Journal: 1st-13th Congress. Repr. . 14th Congress, 1st Session-50th Congress, 1st Session, Volume 1 |
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... appropriated at the last and pre- ceding sessions of Congress , for all these fortifications , surveys , and works of ... appropriations have been made by acts of Congress , and twenty other incipient surveys un- der the authority given ...
... appropriated at the last and pre- ceding sessions of Congress , for all these fortifications , surveys , and works of ... appropriations have been made by acts of Congress , and twenty other incipient surveys un- der the authority given ...
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... appropriation to defray its necessary ex- pense . The addition of a second , and perhaps a third vessel , with a slight aggravation of the cost , would contribute much to the safety of the citizens . embarked on this undertaking , the ...
... appropriation to defray its necessary ex- pense . The addition of a second , and perhaps a third vessel , with a slight aggravation of the cost , would contribute much to the safety of the citizens . embarked on this undertaking , the ...
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... appropriations for the expenses of the year 1828 , at the last session of Congress . JOIN QUINCY ADAMS . WASHINGTON , 8th December , 1828 . To the Senate of the United States : I transmit to the Senate a report from the Secretary of War ...
... appropriations for the expenses of the year 1828 , at the last session of Congress . JOIN QUINCY ADAMS . WASHINGTON , 8th December , 1828 . To the Senate of the United States : I transmit to the Senate a report from the Secretary of War ...
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... appropriation may be made for the removal of the tim- ber from the route of the Cumberland road through that State ; and He presented a joint resolution of the same Assembly , relative to the western mail route from Louisville , in ...
... appropriation may be made for the removal of the tim- ber from the route of the Cumberland road through that State ; and He presented a joint resolution of the same Assembly , relative to the western mail route from Louisville , in ...
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... appropriation for the erection of a breakwater , near the island of Nantucket ; which was read ; and Ordered , That it pass to a second reading . Agreeably to notice given , Mr. Johnston , of Louisiana , asked and ob- tained leave to ...
... appropriation for the erection of a breakwater , near the island of Nantucket ; which was read ; and Ordered , That it pass to a second reading . Agreeably to notice given , Mr. Johnston , of Louisiana , asked and ob- tained leave to ...
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act making appropriations affirmative amendment are-Messrs Barton Bean river Benton Berrien bill be engrossed Burnet committee correctly engrossed Committee of Claims Committee on Finance Committee on Pensions Committee on Public Congress considered and agreed Cumberland road desired by one-fifth Dickerson District duties Eaton engrossed and read entitled An act following motion Hayne Hendricks House of Representatives Iredell John Adams John Gwynn JOHN QUINCY ADAMS Johnson Judiciary Kane Kentucky Legislature Louisiana Maryland McKinley Missouri Mount Dearborn nays being desired Ordered praying presented the memorial presented the petition President proceeded to consider Public Lands read a third read the second read the third referred the bill request the concurrence resolution Resolved Robbins Rowan Ruggles Sanford second reading Secretary request Select Committee Senate adjourned Senate proceeded Senate resumed Senators present severally read Silsbee Smith South Carolina Tazewell unanimous consent United Vice-President communicated Virginia Military District voted Whole Willey Woodbury yeas and nays
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Page 186 - Congress shall have power to promote the progress of science and useful arts by securing for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their respective discoveries.
Page 51 - Rule 27.] [In the appointment of the standing committees, the Senate will proceed, by ballot, severally to appoint the chairman of each committee; and then, by one ballot, the other members necessary to complete the same...
Page 187 - States to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises for the purpose of paying the debts and providing for the common defence and general welfare of the...
Page 20 - Resolved, That the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire into the expediency of...
Page 200 - In such measures as I may be called on to pursue, in regard to the rights of the separate states, I hope to be animated by a proper respect for those sovereign members of our Union; taking care not to confound the powers they have reserved to themselves with those they have granted to the confederacy.
Page 121 - An act for enrolling or licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same.
Page 192 - ... its deliberate conviction that the acts of Congress, usually denominated the Tariff laws, passed avowedly for the protection of domestic manufactures, are not authorized by the plain construction, true intent, and meaning of the Constitution.
Page 17 - ... years, and the date from which the last enumeration commenced was the first Monday of August of the year 1820. The laws under which the former enumerations were taken were enacted at the session of Congress immediately preceding the operation; but considerable inconveniences were experienced from the delay of legislation to so late a period. That law, like those of the preceding enumerations, directed that the census should be taken by the marshals of the several districts and Territories of...
Page 12 - ... unconstitutional. The people of no one State have ever delegated to their Legislature the power of pronouncing an act of Congress unconstitutional ; but they have delegated to them powers, by the exercise of which the execution of the laws of Congress within the State may be resisted. If we suppose the case of such conflicting legislation sustained by the corresponding Executive and Judicial authorities, patriotism and philanthropy turn their eyes from the condition in which the parties would...
Page 113 - House, to make a list of the votes as they shall be declared ; that the result shall be delivered to the President of the Senate, who shall...