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... vote . Dec. 16-17 , 1824. ] Judiciary . - Niagara Sufferers. Γ Sen. & H. of R. ] HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - SAME DAY . [ DEC . 14-15 , 1824 . tion : Government . IN SENATE , WEDNESDAY , LEC . 15 , 1824 . The resolution offered yesterday ...
... vote . Dec. 16-17 , 1824. ] Judiciary . - Niagara Sufferers. Γ Sen. & H. of R. ] HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - SAME DAY . [ DEC . 14-15 , 1824 . tion : Government . IN SENATE , WEDNESDAY , LEC . 15 , 1824 . The resolution offered yesterday ...
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... vote on its merits , he withdrew the motion for its recommitment . The bill was then ordered to be engrossed for a third reading . Mr. SMITH , of Maryland , entirely according in the suggestion of the gentleman from South Carolina ...
... vote on its merits , he withdrew the motion for its recommitment . The bill was then ordered to be engrossed for a third reading . Mr. SMITH , of Maryland , entirely according in the suggestion of the gentleman from South Carolina ...
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... vote , at the last session , they acknow- ledged the value of those services , would have made such a report unnecessary . By that vote , Congress sub- jected the country to an expense , nearly , if not quite , equal to the amount of ...
... vote , at the last session , they acknow- ledged the value of those services , would have made such a report unnecessary . By that vote , Congress sub- jected the country to an expense , nearly , if not quite , equal to the amount of ...
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... vote for this bill . fayette under the obligation of a bond . Put it upon that footing , said Mr. McD . and I shall vote against the bill . Put it upon that footing , and General Lafayette would disdain your offer of payment . What were ...
... vote for this bill . fayette under the obligation of a bond . Put it upon that footing , said Mr. McD . and I shall vote against the bill . Put it upon that footing , and General Lafayette would disdain your offer of payment . What were ...
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... vote on the bill . The question being taken , this motion was negatived by a large majo- rity . Mr. MERCER , of Virginia , then rose , not , he observ- ed , to wound the feelings of the House , by debating the [ DEC . 22 , 1824 ...
... vote on the bill . The question being taken , this motion was negatived by a large majo- rity . Mr. MERCER , of Virginia , then rose , not , he observ- ed , to wound the feelings of the House , by debating the [ DEC . 22 , 1824 ...
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Page 127 - The electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves...
Page 649 - That the Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 129 - Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States.
Page 1 - Resolved, That a committee of one member from each State represented in this House be appointed on the part of this House, to join such committee as may be appointed on the part of the Senate, to consider and report by what token of respect and affection it may be proper for the Congress of the United States to express the deep sensibility of the nation to the event of the decease of their late President.
Page 637 - The motion was agreed to; and the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, resumed the consideration of the bill (HR 18542) making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, and for other purposes.
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Page 39 - It is agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the north-west coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbors, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects, of the two powers...
Page 545 - In this state of things, could my refusal to accept the trust thus delegated to me, give an immediate opportunity to the people to form and to express with a nearer approach to unanimity, the object of their preference, I should not hesitate to decline the acceptance of this eminent charge, and to submit the decision of this momentous question again to their determination. But the constitution itself has not so disposed of the contingency which would arise in the event of my refusal...
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Page 339 - States," as used in this title includes: (1) The high seas, any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States and out of the jurisdiction of any particular State, and any vessel belonging in whole or in part to the United States or any citizen thereof, or to any corporation created by or under the laws of the United States...