The Public and General Statutes Passed by the Congress of the United States of America: From 1789 to 1836 Inclusive, Whether Expired, Repealed, Or in Force : Arranged in Chronological Order, with Marginal References, and a Copious Index : to which is Added the Constitution of the United States, and an Appendix, Volume 2T. and J.W. Johnson, 1839 - 3280 pages |
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Page 876
... postmaster may direct . In Virginia . In Virginia . From Leesburgh to Centreville . From New Dub- lin , by Tazewell Courthouse , Russel Courthouse , and Lee Court- house , to Robinson's Mills , at the foot of Cumberland Mountain . From ...
... postmaster may direct . In Virginia . In Virginia . From Leesburgh to Centreville . From New Dub- lin , by Tazewell Courthouse , Russel Courthouse , and Lee Court- house , to Robinson's Mills , at the foot of Cumberland Mountain . From ...
Page 877
... postmaster contract with general shall be , and hereby is , authorized and directed to en- private com- gage and contract with private companies , or adventurers , for rying the mail carrying the mail of the United States , for a term ...
... postmaster contract with general shall be , and hereby is , authorized and directed to en- private com- gage and contract with private companies , or adventurers , for rying the mail carrying the mail of the United States , for a term ...
Page 878
... postmaster general be authorized to allow the ter general to postmasters at the several distributing offices , such compensation as shall be adequate to their several services in that respect : compensation , Provided , That the same ...
... postmaster general be authorized to allow the ter general to postmasters at the several distributing offices , such compensation as shall be adequate to their several services in that respect : compensation , Provided , That the same ...
Page 910
... postmaster general , three thousand dollars ; and the assist- ant postmaster general , one thousand seven hundred dollars ; which sums shall be respectively paid quarter yearly , at the treasury of the United States . eral . Comptroller ...
... postmaster general , three thousand dollars ; and the assist- ant postmaster general , one thousand seven hundred dollars ; which sums shall be respectively paid quarter yearly , at the treasury of the United States . eral . Comptroller ...
Page 926
... postmaster general , that any road established by ed by fences , gates , & c . to this or any former act , as a post road , is obstructed by fences , be reported to congress by gates , or bars , other than those lawfully used on ...
... postmaster general , that any road established by ed by fences , gates , & c . to this or any former act , as a post road , is obstructed by fences , be reported to congress by gates , or bars , other than those lawfully used on ...
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act laying addition aforesaid agent allowed appointed appropriated Approved April bond cause centum certificate CHAP circuit court citizens clerk collection district collector commis commission commissioned officer commissioners congress court martial Courthouse deputy direct tax district court dolls duties emoluments enacted entitled An act established exceeding forfeitures granted heretofore hundred dollars Illinois territory Indian Indiana territory judge Kaskaskia land office license Louisiana manner March master ment merchandise military Mississippi territory moneys noncommissioned officer North Carolina oath Ohio owner paid payment penalties person or persons port or place postmaster prescribed president principal assessors Provided Proviso public lands purchase purpose receive regulations repealed respectively river rized secretary session ship or vessel sioners sold survey surveyor Tennessee territory of Orleans therein thereof thousand dollars thousand eight hundred tion tract of land treasury trict United virtue wares West Tennessee
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Page 936 - An act supplementary to an act, entitled ' an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned ; and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing,- engraving, and etching, historical and other prints.
Page 1485 - I, AB, do solemnly swear or affirm, that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the constitution and laws of the United States. So help me God.
Page 851 - I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen...
Page 851 - In case the alien applying to be admitted to citizenship has borne any hereditary title, or has been of any of the orders of nobility in the kingdom or state from which he came, he shall, in addition...
Page 947 - The records and judicial proceedings of the courts of any State or Territory, or of any such country, shall be proved or admitted in any other court within the United States, by the attestation of the clerk, and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, together with a certificate of the judge, chief justice, or presiding magistrate, that the said attestation is in due form.
Page 851 - It shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the court admitting any alien to citizenship that immediately preceding the date of his application he has resided continuously within the United States five years at least, and within the state or territory where such court is at the time held one year at least, and that during that time he has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness...
Page 1462 - ... for the sale thereof, which time shall not be less than ten days from the date of such notification, and the place proposed for sale not more than five miles distant from the place of making such...
Page 890 - An act to enable the people of the eastern division of the Territory of the United States northwest of the river Ohio to form a Constitution and State Government, and for the admission of such State into the Union, on an equal footing with the original States, and for other purposes...
Page 992 - Worship, shall, if commissioned officers, be brought before a court-martial, there to be publicly and severely reprimanded by the President; if non-commissioned officers or soldiers, every person so offending, shall, for his first offence, forfeit...
Page 1238 - That there shall be in the said department an inferior officer, to be appointed by the said principal officer, to be employed therein as he shall deem proper, and to be called the chief clerk in the department of war, and who, whenever the said principal officer shall be removed from office by the President of the United States, or in any other case of vacancy, shall, during such vacancy, have the charge and custody of all records, books and papers, appertaining to the said department.