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... commerce , and also their possessions , and the additions or conquests that their confederation may obtain during the war , from any of the dominions now , or heretofore possessed by Great Britain in North America , conformable to the ...
... commerce , and also their possessions , and the additions or conquests that their confederation may obtain during the war , from any of the dominions now , or heretofore possessed by Great Britain in North America , conformable to the ...
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... commerce tended to revert to their old channels . In 1789 the French Revolution broke out . The monarchy came to an end and King Louis XVI , our good friend of 15 years earlier , was executed in 1793. War broke out between France and ...
... commerce tended to revert to their old channels . In 1789 the French Revolution broke out . The monarchy came to an end and King Louis XVI , our good friend of 15 years earlier , was executed in 1793. War broke out between France and ...
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... commerce . The French tribunals , on the other hand , with all their desire to find every pretext for the condemnation of American vessels and cargoes , had never claimed that they had justification for so doing in the existence of a ...
... commerce . The French tribunals , on the other hand , with all their desire to find every pretext for the condemnation of American vessels and cargoes , had never claimed that they had justification for so doing in the existence of a ...
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... commerce of the United States , is insig- nificant . When war orders cease - and God grant that the necessity for them may cease soon - we shall receive orders , even from Europe , for the restorative purposes of peace , for the ...
... commerce of the United States , is insig- nificant . When war orders cease - and God grant that the necessity for them may cease soon - we shall receive orders , even from Europe , for the restorative purposes of peace , for the ...
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... commerce was one of the monumental and inexplicable blunders of the time . The necessity for the creation of an American merchant marine for the regulation of ocean freight rates and for the establishment of a shipping board is just as ...
... commerce was one of the monumental and inexplicable blunders of the time . The necessity for the creation of an American merchant marine for the regulation of ocean freight rates and for the establishment of a shipping board is just as ...
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Page 8 - That the Secretary of Labor shall have power to act as mediator and to appoint commissioners of conciliation in labor disputes whenever in his judgment the interests of industrial peace may require it to be done...
Page 5 - All the armies of Europe, Asia, and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest, with a Bonaparte for a commander, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years.
Page 15 - Although, among the enumerated powers of government, we do not find the word "bank" or "incorporation," we find the great powers to lay and collect taxes; to borrow money; to regulate commerce; to declare and conduct a war; and to raise and support armies and navies.
Page 2 - This opinion does not deprive the States of any resources which they originally possessed. It does not extend to a tax paid by the real property of the bank, in common with the other real property within the State, nor to a tax imposed on the interest which the citizens of Maryland may hold in this institution, in common with other property of the same description throughout the State.
Page 3 - ... in case of rebellion or invasion, or imminent danger thereof, when the public safety requires it, suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, or place the island, or any part thereof, under martial law until communication can be had with the President and the President's decision therein made known.
Page 3 - Second. Moneys deposited with or collected by the association. Third. Bills of exchange or drafts drawn against money actually on deposit to the credit of the association, or due thereto. Fourth. Liabilities to the stockholders of the association for dividends and reserve profits.
Page 5 - ... chartered or incorporated under the laws of the United States or of any state thereof, and principally engaged in international or foreign banking, or banking in a dependency or insular possession of the United States...
Page 2 - Bank may discount notes, drafts, and bills of exchange arising out of actual commercial transactions; that is, notes, drafts, and bills of exchange issued or drawn for agricultural, industrial or commercial purposes, or the proceeds of which have been used, or are to be used, for such purposes...
Page 27 - ART. 23. REFUSAL TO APPEAR OR TESTIFY. — Every person not subject to military law who, being duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness before any military court, commission, court of inquiry, or board, or before any officer, military or civil, designated to take a deposition to be read in evidence before such...
Page 33 - Every officer commanding a regiment, an independent troop, battery, or company, or a garrison, shall, in the beginning of every month, transmit through the proper channels, to the Department of War, an exact return of the same...