A Digest of the Laws of the United States of America, from March 4th, 1789, to May 15th, 1820: Including Also the Constitution, and the Old Act of Confederation, and Excluding All Acts Relating to the District of Columbia, Acts Establishing Or Discontinuing Post Roads, and Private Acts |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 2
... months from the date of such notification , all his ac- counts and vouchers for the expenditure of the said moneys ; and in default thereof , suits shall , at the discretion of the comptroller of the treasury , be commenced for the same ...
... months from the date of such notification , all his ac- counts and vouchers for the expenditure of the said moneys ; and in default thereof , suits shall , at the discretion of the comptroller of the treasury , be commenced for the same ...
Page 15
... months previous to the day of election , and all persons having in other respects , the legal qualifications to vote for representatives in the general assembly of the said territory , are hereby authorised to choose representatives ...
... months previous to the day of election , and all persons having in other respects , the legal qualifications to vote for representatives in the general assembly of the said territory , are hereby authorised to choose representatives ...
Page 31
... month , and the said master ar- morers each , fifty dollars per month . 3. SEC . III . There shall be employed an officer , whose duty it shall be ( under the direction of the department of war ) to superin- tend the receiving , safe ...
... month , and the said master ar- morers each , fifty dollars per month . 3. SEC . III . There shall be employed an officer , whose duty it shall be ( under the direction of the department of war ) to superin- tend the receiving , safe ...
Page 32
... months . 13. SEC . III . If any artificer , or workman , hired , retained , or employed , in any public arsenal or armory , shall , wantonly and carelessly , break , impair , or destroy , any implements , tools , or uten- sils , or any ...
... months . 13. SEC . III . If any artificer , or workman , hired , retained , or employed , in any public arsenal or armory , shall , wantonly and carelessly , break , impair , or destroy , any implements , tools , or uten- sils , or any ...
Page 36
... the said corps shall be paid in such manner that the arrears shall , at no time , exceed two months , unless the cir- cumstances of the case shall render it unavoidable . ( ACT of March 16th , 1802. ) 10. SEC 36 ARMY .
... the said corps shall be paid in such manner that the arrears shall , at no time , exceed two months , unless the cir- cumstances of the case shall render it unavoidable . ( ACT of March 16th , 1802. ) 10. SEC 36 ARMY .
Other editions - View all
A Digest of the Laws of the United States of America, from March 4Th, 1789 ... No preview available - 2020 |
A Digest of the Laws of the United States of America, From March 4th, 1789 ... Edward Ingersoll No preview available - 2017 |
A Digest of the Laws of the United States of America, From March 4th, 1789 ... Edward Ingersoll No preview available - 2017 |
Common terms and phrases
ACT of April ACT of February ACT of March aforesaid agent allowed appointed authorized Bioren cause cents certificate circuit court citizen claims clerk collector commanding commissioned officer commissioners compensation congress consignee court martial deemed delivered directed district court duties entitled An act established exceeding exported forfeit granted hereafter hereby authorised heretofore hundred dollars Indian Indiana territory Infra insert judge jurisdiction land office light house manner March 3d marshal master merchandise Mississippi territory mulatto navy noncommissioned officer oath or affirmation offence owner paid Pamphlet edit payment person or persons port or place ports of delivery president Provided public lands purchase purpose regulations respectively secretary ship or vessel sold surveyed surveyor territory territory of Missouri territory of Orleans therein thereof thousand dollars thousand eight hundred thousand seven hundred tion township tract of land treasury trict United wares
Popular passages
Page 830 - The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Page 833 - States," and to consist of one delegate from each State; and to appoint such other committees and civil officers as may be necessary for managing the general affairs of the United States under their direction...
Page 827 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Page 831 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, paupers, vagabonds and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States ; and the people of each State shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties,...
Page 827 - All persons shall be bailable, unless for capital offences, where the proof shall be evident, or the presumption great. All fines shall be moderate, and no cruel or unusual punishments shall be inflicted. No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land...
Page 831 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress...
Page 826 - For the prevention of crimes and injuries, the laws to be adopted or made shall have force in all parts of the district, and for the execution of process, criminal and civil, the governor shall make proper divisions thereof; and he shall proceed from time to time, as circumstances may require, to lay out the parts of the district in which the Indian titles shall have been extinguished into counties and townships, subject, however, to such alterations as may thereafter be made by the Legislature.
Page 130 - Section 3. 1 New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union ; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
Page 360 - That the Circuit Courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature, at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of two thousand dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Page 67 - And the said records and Judicial proceedings, authenticated as aforesaid, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts of the state from whence the said records are or shall be taken.