A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume 1Bureau of national literature, 1908 |
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... claims which it ought not to pay , for now if it meets the views of the Senate we shall ourselves thoroughly examine all these claims , whether American or foreign , and see that none that are improper are paid . There is , of course ...
... claims which it ought not to pay , for now if it meets the views of the Senate we shall ourselves thoroughly examine all these claims , whether American or foreign , and see that none that are improper are paid . There is , of course ...
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... claims . All claims to indirect dam- ages were rejected , and Great Britain was held culpable for not doing more to prevent the sailing and success of the cruisers . The award was paid . Alabama Claims : Arbitration of , proposed by ...
... claims . All claims to indirect dam- ages were rejected , and Great Britain was held culpable for not doing more to prevent the sailing and success of the cruisers . The award was paid . Alabama Claims : Arbitration of , proposed by ...
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... claiming protection of United States should be made a crime , V , 12 . Allegiance of , to Government discussed and orders regarding , VI , 117 . Claims of , court to try , recommended , VII , 237 , 289 , 343 , 406 . Liability of , to ...
... claiming protection of United States should be made a crime , V , 12 . Allegiance of , to Government discussed and orders regarding , VI , 117 . Claims of , court to try , recommended , VII , 237 , 289 , 343 , 406 . Liability of , to ...
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... Claims arising out of destruction of , VIII , 327 , 537 . Imprisonment of American citizens in , VIII , 211 . Maltreatment of passengers and seamen on ships plying between New York and , VI , 212 . Vessels from , duties on , suspended ...
... Claims arising out of destruction of , VIII , 327 , 537 . Imprisonment of American citizens in , VIII , 211 . Maltreatment of passengers and seamen on ships plying between New York and , VI , 212 . Vessels from , duties on , suspended ...
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... Claims of , regarding subjects killed in con- flict in Pennsylvania , X , 99 , 138 . Consular convention with , VII , 144 . Empress - Queen of , assassination of , X , 99 . Expulsion of American citizens , X , 200 . Minister of , to ...
... Claims of , regarding subjects killed in con- flict in Pennsylvania , X , 99 , 138 . Consular convention with , VII , 144 . Empress - Queen of , assassination of , X , 99 . Expulsion of American citizens , X , 200 . Minister of , to ...
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Page 161 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Page 73 - All claims founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, except for pensions, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the Government of the United States, or for damages, liquidated or unliquidated, in cases not sounding in tort, in respect of which claims the party would be entitled to redress against the United States either in a court of law, equity, or admiralty if the United States were suable...
Page 73 - Concurrent with the Court of Claims, of all claims not exceeding ten thousand dollars founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the Government of the United States...
Page 85 - MARYLAND. Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll, of Carrollton. VIRGINIA. George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton. NORTH CAROLINA. William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn. SOUTH CAROLINA. Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton. GEORGIA. Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton.
Page 1134 - Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.
Page 85 - NEW YORK William Floyd Philip Livingston Francis Lewis Lewis Morris NEW JERSEY Richard Stockton John Witherspoon Francis Hopkinson John Hart Abraham Clark PENNSYLVANIA Robert Morris Benjamin Rush Benjamin...
Page 1016 - An act to amend title sixty, chapter three, of the Revised Statutes of the United, States, relating to copyrights", that said act "shall only apply to a citizen or subject of a foreign state or nation when such foreign state or nation permits to citizens of the United States of America the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as its own citizens...
Page 1016 - ... foreign state or nation is a party to an international agreement which provides for reciprocity in the granting of copyright, by the terms of which agreement the United States of America may at its pleasure become a party to such agreement...
Page 1058 - Excepting from the force and effect of this proclamation all lands which may have been, prior to the date hereof, embraced in any legal entry or covered by any lawful filing duly of record in the proper United States land office, or upon which any valid settlement has been made pursuant to law, and the statutory period within which to make entry or filing of record has not expired...
Page 232 - I recommend to the consideration of Congress the seasonableness of a declaration that the United States could not see without serious inquietude any part of a neighboring territory in which they have in different respects so deep and so just a concern pass from the hands of Spain into those of any other foreign power.