Reports of Committees: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 48th Congress, 2nd Session, Volume 2 |
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... dollars per day while engaged in the exam- ination , and six dollars for every twenty miles travel from his residence to the office at which his examination should commence , and thence from office to office , until his return to his ...
... dollars per day while engaged in the exam- ination , and six dollars for every twenty miles travel from his residence to the office at which his examination should commence , and thence from office to office , until his return to his ...
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... dollars , inclu- ding the building and machinery of the rope - walk , have been expended upon this yard . Much work has been done and some costly buildings erected , with a view to carry out the original design of the establishment . In ...
... dollars , inclu- ding the building and machinery of the rope - walk , have been expended upon this yard . Much work has been done and some costly buildings erected , with a view to carry out the original design of the establishment . In ...
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... dollars per annum whilst so employed , and in addition his " travelling and other necessary expenses ' were to be allowed him . Whilst on this special mission the agent was to be conveyed to the vari- ous points indicated in his letter ...
... dollars per annum whilst so employed , and in addition his " travelling and other necessary expenses ' were to be allowed him . Whilst on this special mission the agent was to be conveyed to the vari- ous points indicated in his letter ...
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... dollars . A reasonable allowance should be made for this expenditure . A naval officer cannot be presumed to be conversant with the accurate details so necessary in the preparation and adjustment of long standing accounts , beyond the ...
... dollars . A reasonable allowance should be made for this expenditure . A naval officer cannot be presumed to be conversant with the accurate details so necessary in the preparation and adjustment of long standing accounts , beyond the ...
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... dollars a year would , the account were destroyed by the Indians before the lands were occupied General Jesup adds , that " the buildings and other property charged in by the troops . د , 1st Session . IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES ...
... dollars a year would , the account were destroyed by the Indians before the lands were occupied General Jesup adds , that " the buildings and other property charged in by the troops . د , 1st Session . IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES ...
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1st Session 25th Congress accompany bill accounting officers acres ALBION K allowed American amount army authority balance canal Captain Captain John Kendrick cargo cent charge Charles Gratiot claim Clamorgan coast Colonel commerce Commissioner committee compensation Congress consideration contract Coyle Cuba Cunard line disbursing district dollars Engineer entitled following REPORT Fort Calhoun Fort Monroe Fort Washington fractional section number grant honor hundred island January John Cleves Symmes July June Kendrick land office letter Lieutenant March memorialist ment Mexico naval navigation navy November obedient servant Ohio Ohio river opinion paid pension petitioner ports present President proper public sale purchase quarter received rendered requisition respectfully river Second Comptroller Secretary Secretary of War section number eleven SENATE settlement ship Spain Spanish vessels statement steamers survey surveyor Symmes Third Auditor tion township tract trade treasury treaty undersigned United Washington
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Page 1 - In order to designate the boundary line with due precision, upon authoritative maps, and to establish upon the ground landmarks which shall show the limits of both republics, as described in the present article, the two governments shall each appoint a commissioner and a surveyor, who, before the expiration of one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty, shall meet at the port of San Diego, and proceed...
Page 4 - The legislative power of this State shall be vested in two distinct branches: the one to be styled the Senate, the other the House of Representatives...
Page 7 - ... in trust for the several use and benefit of the occupants thereof, according to their respective interests ; the execution of which trust, as to the disposal of the lots in such town, and the proceeds of the sales thereof, to be conducted under such regulations as may be prescribed by the legislative authority of the State or Territory in which the same may be situated.
Page 6 - ... for use in the condition in which they were at the time of the fire, excluding any fanciful or sentimental considerations.
Page 1 - They shall keep journals and make out plans of their operations ; and the result agreed upon by them shall be deemed a part of this treaty, and shall have the same force as if it were inserted therein.
Page 1 - ... who, before the expiration of one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty, shall meet at the port of San Diego, and proceed to run and mark the said boundary in its whole course to the mouth of the Rio Bravo del Norte.
Page 49 - ... in time of peace or war, respect a general officer, be carried into execution, until after the whole proceedings shall have been transmitted to the Secretary of War, to be laid before the President of the United States for his confirmation or disapproval, and orders in the case.
Page 9 - April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, "for ascertaining the bounds of a tract of land purchased by John Cleves Symmes.