The Public Statutes at Large of the United States of America, Volume 1Charle C. Little and James Brown, 1845 - Session laws |
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... appointed by the legislature of each State respectively by whom such forces shall be raised , or in such manner as such State shall direct , and all vacan- cies shall be filled up by the State which first made the appointment . ART . 8 ...
... appointed by the legislature of each State respectively by whom such forces shall be raised , or in such manner as such State shall direct , and all vacan- cies shall be filled up by the State which first made the appointment . ART . 8 ...
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... appointed July 9 , 1778 . in the manner before prescribed , shall be final and conclusive ; and if any of the parties shall refuse to submit to the authority of such court , or to appear or defend their claim or cause , the court shall ...
... appointed July 9 , 1778 . in the manner before prescribed , shall be final and conclusive ; and if any of the parties shall refuse to submit to the authority of such court , or to appear or defend their claim or cause , the court shall ...
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... appointed an elector . The electors shall meet in their respective States , and vote by ballot for two persons , of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves . And they shall make a list of all the ...
... appointed an elector . The electors shall meet in their respective States , and vote by ballot for two persons , of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves . And they shall make a list of all the ...
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... appointed , or to be appointed , before they act . Oath of se . cretary of the of the House of Representa- tives . Senate and clerk appointed before the first day of August next , and who shall then be in office , shall , within one ...
... appointed , or to be appointed , before they act . Oath of se . cretary of the of the House of Representa- tives . Senate and clerk appointed before the first day of August next , and who shall then be in office , shall , within one ...
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... appointed by the said principal officer , and to be employed therein as he shall deem proper , and to be called the chief Clerk in the Department of Foreign Affairs , and who , whenever the said principal officer shall be removed from ...
... appointed by the said principal officer , and to be employed therein as he shall deem proper , and to be called the chief Clerk in the Department of Foreign Affairs , and who , whenever the said principal officer shall be removed from ...
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act of March aforesaid allowed America in Congress appointed appropriated APPROVED April 29 cents centum certificate certificate of registry chap circuit court citizen clerks collector commissioners compensation Cond Congress assembled debt defraying district court division to consist duties established execution expenses exported fifty dollars five hundred dollars forfeiture further enacted granted half a pension hereby authorized House of Representa House of Representatives hydrometer intituled An act John Cleves Symmes judge jurisdiction land license lighthouses loan March 27 master militia monies non-commissioned officers North Carolina oath or affirmation Obsolete offence owner paid patent payment penalty person or persons port or place ports of delivery Postmaster President registered regulations Repealed respectively revenue Rhode Island river Secretary SECTION Senate and House ship or vessel STATUTE surveyor territory therein thereof thousand dollars thousand seven hundred tion tives tonnage treasury United vellum wares and merchandise wares or merchandise
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Page 53 - And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein such State shall be admitted by its delegates into the Congress of the United States on an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government.
Page 5 - Stephen Hopkins William Ellery Connecticut Roger Sherman Samuel Huntington William Williams Oliver Wolcott New York William Floyd Philip Livingston Francis Lewis Lewis Morris New Jersey Richard Stockton John Witherspoon Francis Hopkinson John Hart Abraham Clark Pennsylvania Robert Morris Benjamin Rush Benjamin...
Page 9 - The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective States ; fixing the standard of weights and measures throughout the United States...
Page 8 - States shall be divided or appropriated ; of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace, appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures, provided that no member of Congress shall be appointed a judge of any of the said courts.
Page 53 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 378 - That if any person shall, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, begin or set on foot, or provide or prepare the means for any military expedition or enterprise, to be carried on from thence against the territory or dominions of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people with whom the United States are (at) peace, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding three thousand dollars and imprisoned...
Page 52 - The inhabitants of the said territory, shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law.
Page 76 - I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the constitution and laws of the United States.
Page 52 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said Territory as to the citizens of the United States and those of any other States that may be admitted into the Confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page xxx - An Act to regulate Trade and Intercourse with the Indian Tribes, and to preserve Peace on the Frontiers...