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... proceedings for the conveyance of the estate of such widow and children shall be as effectual to transfer the property as if said alien had been a citizen . District of Columbia . - Aliens cannot acquire or own real estate , except ...
... proceedings for the conveyance of the estate of such widow and children shall be as effectual to transfer the property as if said alien had been a citizen . District of Columbia . - Aliens cannot acquire or own real estate , except ...
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... proceedings , may declare a dividend . Claims of servants , laborers , and employes for wages earned during 6 months next preceding the date of the assignment , not to exceed $ 50 to any one person , and all taxes assessed under the ...
... proceedings , may declare a dividend . Claims of servants , laborers , and employes for wages earned during 6 months next preceding the date of the assignment , not to exceed $ 50 to any one person , and all taxes assessed under the ...
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... proceedings in the district court of the county where the debtor resides . By such proceedings , an insolvent debtor may assign all his property for the benefit of all his creditors , the court appointing the assignee . No preferences ...
... proceedings in the district court of the county where the debtor resides . By such proceedings , an insolvent debtor may assign all his property for the benefit of all his creditors , the court appointing the assignee . No preferences ...
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... proceedings unless participating in them ; practi- cally , however , only creditors whose claims are within the jurisdiction of the federal courts can escape the operation of the state insolvent laws . Maine . — All statutes relating ...
... proceedings unless participating in them ; practi- cally , however , only creditors whose claims are within the jurisdiction of the federal courts can escape the operation of the state insolvent laws . Maine . — All statutes relating ...
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... proceedings , excepting that if made , accepted by the assignee , and assented to by a majority in number and value of creditors whose claims are neither secured nor privi- leged , and notice sent all creditors , and record of ...
... proceedings , excepting that if made , accepted by the assignee , and assented to by a majority in number and value of creditors whose claims are neither secured nor privi- leged , and notice sent all creditors , and record of ...
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Page 382 - To establish post offices and post roads; To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries...
Page 383 - No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation ; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal ; coin Money ; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts ; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.
Page 392 - States as a holiday or as a day of public fasting or thanksgiving; (15) a person shall be deemed insolvent within the provisions of this act whenever the aggregate of his property, exclusive of any property which he may have conveyed, transferred, concealed, or removed, or permitted to be concealed or removed, with intent to defraud, hinder or delay his creditors, shall not, at a fair valuation, be sufficient in amount to pay his debts...
Page 438 - ... in the hands of such executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, shall be liable in like manner, and to the same extent as the testator or intestate. or the ward or person interested in such trust fund would have been, if he had been living and competent to act, and held the same stock in his own name.
Page 380 - The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall, by law, appoint a different day.
Page 386 - The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury ; and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crime shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed. SECTION 3. Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or, in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the...
Page 386 - The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood or Forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted. ARTICLE IV. SECTION 1. Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the Public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State.
Page 497 - Such oath may be made before any person within the United States authorized by law to administer oaths, or, when the applicant resides in a foreign country, before any minister, charge d'affaires, consul, or commercial agent holding commission under the Government of the United States...
Page 385 - United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. ARTICLE III SECTION 1. The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the Supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good...
Page 467 - And in cases of such violation, every director who participated in or assented to the same shall be held liable in his personal and individual capacity for all damages which the association, its shareholders, or any other person, shall have sustained in consequence of such violation.