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 |
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... cents per capita . In 1847 the expenditures growing out of the war with Mexico reached fifty - five millions , and the population about twenty - one millions , giving only two dollars and sixty cents per capita for the war expenses of ...
... cents per capita . In 1847 the expenditures growing out of the war with Mexico reached fifty - five millions , and the population about twenty - one millions , giving only two dollars and sixty cents per capita for the war expenses of ...
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... cent .; Congress , in a bill passed prior to adjournment on the 27th of July last , agreed upon four and four and a half per cent .; while by many three per cent . has been held to be an amply sufficient return for the investment . The ...
... cent .; Congress , in a bill passed prior to adjournment on the 27th of July last , agreed upon four and four and a half per cent .; while by many three per cent . has been held to be an amply sufficient return for the investment . The ...
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... cent . Legislation for the accomplishment of a result so desirable is demanded by the highest public considerations . The Constitution contemplates that the circulating medium of the country shall be uniform in quality and value . At ...
... cent . Legislation for the accomplishment of a result so desirable is demanded by the highest public considerations . The Constitution contemplates that the circulating medium of the country shall be uniform in quality and value . At ...
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... cent . instead of six per cent . , which was originally stipulated when the investment was made . An amendment of the pension laws is suggested to remedy omissions and defects in existing enactments . The expenditures of the department ...
... cent . instead of six per cent . , which was originally stipulated when the investment was made . An amendment of the pension laws is suggested to remedy omissions and defects in existing enactments . The expenditures of the department ...
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... cent . or ten per cent . , or , indeed , any portion of the amounts received by them from their debtors , such a law would have been comdemned as unequal and unjust ; and yet the effect of it would have been to lessen , to the extent of ...
... cent . or ten per cent . , or , indeed , any portion of the amounts received by them from their debtors , such a law would have been comdemned as unequal and unjust ; and yet the effect of it would have been to lessen , to the extent of ...
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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.