Consolidated Index to the Statutes at Large of the United States of America from March 4, 1789 to March 3, 1903, Volume 4 |
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allowed by commissioners appoint appropriation for consul appropriation for expenses appropriation for fulfilling appropriation for improvement appropriation for Indian appropriation for pay appropriation for payment appropriation for salaries appropriation for support appropriation for survey approve Army assistant authorized bonds bridge certificates circuit courts clerk hire commission compensation Congress construction contingent expenses contracts County Court of Claims custom-house DECEASED deficiency appropriation Department deputy District of Columbia duty established free list French spoliation claim fulfilling treaties granted improvement of harbor Indian Reservation internal-revenue issue JOHN judgment of Court jurisdiction justices light-house manufactures Military Reservation Mississippi River Missouri River Navy paid patents payment of claim payment of French payment of judgment payment to administrator penalty pension increased postal prescribe printing and binding provisions public building purchase Railroad Company refund regulations repairs repealed revenue SAINT Secretary soldiers superintendent TAYLOR Territory Treasury United vessels WALKER Washington WIDOW WILLIAM
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Page 3651 - That the value of foreign coin as expressed in the money of account of the United States 'shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value...
Page 3779 - An Act to protect the commerce of the United States, and punish the crime of piracy...
Page 3779 - An act in addition to the act entitled 'An act to prohibit the carrying on the slave trade from the United States to any foreign place or country...
Page 3527 - A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America, from March 4, 1789 to March 3, 1851...
Page 3998 - An Act to procure the necessary surveys, plans, and estimates upon the subject of roads and canals.
Page 3630 - The Secretary of the Navy may, in his discretion, detail a line officer to act as the aid or executive of the commanding officer of a vessel of war or naval station, which officer shall, when not impracticable, be next in rank to said commanding officer.
Page 3757 - ... made of silk, or of which silk is the component material of chief value, not specially provided for in this Act, and silk goods ornamented with beads or spangles, of whatever material composed, sixty per centum ad valorem...
Page 3664 - An Act to incorporate the New York Bridge Company, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a bridge over the East River, between the cities of New York and Brooklyn.
Page 3963 - How is the judicial power of the United States vested ? " In one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
Page 3613 - July 26, 1866, granting lands to the State of Kansas to aid in the construction of a southern branch of the Union Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company from Fort Riley, Kansas, to Fort Smith, Arkansas.