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... honor to transmit herewith , in compliance with the 20th section of the act of August 26 , 1842 , a detailed statement of the manner in which the contingent fund of this department has been ex- pended , from June 30 , 1853 , to June 30 ...
... honor to transmit herewith , in compliance with the 20th section of the act of August 26 , 1842 , a detailed statement of the manner in which the contingent fund of this department has been ex- pended , from June 30 , 1853 , to June 30 ...
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... honor to submit an estimate for the ocean mail service , pay- able out of the revenue of this department , for the year commencing July 1 , 1855 : For transportation of the mail in two steamships from New York , by Southampton , to ...
... honor to submit an estimate for the ocean mail service , pay- able out of the revenue of this department , for the year commencing July 1 , 1855 : For transportation of the mail in two steamships from New York , by Southampton , to ...
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... honor to submit estimates of the sums of money expected to be required for the service of the year commen- cing July 1 , 1855 : For transportation of the mails .. For compensation to postmasters .. For ship , steamboat , and way letters ...
... honor to submit estimates of the sums of money expected to be required for the service of the year commen- cing July 1 , 1855 : For transportation of the mails .. For compensation to postmasters .. For ship , steamboat , and way letters ...
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... honor to state that , in the opinion of this department , the building so authorized is insufficient for the prospective business of the city of Milwaukie , and that it is barely sufficient for the present business of the post office ...
... honor to state that , in the opinion of this department , the building so authorized is insufficient for the prospective business of the city of Milwaukie , and that it is barely sufficient for the present business of the post office ...
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... honor to state that I invited proposals , by public advertisement , on the 29th August last , for conveying mails from Cairo , by Memphis , Napoleon , Vicksburg , Natchez , and Baton Rouge , to New Orleans and back , daily , in safe and ...
... honor to state that I invited proposals , by public advertisement , on the 29th August last , for conveying mails from Cairo , by Memphis , Napoleon , Vicksburg , Natchez , and Baton Rouge , to New Orleans and back , daily , in safe and ...
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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...