THE DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS IN THE CONGRESS OF HTE UNITED STATES1834 |
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... moved into other countries - not to mention the length of time and enormous expense which so complicated a business must occasion . He concluded , by declaring it to be his opinion , that the proposition , if agreed to , would throw ...
... moved into other countries - not to mention the length of time and enormous expense which so complicated a business must occasion . He concluded , by declaring it to be his opinion , that the proposition , if agreed to , would throw ...
Page 1351
... moved the rising of the com- mittee , as he was against deciding at present on the proposition ; if , however , the question was pressed , he would vote in the negative . Mr. SHERMAN thought the interest was as meritorious as any part ...
... moved the rising of the com- mittee , as he was against deciding at present on the proposition ; if , however , the question was pressed , he would vote in the negative . Mr. SHERMAN thought the interest was as meritorious as any part ...
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... moved the committee to rise ; - whereupon the committee rose , and the House adjourned . destroy £ 50,000 of the property of our people . Other States may be similarly situated ; and for what ? Because Massachusetts and South Caro lina ...
... moved the committee to rise ; - whereupon the committee rose , and the House adjourned . destroy £ 50,000 of the property of our people . Other States may be similarly situated ; and for what ? Because Massachusetts and South Caro lina ...
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... moved to refer the foregoing report of the Secretary of the Treasury to a Committee of Ways and Means ; but on the suggestion that a different reference would be more proper , he withdrew it . Mr. WHITE moved that the Secretary of the ...
... moved to refer the foregoing report of the Secretary of the Treasury to a Committee of Ways and Means ; but on the suggestion that a different reference would be more proper , he withdrew it . Mr. WHITE moved that the Secretary of the ...
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... moved to amend the proposition so as to make it read : Resolved , That the amount of the debts , principal or interest , actually paid by any State to its creditor , & c . shall be paid to such State on the same terms as shall be ...
... moved to amend the proposition so as to make it read : Resolved , That the amount of the debts , principal or interest , actually paid by any State to its creditor , & c . shall be paid to such State on the same terms as shall be ...
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Page 2245 - I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the constitution and laws of the United States.
Page 2037 - Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled, two-thirds of both houses concurring, that the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the constitution of the United States; all or any of which articles, when ratified by three-fourths of the said legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said constitution...
Page 2247 - And no civil suit shall be brought before either of said courts against an inhabitant of the United States, by any original process, in any other district than that whereof he is an inhabitant, or in which he shall be found at the time of serving the writ...
Page 1715 - An act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the government of the United States...
Page 2249 - State, the party or parties so required shall give such information, or otherwise not be allowed to plead such grant, or give it in evidence upon the trial ; and if he...
Page 2257 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 2247 - States to be holden in the district where the suit is pending, and offer good and sufficient surety for his entering in such court, on the first day of its session, copies of said process against him...
Page 2247 - And any attachment of the goods or estate of the defendant, by the original process, shall hold the goods or estate so attached to answer the final judgment, in the same manner as by the laws of such State they would have been holden to answer final judgment, had it been rendered by the court in which the suit was commenced.
Page 2249 - Courts, shall have power to grant writs of habeas corpus for the purpose of an inquiry into the cause of commitment. Provided, that writs of habeas corpus shall in no case extend to prisoners in jail, unless where they are in custody, under or by color of the authority of the United States, or are committed for trial before some court of the same, or are necessary to be brought into court to testify.
Page 2251 - Such indemnity, where the judgment or decree is for the recovery of money not otherwise secured, must be for the whole amount of the judgment or decree, Including just damages for delay...