 Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of appropriating thirty thousand dollars, to enable Professor Morse to establish a line of telegraph between Washington and Baltimore.  Congressional Serial Set - Page 471830Full view - About this book
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1859 - 732 pages
...by unanimous consent, submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of abolishing custom-house oaths ami of substituting declarations in lieu thereof, with proper penalties... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 368 pages
...December 12, Mr. Lincoln voted for the following resolution, submitted in the House by Mr. Eckert : "Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of reporting a Tariff Bill, based upon the principles of the tariff of 1842." On the 13th, Mr. Palfrey,... | |
 | David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 356 pages
...December 12, Mr. Lincoln voted for the following resolution, submitted in the House by Mr. Eckert : " Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of reporting a Tariff Bill, based upon the principles of the tariff of 1842." On the 13th,, Mr. Palfrey,... | |
 | Iowa. General Assembly. Senate - Iowa - 1862 - 668 pages
...Iowa delegation at Washington City, DG Mr. Lewis offered the following resolution, which was adopted : Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of reducing the compensation of all salaried officers in this State, and also all such as are paid... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1863 - 1180 pages
...Judiciary. Mr. Beaman submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into tin; expediency of increasing the tariff in the low grades of foreign wools. Mr. Wilson, by unanimous... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1863 - 758 pages
...thereto. Mr. Porter submitted the following resolution; which was read, considered, and agreed to, viz: Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire whether the cost of assessing and collecting the tax on carriages and other vehicles, enumerated in... | |
 | Indiana - 1865 - 720 pages
...respect. It is recommended that $90,000 be appropriated for thig purpose. It is further recommended that the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of assessing a special tax, annually, of fifteen cents on the one thousand dollars of taxable property... | |
 | Franklin Eliot Felton - Internal revenue - 1870 - 592 pages
...ISRAEL G. LASH, HORATIO C. BURCHARD. The committee recommend the adoption of the following resolution : Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of reporting a bill to levy such a tax on such transactions as those of the Gold Exchange and Gold... | |
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