Message from the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress: afterw. The abridgment: message from the President ... Includes reports of the heads of departments , 1850-19151869 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 77
Page 5
... amount to $ 327,000,000 , and the expenditures to $ 303,000,000 , leaving an esti- mated surplus of $ 24,000,000 . It becomes proper , in this connection , to make a brief reference to our public indebtedness , which has accumulated ...
... amount to $ 327,000,000 , and the expenditures to $ 303,000,000 , leaving an esti- mated surplus of $ 24,000,000 . It becomes proper , in this connection , to make a brief reference to our public indebtedness , which has accumulated ...
Page 31
... amount of our securi ties held in Europe , nor is there any perfectly reliable data for ascertain- ing even what amount has gone there annually since the first bonds were issued for the prosecution of the late war . In his report of ...
... amount of our securi ties held in Europe , nor is there any perfectly reliable data for ascertain- ing even what amount has gone there annually since the first bonds were issued for the prosecution of the late war . In his report of ...
Page 43
... amount of such debts paid by the Navy Department , but sufficient information has been received to justify the ... amount advanced to the Pacific roads ............... Amount paid for Alaska $ 630 , 431 , 125 90 42 , 194 , 000 00 7,200 ...
... amount of such debts paid by the Navy Department , but sufficient information has been received to justify the ... amount advanced to the Pacific roads ............... Amount paid for Alaska $ 630 , 431 , 125 90 42 , 194 , 000 00 7,200 ...
Page 47
... Amount in treasury , coin .. Amount in treasury , currency . 17,678 , 640 00 406 , 447 , 314 75 2,636 , 207 , 049 19 $ 100 , 500 , 561 28 30,505 , 970 97 131,006 , 532 25 2,505 , 200 , 516 94 Amount of debt less cash in treasury .. The ...
... Amount in treasury , coin .. Amount in treasury , currency . 17,678 , 640 00 406 , 447 , 314 75 2,636 , 207 , 049 19 $ 100 , 500 , 561 28 30,505 , 970 97 131,006 , 532 25 2,505 , 200 , 516 94 Amount of debt less cash in treasury .. The ...
Page 75
... amount obtained on the loan after the passage of this act reimbursable after six months ' notice , or at any time not exceeding twenty years from January 1 , 1843 . This loan was made for the purpose of redeeming outstanding treasury ...
... amount obtained on the loan after the passage of this act reimbursable after six months ' notice , or at any time not exceeding twenty years from January 1 , 1843 . This loan was made for the purpose of redeeming outstanding treasury ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accounts acres aggregate amount assistant August authorities bonds Brevet Brevet Major brigadier general United building bureau Camp cavalry cent charge civil claims clerks Colonel command commenced Commissioner completed Congress currency debt disbursing district division dollars duty ending June 30 engineers estimated European Squadron expenditures expenses feet fiscal year ending freedmen harbor honor improvement increase Indians infantry instructions interest island issued July June 30 labor Lake land Lieutenant Louisiana March ment miles military Mississippi Missouri National Bank naval necessary obedient servant October officers operations Pacific paid payment pier portion present railroad receipts received recommended repairs respectfully revenue river Secretary Secretary of War September South Carolina square miles submitted survey Tennessee Territory tion Total troops Union Pacific railroad United States army United States notes vessels War Department Washington York
Popular passages
Page 106 - July 14, 1890, are legal tender for all debts, public and private, except where otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract. United States notes are legal tender for all debts, public and private, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt.
Page 318 - Two tellers shall be previously appointed on the part of the Senate and two on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate...
Page 315 - It shall be the duty of the marshal of each district to attend the district and circuit courts when sitting therein, and to execute throughout the district all lawful precepts directed to him and issued under the authority of the United States; and he shall have power to command all necessary assistance in the execution of his duty.
Page 129 - An act to provide for the payment of horses and other property lost or destroyed in the military service of the United States...
Page 313 - February 28, 1795, provided that 'in case of an insurrection in any State against the government thereof, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, on application of the legislature of such State, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) to call forth such number of the militia of any other State or States as may be applied for as he may judge sufficient to suppress such insurrection.
Page 23 - 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 amendment to the Constitution of the United States...
Page 17 - I last year entered into a treaty with the King of Denmark for the purchase of the islands of St. Thomas and St. John, on the best terms then attainable, and with the express consent of the people of those islands. This treaty still remains under consideration in the Senate. A new convention has been entered into with Denmark, enlarging the time fixed for final ratification of the original treaty.
Page 11 - ... and the robberies committed by depreciated paper. Our own history has recorded for our instruction enough, and more than enough, of the demoralizing tendency, the injustice, and the intolerable oppression on the virtuous and well disposed of a degraded paper currency authorized by law or in any way countenanced by government.
Page 827 - Utah, bounded on the north by Idaho and Wyoming, on the east by Colorado, and...
Page 20 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. But the constitution which at any time exists till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people is sacredly obligatory upon all.