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... amount of expenditure and number of the persons em- ployed , which would thus be thrown upon the general government ... advanced , it would have constructed canals ; and at the present time , it would have been embarked in an ...
... amount of expenditure and number of the persons em- ployed , which would thus be thrown upon the general government ... advanced , it would have constructed canals ; and at the present time , it would have been embarked in an ...
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... advance by W. H. ... advanced to him by Lieutenant McKissack , and charged in August , 1848. No accounts on file . Subsistence : Balance May 11 , 1849 , remaining of advances charged in May , 1849. No accounts on file for this amount ...
... advance by W. H. ... advanced to him by Lieutenant McKissack , and charged in August , 1848. No accounts on file . Subsistence : Balance May 11 , 1849 , remaining of advances charged in May , 1849. No accounts on file for this amount ...
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... Amount advanced to him by R. Ransom and O. W. Harrison , and charged in August , 1849 , and August , 1850. No account on file . 30 10 Barracks , & c .: Balance May 27 , 1853 , $ 1,563 48 ; since re- funded , $ 1.533 38 ; leaving $ 30 10 ...
... Amount advanced to him by R. Ransom and O. W. Harrison , and charged in August , 1849 , and August , 1850. No account on file . 30 10 Barracks , & c .: Balance May 27 , 1853 , $ 1,563 48 ; since re- funded , $ 1.533 38 ; leaving $ 30 10 ...
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... Amount advanced by A. Mont- gomery , and charged in July , 1851. He has no account on file . Invalid pensions ... Amount advanced to him by J. Hooker , and charged in September , 1850. He has no account on file . Subsistence ...
... Amount advanced by A. Mont- gomery , and charged in July , 1851. He has no account on file . Invalid pensions ... Amount advanced to him by J. Hooker , and charged in September , 1850. He has no account on file . Subsistence ...
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... Amount of damage to private car- riage paid on his order , and charged to him in June , 1850 . Subsistence : Amount advanced to him by O. B. Griffith , and charged in June , 1850 , and no account on file . 41 33 Incidental expenses ...
... Amount of damage to private car- riage paid on his order , and charged to him in June , 1850 . Subsistence : Amount advanced to him by O. B. Griffith , and charged in June , 1850 , and no account on file . 41 33 Incidental expenses ...
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Page 19 - ... a public highway, for the use of the government of the United States, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States.
Page 18 - That any and all lands heretofore reserved to the United States by any act of Congress, or in any other manner by competent authority, for the purpose of aiding in any object of internal improvement, or for any other purpose whatsoever...
Page 15 - ... by which he is employed. No collector, or conductor, without such badge, shall demand, or be entitled to receive, from any passenger, any fare, toll, or ticket, or exercise any of the powers of his office, or station; and no other of said officers, or employees, without such badge shall have any authority to meddle, or interfere, with any passenger, or property.
Page 8 - ... exclusive original cognizance of all civil causes of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, including all seizures under laws of impost, navigation or trade of the United States, where the seizures are made on waters which are navigable from the sea by vessels of ten or more tons burden, within their respective districts, as well as upon the high seas...
Page 18 - ... attached as aforesaid, together with the sections and parts of sections designated by odd numbers as aforesaid, and...
Page 10 - This statement must also show whether such clerks or other persons, or such messengers have been usefully employed; whether the services of any of them can be dispensed with without detriment to the public service, and whether the removal of any particular persons, and the appointment of others in their stead, is required for the better dispatch of business.
Page 18 - ... every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of each of said roads.
Page 1 - Kansas, not exceeding the sums heretofore appropriated for similar objects, for the erection of suitable public buildings at the seat of government, and for the purchase of a library, to be kept at the seat of government...
Page 20 - That if any person or persons shall, after the passing of this act, take possession of, or make a settlement on any lands ceded or secured to the United States...
Page 4 - August, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, in the necessary support, maintenance and repairs of all lighthouses, beacons, buoys and public piers erected, placed, or sunk before the passing of this act, at the entrance of, or within any bay, inlet, harbor, or port of the United States...