A Digest of the Laws of the United States of America, from March 4th, 1789, to May 15th, 1820: Including Also the Constitution, and the Old Act of Confederation, and Excluding All Acts Relating to the District of Columbia, Acts Establishing Or Discontinuing Post Roads, and Private Acts |
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Page 154
I. I any person or persons , owing allegiance to the United States of America ,
shall levy war against them , or shall adhere to their enemies , giving them aid
and comfort within the United States or elsewhere , and shall be thereof
convicted , on ...
I. I any person or persons , owing allegiance to the United States of America ,
shall levy war against them , or shall adhere to their enemies , giving them aid
and comfort within the United States or elsewhere , and shall be thereof
convicted , on ...
Page 157
If any person pr persons shall falsely make , alter , forge , or counterfeit , or cause
or procure to be falsely made , altered forged , or counterfeited , or willingly act or
assist in the false making , altering , forging or counterfeiting any certificate ...
If any person pr persons shall falsely make , alter , forge , or counterfeit , or cause
or procure to be falsely made , altered forged , or counterfeited , or willingly act or
assist in the false making , altering , forging or counterfeiting any certificate ...
Page 159
If any person or persons shall knowingly and wil . fully obstruct , resist or oppose
any officer of the United States , in serving or attempting to serve or execute any
mesne process , or warrant , or any rule or order of any of the courts of the United
...
If any person or persons shall knowingly and wil . fully obstruct , resist or oppose
any officer of the United States , in serving or attempting to serve or execute any
mesne process , or warrant , or any rule or order of any of the courts of the United
...
Page 305
... to the satisfaction of the collector and naval officer , where there is any naval
officer , by the oath of the person or persons ( including the exporter or exporters )
through whose hands the said articles shall have passed , according to the best ...
... to the satisfaction of the collector and naval officer , where there is any naval
officer , by the oath of the person or persons ( including the exporter or exporters )
through whose hands the said articles shall have passed , according to the best ...
Page 786
If any person or persons shall swear or affirm to any of the matters , herein
required to be verified , knowing the same to be false , such person or persons
shall suffer the like pains and penalties as shall be incurred by persons
committing wilful ...
If any person or persons shall swear or affirm to any of the matters , herein
required to be verified , knowing the same to be false , such person or persons
shall suffer the like pains and penalties as shall be incurred by persons
committing wilful ...
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Page 832 - The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Page 835 - States," and to consist of one delegate from each State; and to appoint such other committees and civil officers as may be necessary for managing the general affairs of the United States under their direction...
Page 829 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Page 833 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, paupers, vagabonds and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States ; and the people of each State shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties,...
Page 829 - All persons shall be bailable, unless for capital offences, where the proof shall be evident, or the presumption great. All fines shall be moderate, and no cruel or unusual punishments shall be inflicted. No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land...
Page 833 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress...
Page 828 - For the prevention of crimes and injuries, the laws to be adopted or made shall have force in all parts of the district, and for the execution of process, criminal and civil, the governor shall make proper divisions thereof; and he shall proceed from time to time, as circumstances may require, to lay out the parts of the district in which the Indian titles shall have been extinguished into counties and townships, subject, however, to such alterations as may thereafter be made by the Legislature.
Page 132 - Section 3. 1 New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union ; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
Page 362 - That the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 69 - And the said records and Judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the state from whence the said records are or shall be taken.
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| Title | A Digest of the Laws of the United States of America, from March 4th, 1789, to May 15th, 1820: Including Also the Constitution, and the Old Act of Confederation, and Excluding All Acts Relating to the District of Columbia, Acts Establishing Or Discontinuing Post Roads, and Private Acts |
| Author | Edward Ingersoll |
| Publisher | J. Maxwell, 1821 |
| Length | 845 pages |
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