Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Oct. 17, 1803-April 25, 1808D. Appleton, 1856 |
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... duty of forty - four cents on tonnage , and ten per cent . on duties , are paid by all foreign ships or vessels in all the ports of the United States . If it be said we must repeal those laws , and then the preference will cease , the ...
... duty of forty - four cents on tonnage , and ten per cent . on duties , are paid by all foreign ships or vessels in all the ports of the United States . If it be said we must repeal those laws , and then the preference will cease , the ...
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... duty of the House to pursue this mode of inquiry , and equally would it be the duty of the head of the Execu- tive Department to give his aid and countenance . In the present stage of the proceedings re- specting the treaty and ...
... duty of the House to pursue this mode of inquiry , and equally would it be the duty of the head of the Execu- tive Department to give his aid and countenance . In the present stage of the proceedings re- specting the treaty and ...
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... duties than would be paid upon such imports , if brought into our Atlantic ports in American bottoms . ] In this case ... duty fess to grant , for a limited time , to French and alone could have induced him to rise at that late Spanish ...
... duties than would be paid upon such imports , if brought into our Atlantic ports in American bottoms . ] In this case ... duty fess to grant , for a limited time , to French and alone could have induced him to rise at that late Spanish ...
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... duty of the no laws at all . Is it to make laws , to say Government to be prepared to meet them . a man may do as he pleases ? The proposed He would , therefore , wish this act rather to government is not even provisional or circum ...
... duty of the no laws at all . Is it to make laws , to say Government to be prepared to meet them . a man may do as he pleases ? The proposed He would , therefore , wish this act rather to government is not even provisional or circum ...
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... duty of tonnage , for this express purpose , could easily be laid and col- lected from foreign vessels , and would add materially to our means of keeping them in good repair and attendance . A sum , for exam- ple , of six or seven cents ...
... duty of tonnage , for this express purpose , could easily be laid and col- lected from foreign vessels , and would add materially to our means of keeping them in good repair and attendance . A sum , for exam- ple , of six or seven cents ...
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Página 269 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Página 13 - Constitution, and the laws of the united States made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made, or which shall be made under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land ; and the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Página 23 - Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both houses concurring) : That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several States as an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States...
Página 82 - Until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands all the civil, judicial, and military powers exercised by the officers of the existing government in said islands shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct; and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned.
Página 16 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal Constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Página 42 - Act, every person so offending shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred pounds, and be dismissed from his office; one moiety of the said penalty to the use of His Majesty, his heirs and successors, and the other moiety to the use of the person who shall inform or sue for the same, to be sued for and recovered in any of His Majesty's courts of record at Westminster...
Página 73 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it ; and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Página 65 - United States, in the name of the French Republic, forever and in full sovereignty, the said territory, with all its rights and appurtenances, as fully and in the same manner as they have been acquired by the French Republic, in virtue of the above-mentioned treaty, concluded with His Catholic Majesty.
Página 37 - And if the house of representatives shall not choose a president whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the vice president shall act as president, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the president.
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