Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, Issues 285-334E. Croswell, 1837 - New York (State) |
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... claimed as such has been disputed - and if there can be still - these exceptions are so very rare , amid failures without number , as only to prove the more strikingly the rule . On this subject , the last Paris circular holds the ...
... claimed as such has been disputed - and if there can be still - these exceptions are so very rare , amid failures without number , as only to prove the more strikingly the rule . On this subject , the last Paris circular holds the ...
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... claimed as the great advan- tage of paper over specie — its superiority in cheapness . But previously to entering on this ground , courtesy demands that some answer should be returned to those who can conceive of no improvements , no ...
... claimed as the great advan- tage of paper over specie — its superiority in cheapness . But previously to entering on this ground , courtesy demands that some answer should be returned to those who can conceive of no improvements , no ...
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... claimed by land holders , in other cases they will be released . " Notice was published for sealed proposals for the construction of the work , and on the 15th of November last , several sealed pro- posals were received by the ...
... claimed by land holders , in other cases they will be released . " Notice was published for sealed proposals for the construction of the work , and on the 15th of November last , several sealed pro- posals were received by the ...
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... claimed by him . Taking into view the probable cost of the work , the impressions derived during its progress , of the probable condition of the petitioner , the Commissioner cannot but regard this claim as extravagant , and not well ...
... claimed by him . Taking into view the probable cost of the work , the impressions derived during its progress , of the probable condition of the petitioner , the Commissioner cannot but regard this claim as extravagant , and not well ...
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... claimed by no other contractor on similar work , and which would be contrary to all custom and practice in such cases . The contract provided that " all earth necessarily excavated from the prism of canal , or to make room for lining ...
... claimed by no other contractor on similar work , and which would be contrary to all custom and practice in such cases . The contract provided that " all earth necessarily excavated from the prism of canal , or to make room for lining ...
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act to amend act to incorporate Albany amend an act amount appears April Assem Assembly Bargy Bates Cook believe bill Birth bottom Bouck bridge company Canajoharie Canal Commissioners cashier cemented clay cemented sand cents per cubic charge charter Chenango canal chief engineer city of New-York clay and gravel contract price contractors Crossett Crossett & Co cubic yard deaf and dumb deaf mutes deaf-mute deponent discount dollars drain earth embankment entitled An act estimate examination excavation feet grubbing and clearing hardpan hundred Institution interrogatories Jefferson County Jefferson County Bank John JONAS EARLL Legislature loan Lockport material N. Y. city northern division notes opinion Oriskany creek paid paper Peck's bridge persons petition petitioners prism pupils quantity quicksand received resident engineer respectfully Root Ruger Sackett's Harbor sand and gravel Seneca river stockholder subscribed sureties Tamblin testimony thousand tion town Unknown Watertown witness
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Page 6 - To make by-laws, not inconsistent with any existing law, for the management of its property, the regulation of its affairs, and for the transfer of its stock; 7.
Page 5 - To hold, purchase and convey such real and personal estate, as the purposes of the corporation shall require, not exceeding the amount limited in its charter:
Page 2 - The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the Legislature shall be requisite to every bill appropriating the public moneys or property for local or private purposes.
Page 19 - God, from the highest to the lowest, from the richest to the poorest, from the wisest to the most ignorant, and from the oldest to the youngest.
Page 24 - The power to make any thing but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts, is withdrawn from the states, on the same principle with that of issuing a paper currency. Bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, and laws impairing the obligation of contracts are contrary to the first principles of the social compact, and to every principle of sound legislation.
Page 101 - American Asylum at Hartford for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, exhibited to the Asylum, May 15, 1824.
Page 5 - Limited partnerships, for the transaction of any mercantile, ilmite^alt-' mechanical, or manufacturing business within this State, may be formed by two or more persons, upon the terms, with the rights and powers, and subject to the conditions and liabilities...
Page 24 - ... currencies as states ; and thus, the intercourse among them would be impeded ; retrospective alterations in its value might be made, and thus the citizens of other states be injured, and animosities be kindled among the states themselves. The subjects of foreign powers might suffer from the same cause, and hence the union be discredited and embroiled by the indiscretion of a single member. No one of these mischiefs is less incident to a power in the states to emit paper money, than to coin gold...