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... ground in the rear of the sea - wall at St. Joseph's harbor- ( see Harbors . ) St. John - Report of the Committee of Claims on the peti- tion and papers of Ezra St. Joseph's island - Resolutions of the Legislature of Mis- sissippi in ...
... ground in the rear of the sea - wall at St. Joseph's harbor- ( see Harbors . ) St. John - Report of the Committee of Claims on the peti- tion and papers of Ezra St. Joseph's island - Resolutions of the Legislature of Mis- sissippi in ...
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... ground in the rear of the sea - wall at St. Augustine - On the petition of citizens praying that the port of entry , in the district of Miami , Ohio , may be removed from " Maumee city " to Toledo , within said district On " Vol . No ...
... ground in the rear of the sea - wall at St. Augustine - On the petition of citizens praying that the port of entry , in the district of Miami , Ohio , may be removed from " Maumee city " to Toledo , within said district On " Vol . No ...
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... ground , this course of examination will not be continued further . Very soon after the close of the war of 1812 - '15 , the subject of losses of private property from capture and destruction by the enemy , was pressed upon Congress in ...
... ground , this course of examination will not be continued further . Very soon after the close of the war of 1812 - '15 , the subject of losses of private property from capture and destruction by the enemy , was pressed upon Congress in ...
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... ground that it had been sus- tained in consequence of the military occupation of the buildings . They do not appear to have obtained compensation for any of the buildings , under the provisions of the acts of Congress of the 9th of ...
... ground that it had been sus- tained in consequence of the military occupation of the buildings . They do not appear to have obtained compensation for any of the buildings , under the provisions of the acts of Congress of the 9th of ...
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... ground of liability on the part of the United States , that he could not remove his property to a place of safety , be- cause all his carts , horses , and means of transportation , had been taken from him for the use of the army . The ...
... ground of liability on the part of the United States , that he could not remove his property to a place of safety , be- cause all his carts , horses , and means of transportation , had been taken from him for the use of the army . The ...
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26th Congress 2d Session ad valorem agent allowed amount appears appointed April army authority bill boundary Captain cents per lb certificate Colonel commission commissioner committee commutation Congress cts pr Department dollars entitled evidence exported February following REPORT furnished further enacted Government granted Gulf of Mexico half-pay heirs honor Import Duties Indians January John JOHN FORSYTH lake letter Lieutenant manufactures March memorialist MEMUCAN HUNT Menomonies ment miles military Milwaukie mineral Navy obedient servant October officers opinion OVERTON paid papers payment Pennsylvania pension persons petition petitioner pounds avoirdupois present President printed received referred regiment Representatives republic of Texas resolution Resolved respectfully Sabine lake Sabine pass Sabine river Secretary Secretary of War Senate Stockbridge submitted the following surgeon surgeon's mate tariff Territory Texas Thomas Allen tion Treasury treaty United valorem vessels Virginia western bank widow York
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Page 30 - Nachitoches, or Red River; then following the course of the Rio Roxo westward, to the degree of longitude 100 west from London...
Page 58 - An act in alteration of the several acts imposing duties on imports," approved on the nineteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight; and also an act entitled " An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports...
Page 2 - Upon the whole, the committee are of opinion the contract entered into by Congress with the officers of the late revolutionary army, for giving them half pay for life, has not been substantially complied with by our Government: they therefore recommend the following resolution : Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioners is reasonable, and ought to be granted.
Page 46 - ... on the enumerated article which it most resembles in any of the particulars before mentioned; and if any nonenumerated article equally resembles two or more enumerated articles on which different rates of duty are chargeable, there shall be levied...
Page lxxi - An act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the public lands and to grant preemption rights...
Page 46 - ... if any non-enumerated article equally resembles two or more enumerated articles, on which different rates of duty are chargeable, there shall be levied, collected, and paid on such non-enumerated article the same rate of duty as is chargeable on the article which it resembles paying the highest duty...
Page 48 - ... mixed with dirt or other material, and thus reduced in value to eight cents per pound, or under, the appraisers shall appraise said wool at such price, as in their opinion it. would have, cost, had it not been so mixed, and a duty thereon shall be charged in conformity with such appraisal...