American Law Review, Volume 4Little, Brown and Company, 1870 - Law |
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... has been recently before the Supreme Court on appeal , where judgment was
ordered for the United States , on the ground that the award by the
commissioners was final , although it seemed admitted that the contracts were
authorized .
... has been recently before the Supreme Court on appeal , where judgment was
ordered for the United States , on the ground that the award by the
commissioners was final , although it seemed admitted that the contracts were
authorized .
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But the court rested their decision upon other grounds , and held that where
Congress had specially intrusted an expenditure to the head of a department , as
in this case , he might award a contract without advertising . It appears from the ...
But the court rested their decision upon other grounds , and held that where
Congress had specially intrusted an expenditure to the head of a department , as
in this case , he might award a contract without advertising . It appears from the ...
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The proposition was then thrown out , on the extraordinary ground that ,
practically , under the existing system , about half of each senate was annually re
- elected , and it therefore amounted to the same thing as if they held over by law
.
The proposition was then thrown out , on the extraordinary ground that ,
practically , under the existing system , about half of each senate was annually re
- elected , and it therefore amounted to the same thing as if they held over by law
.
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Annual may well be preferred to biennial elections , on the ground that frequent
elections are very useful in the regulation of domestic affairs . It is proper that a
free people should have very immediate control over their local concerns , and ...
Annual may well be preferred to biennial elections , on the ground that frequent
elections are very useful in the regulation of domestic affairs . It is proper that a
free people should have very immediate control over their local concerns , and ...
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... we are of course to go forward , to state distinctly what our claims are , and on
what grounds we undertake to maintain ... under such circumstances as to furnish
no ground for charging that government with expressly or impliedly authorizing ...
... we are of course to go forward , to state distinctly what our claims are , and on
what grounds we undertake to maintain ... under such circumstances as to furnish
no ground for charging that government with expressly or impliedly authorizing ...
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