Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States: Advising the President and Heads of Departments in Relation to Their Official Duties, Volume 8R. Farnham, 1858 - Administrative law |
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... appropriated , a sum equal to twelve months ' pay of their respective deceased relations aforesaid , in addition to the pay due to the said deceased at the date of the loss of the said vessel . " ( ix Stat . at Large , p . 332. ) The ...
... appropriated , a sum equal to twelve months ' pay of their respective deceased relations aforesaid , in addition to the pay due to the said deceased at the date of the loss of the said vessel . " ( ix Stat . at Large , p . 332. ) The ...
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... appropriations for the service of the Post Office for the current year , and transmits to me , for the sake of comparison , the 7th section of the same act . These enactments are in the following words : Mandatory Statute . " Sec . 7 ...
... appropriations for the service of the Post Office for the current year , and transmits to me , for the sake of comparison , the 7th section of the same act . These enactments are in the following words : Mandatory Statute . " Sec . 7 ...
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... appropriated , to enable the President to procure and pay for a site for a building for the accommodation of the United States courts in the city of Baltimore , and to erect thereon a fire - proof building for such purpose , on such ...
... appropriated , to enable the President to procure and pay for a site for a building for the accommodation of the United States courts in the city of Baltimore , and to erect thereon a fire - proof building for such purpose , on such ...
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... appropriated , after paying thereout for the land contracted for by the Presi dent , under the authority of law , for the site of such buildings . " To appreciate the effect of this provision ... appropriation to carry 42 HON . CALEB CUSHING.
... appropriated , after paying thereout for the land contracted for by the Presi dent , under the authority of law , for the site of such buildings . " To appreciate the effect of this provision ... appropriation to carry 42 HON . CALEB CUSHING.
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... appropriation to carry the same into effect , otherwise the agreement to be null and void . " ( Ex . Doct . 34th Congr . 1st Ses . Sen. no . 84. ) And the question is , whether the President now has power or not , to proceed to complete ...
... appropriation to carry the same into effect , otherwise the agreement to be null and void . " ( Ex . Doct . 34th Congr . 1st Ses . Sen. no . 84. ) And the question is , whether the President now has power or not , to proceed to complete ...
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Page 12 - ... whenever it may be necessary in the judgment of the President to use the military force hereby directed to be called forth, the President shall forthwith and previous thereto, by proclamation, command such insurgents to disperse and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within a limited time...
Page 373 - The privilege and benefit of the writ of habeas corpus shall be enjoyed in this commonwealth, in the most free, easy, cheap, expeditious and ample manner; and shall not be suspended by the legislature, except upon the most urgent and pressing occasions, and for a limited time, not exceeding twelve months.
Page 436 - ... occupy, or fortify or colonize, or assume, or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America...
Page 16 - An act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, and to grant preemption rights...
Page 159 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 6 - Hence, of necessity, usages have been established in every department of the government, which have become a kind of common law, and regulate the rights and duties of those who act within their respective limits. And no change of such usages can have a retrospective effect, but must be limited to' the future. Usage cannot alter the law, but it is evidence of the construction given to it, and must be considered binding on past transactions.
Page 530 - No money shall be drawn from the treasury but in pursuance of specific appropriations made by law; nor shall any appropriation of money be made for a longer term than two years...
Page 290 - Whenever any criminal, convicted of any offense against the United States, is imprisoned in the jail or penitentiary of any state or territory, such criminal shall In all respects be subject to the same discipline and treatment as convicts sentenced by the courts of the state or territory...
Page 437 - America ; nor will either make use of any protection which either affords or may afford, or any alliance which either has or may have to or with any state or people, for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same...
Page 12 - ... to employ for the same purposes such part of the land or naval force of the United States as shall be judged uecessary, having first observed all the prerequisites of the law in that respect.