The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year ..., Volume 9; Volume 1869

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D. Appleton, 1870 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries
 

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Page 417 - Treasury notes shall be a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private...
Page 303 - Senate, who shall open and publish them in the presence of a majority of the members of each House of the General Assembly...
Page 171 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
Page 154 - ... ^Should congress, in the execution of its powers, adopt measures which are prohibited by the constitution ; or should congress, under the pretext of executing its powers, pass laws for the accomplishment of objects not entrusted to the government...
Page 180 - The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amendment was concurred in . The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed.
Page 396 - ... and the navigable waters leading into the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of said state as to all other citizens of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost or toll therefor.
Page 327 - As the Church of Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch, have erred ; so also the Church of Rome hath erred, not only in their living and manner of Ceremonies, but also in matters of Faith.
Page 189 - And the United States also solemnly pledges its faith to make provision at the earliest practicable period for the redemption of the United States notes in coin.
Page 146 - The guarantee by Congress of equal suffrage to all loyal men at the South was demanded by every consideration of public safety, of gratitude, and of justice, and must be maintained; while the question of suffrage in all the loyal States properly belongs to the people of those States.
Page 161 - ... the citizens of each State are entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens of the several States...

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