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... Session 197-203 imports paying ad valorem Duties ... 168-171 Connecticut 258 Indian Superintendents and Agents ...... 107 320 Consular System , U.S. , Act to remodel .. 146 Indiana Consuls , Foreign , in U. S. Consuls in Foreign ...
... Session 197-203 imports paying ad valorem Duties ... 168-171 Connecticut 258 Indian Superintendents and Agents ...... 107 320 Consular System , U.S. , Act to remodel .. 146 Indiana Consuls , Foreign , in U. S. Consuls in Foreign ...
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... session of Congress , to promote the efficien- cy of the Navy , " see post , p . 144 , No. 37 , Captains William B. Shubrick , Matthew C. Perry , Charles S. McCauley , Cornelius K. Stribling , and Abraham Bigelow ; Commanders G. J. ...
... session of Congress , to promote the efficien- cy of the Navy , " see post , p . 144 , No. 37 , Captains William B. Shubrick , Matthew C. Perry , Charles S. McCauley , Cornelius K. Stribling , and Abraham Bigelow ; Commanders G. J. ...
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... Session of Congress , " To remodel the Diplomatic and Consular Systems of the United States , " ( see Public Laws , No 40 , ch . 133 , post , page 146 , ) the Ministers and other Diplomatic Agents of the United States in foreign ...
... Session of Congress , " To remodel the Diplomatic and Consular Systems of the United States , " ( see Public Laws , No 40 , ch . 133 , post , page 146 , ) the Ministers and other Diplomatic Agents of the United States in foreign ...
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VIII . TITLES AND ABSTRACTS OF THE PUBLIC LAWS , PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE 33D CONGRESS . [ The references by Chapters are to Little & Brown's authorized edition of the Laws of the United States . The omitted Chapters are ...
VIII . TITLES AND ABSTRACTS OF THE PUBLIC LAWS , PASSED AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE 33D CONGRESS . [ The references by Chapters are to Little & Brown's authorized edition of the Laws of the United States . The omitted Chapters are ...
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... session , and of each month during the session , the cases upon which they finally acted , stating in each case the material 1856. ] 143 TITLES AND ABSTRACTS OF THE PUBLIC LAWS .
... session , and of each month during the session , the cases upon which they finally acted , stating in each case the material 1856. ] 143 TITLES AND ABSTRACTS OF THE PUBLIC LAWS .
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Page 320 - ... shall be appointed for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years, and one for five years.
Page 97 - States (1) George Washington. (2) John Adams. (3) Thomas Jefferson. (4) James Madison. (5) James Monroe. (6) John Quincy Adams. (7) Andrew Jackson. (8) Martin Van Buren. (9) William Henry Harrison. (10) John Tyler. (11) James K. Polk. (12) Zachary Taylor. (13) Millard Fillmore. (14) Franklin Pierce. (15) James Buchanan. (16) Abraham Lincoln. (17) Andrew Johnson. (18) Ulysses S. Grant.
Page 70 - I have never entered into any controversy in defence of my philosophical opinions ; I leave them to take their chance in the world. If they are right, truth and experience will support them. If wrong, they ought to be refuted and rejected.
Page 269 - ... major part of them, and the judges of the court of appeals, or the major part of them.
Page 34 - There will be two Eclipses of the Sun and two of the Moon.
Page 143 - The said court shall hear and determine all claims founded upon any law of congress, or upon any regulation of an executive department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the government of the United States, which may be suggested to it by a petition filed therein; and also all claims which may be referred to it by either house of congress.
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Page 146 - An act to remodel the diplomatic and consular systems of the United States...
Page 320 - It shall have original jurisdiction in quo warranto, mandamus, habeas corpus and procedendo, and such appellate jurisdiction as may be provided by law. It shall hold at least one term in each year at the seat of government, and such other terms, there or elsewhere, as may be provided by law.