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... 50 .. 5 reams gilt note paper , at $ 2 . 5 quires fancy paper , at 25 cents . 1 ream assorted colors .. 1 dozen pieces taste ... 1 dozen taste needles 1 dozen sand boxes ... 2 wafer cup3 , at $ 1 . 12 dozen paper weights , at $ 9 . 8 ...
... 50 .. 5 reams gilt note paper , at $ 2 . 5 quires fancy paper , at 25 cents . 1 ream assorted colors .. 1 dozen pieces taste ... 1 dozen taste needles 1 dozen sand boxes ... 2 wafer cup3 , at $ 1 . 12 dozen paper weights , at $ 9 . 8 ...
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... cents . 5 dozen penholders , at 50 cents dozen ivory letter stamps ... 16 ounces pounce , at 10 cents . 2 cork screws , at 75 cents .... 1 dozen ivory folders , at $ 2 50 . 6 parallel rulers , at 75 cents .. 1 dozen mahogany rulers ...
... cents . 5 dozen penholders , at 50 cents dozen ivory letter stamps ... 16 ounces pounce , at 10 cents . 2 cork screws , at 75 cents .... 1 dozen ivory folders , at $ 2 50 . 6 parallel rulers , at 75 cents .. 1 dozen mahogany rulers ...
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... 50 6.00 650 12.00 3 00 12 00 27 00 15 00 42 00 15.00 2.00 17.00 70 00 Gales & Seaton .. Wallach & Hope ..... 1 gross ... cents . 7 bottles carmine ink .. 1 bottle copying ... do .. 13 bottles prepared pounce .. 1 18 - inch ...
... 50 6.00 650 12.00 3 00 12 00 27 00 15 00 42 00 15.00 2.00 17.00 70 00 Gales & Seaton .. Wallach & Hope ..... 1 gross ... cents . 7 bottles carmine ink .. 1 bottle copying ... do .. 13 bottles prepared pounce .. 1 18 - inch ...
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... 50 cents . 50 7 50 75 2.00 38 42 00 2.00 To whom paid . Collins , Brown & Co. - .... .................. ............ .............. 500 note envelopes ....... 2,000 letter envelopes , to order ... 500 extra laid note envelopes , to ...
... 50 cents . 50 7 50 75 2.00 38 42 00 2.00 To whom paid . Collins , Brown & Co. - .... .................. ............ .............. 500 note envelopes ....... 2,000 letter envelopes , to order ... 500 extra laid note envelopes , to ...
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... 50 cents . Services as extra clerk .. Advertising treasurer's statement . Advertising receipts and expenditures . Do ... 50 15.00 3. 00 $ 683 19 84 00 15 00 15 00 48 00 2.50 92 65 12 dozen soap stands , at 75 cents . Hearth brushes ...
... 50 cents . Services as extra clerk .. Advertising treasurer's statement . Advertising receipts and expenditures . Do ... 50 15.00 3. 00 $ 683 19 84 00 15 00 15 00 48 00 2.50 92 65 12 dozen soap stands , at 75 cents . Hearth brushes ...
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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...