erie and Champlain canals , added incalculably to the commercial facilities of Albany , by enlarging the area of its docks , and affording a safe and ...
... construction of the State Basin , which was completed at the same time with the Erie and Champlain canals , added incalculably to the commercial facilities of Albany , by enlarging the area of its docks , and affording a safe and ...
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Page 254 - ... from the end of one line to the beginning of the next, but writes them just below the rest of the word and draws a loop around them.
Page 180 - Be it therefore enacted, that whensoever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would (if death had not ensued) have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof...
Page 63 - Persons severally liable upon the same obligation or instrument, including the parties to bills of exchange and promissory notes, and sureties on the same or separate instruments, may all or any of them be included in the same action, at the option of the plaintiff...
Page 64 - In pleading the performance of conditions precedent in a contract, it shall not be necessary to state the facts showing such performance; but it may be stated generally that the party duly performed all the conditions on his part...
Page 607 - ... it is of infinite moment, that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union, to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity...
Page 47 - DO not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you.
Page 506 - That no contract for the sale of any goods, wares, and merchandises, for the price of ten pounds sterling or upwards shall be allowed to be good, except the buyer shall accept part of the goods so sold, and actually receive the same, or give something in earnest to bind the bargain, or in part payment...
Page 605 - reading makes a full man, conversation a ready man, and writing an exact man.
Page 172 - It is agreed that it shall at all times be free to His Majesty's subjects, and to the citizens of the United States, and also to the Indians dwelling on either side of the said boundary line, freely to pass and repass by land or inland navigation, into the respective territories and countries of the two parties, on the continent of America...
Page 180 - ... in every such action the jury may give such damages as they shall deem fair and just, with reference to the pecuniary injury resulting from such death to the wife and next of kin of such deceased person: provided, that every such action shall be commenced within two years after the death of such deceased person.