Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States: Advising the President and Heads of Departments in Relation to Their Official Duties, Volume 11R. Farnham, 1869 - Attorneys general's opinions |
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... issued by such commander before the transfer of his com- mand . 2. The flag - officer of a squadron is not entitled to the share of prize - money , accruing to the captain of his flag - ship , from captures made by that ship while her ...
... issued by such commander before the transfer of his com- mand . 2. The flag - officer of a squadron is not entitled to the share of prize - money , accruing to the captain of his flag - ship , from captures made by that ship while her ...
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... issued orders to Commander Wyman , of the " Santiago de Cuba , " to cruise with special instructions for the purpose of making these captures . The fifth clause of section third of the act for the better government of the Navy of the ...
... issued orders to Commander Wyman , of the " Santiago de Cuba , " to cruise with special instructions for the purpose of making these captures . The fifth clause of section third of the act for the better government of the Navy of the ...
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... issued to Commander Wyman for that purpose . Whatever might have been his direct agency in effecting the captures , any claim based thereon is sufficiently answered by the fact , that , under the statute , his right depends only on the ...
... issued to Commander Wyman for that purpose . Whatever might have been his direct agency in effecting the captures , any claim based thereon is sufficiently answered by the fact , that , under the statute , his right depends only on the ...
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... issued by authority of Congress , and all speeches , proceedings , and debates in Congress , and all printed matter sent to them ; their franking privilege to National Banking Associations . commence with the term for which 24 HON ...
... issued by authority of Congress , and all speeches , proceedings , and debates in Congress , and all printed matter sent to them ; their franking privilege to National Banking Associations . commence with the term for which 24 HON ...
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... issued by the 11th section of the act of July 17 , 1862 , chap . 195 , which authorized the President to employ as many persons of African descent as he might deem necessary and proper for the suppression of the rebellion ; and for that ...
... issued by the 11th section of the act of July 17 , 1862 , chap . 195 , which authorized the President to employ as many persons of African descent as he might deem necessary and proper for the suppression of the rebellion ; and for that ...
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Page 323 - States, and no others, for the purpose of altering or amending the constitution thereof; and with authority to exercise, within the limits of said State, all the powers necessary and proper to enable such loyal people of the State of North Carolina to restore said State to its constitutional relations to the Federal Government...
Page 60 - That sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in every township of public lands in said state, and where either of said sections, or any part thereof, has been sold or otherwise been disposed of, other lands, equivalent thereto and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to said state for the use of schools.
Page 205 - The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers nor their private horses or baggage. This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to his home, not to be disturbed by United States authority so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they may reside.
Page 509 - For this purpose they shall apply to the competent tribunals, judges, and officers, and shall in writing demand said deserters, proving by the exhibition of the registers of the vessels, the rolls of the crews, or by other official documents that such individuals formed part of the crews; and, this reclamation being thus substantiated, the surrender shall not be refused.
Page 227 - Also to the ninth and tenth sections of an act entitled "An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: "SEC.
Page 184 - An act [to amend an act entitled an act] to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes, approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four.
Page 393 - If any one or more of the citizens of either party shall infringe any of the articles of this treaty, such citizens shall be held personally responsible for the same, and the harmony and good correspondence between the two nations shall not be interrupted thereby ; each party engaging in no way to protect the offender, or sanction such violation.
Page 227 - President was thereby authorized at any time thereafter, by proclamation, to extend to persons who may have participated in the existing rebellion, in any State or part thereof, pardon and amnesty, with such exceptions and at such times and on such conditions as he may deem expedient for the public welfare...
Page 338 - Second. To have succession for the period of twenty years from its organization unless it is sooner dissolved according to the provisions of its articles of association, or by the act of its shareholders owning two-thirds of its stock, or unless its franchise becomes forfeited by some violation of law.
Page 201 - No land shall be purchased on account of the United States, except under a law authorizing such purchase.