Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading Debates and Incidents of the Second Session of the Eighteenth Congress: [Dec. 6, 1824, to the First Session of the Twenty-fifth Congress, Oct. 16, 1837] Together with an Appendix, Containing the Most Important State Papers and Public Documents to which the Session Has Given Birth: to which are Added, the Laws Enacted During the Session, with a Copious Index to the Whole ...Gales & Seaton, 1834 |
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Página 47
... curtailments of facilities lately made by the department , specifying each route , and the names of the respective contractors , and the amount of the diminution of service and of compensation , in each case ; also , what routes , if ...
... curtailments of facilities lately made by the department , specifying each route , and the names of the respective contractors , and the amount of the diminution of service and of compensation , in each case ; also , what routes , if ...
Página 107
... curtailment ; and remarked , so far , so good . That reso- time it considered about six millions to be enough , and lution he held to be a wise one , but that was by the board , the president of the bank treated as a mere surplus about ...
... curtailment ; and remarked , so far , so good . That reso- time it considered about six millions to be enough , and lution he held to be a wise one , but that was by the board , the president of the bank treated as a mere surplus about ...
Página 109
... curtailment in the as to the immense business which might be transacted by business of the institution , which has lately been so sudden a committee , left to find out what was done , like mere and oppressive , and which was not ...
... curtailment in the as to the immense business which might be transacted by business of the institution , which has lately been so sudden a committee , left to find out what was done , like mere and oppressive , and which was not ...
Página 111
... curtailments in the loans to the commu- the fate of their company , and saw their opinions no better nity to a great ... curtailment ; but they were politicians and friends , and men who were busy in getting up meetings , for the purpose ...
... curtailments in the loans to the commu- the fate of their company , and saw their opinions no better nity to a great ... curtailment ; but they were politicians and friends , and men who were busy in getting up meetings , for the purpose ...
Página 113
... curtailment of the debts of the bank , and the manner of conducting that curtailment . " Whereupon , it was , on motion , " Resolved , That the president is hereby authorized to cause to be prepared and circulated such documents and ...
... curtailment of the debts of the bank , and the manner of conducting that curtailment . " Whereupon , it was , on motion , " Resolved , That the president is hereby authorized to cause to be prepared and circulated such documents and ...
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Página 177 - Both the constitutionality and the expediency of the law creating this bank are well questioned by a large portion of our fellow-citizens, and it must be admitted by all that it has failed in the great end of establishing a uniform and sound currency.
Página 65 - By the constitution of the United States, the president is invested with certain important political powers, in the exercise of which, he is to use his own discretion, and is accountable only to his country in his political character, and to his own conscience.
Página 57 - 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...
Página 67 - The conclusion from this reasoning is, that where the heads of departments are the political or confidential agents of the executive, merely to execute the will of the President, or rather to act in cases in which the executive possesses a constitutional or legal discretion, nothing can be more perfectly clear than that their acts are only politically examinable. But where a specific duty is assigned by law, and individual rights depend upon the performance of that duty, it seems equally clear that...
Página 101 - SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That during the continuance of this act, and whenever required by the Secretary of the Treasury, the said corporation shall give the necessary facilities for transferring the public funds from place to place, within the United States, or the territories thereof, and for distributing the same in payment of the public creditors...
Página 287 - Treasury, in pursuance of appropriations by law; * * * to make report, and give information to either branch of the legislature, in person or in writing (as he may be required), respecting all matters referred to him by the Senate or House of Representatives, or which shall appertain to his office...
Página 71 - That if any person shall write, print, utter or publish, or shall cause or procure to be written, printed, uttered or published, or shall knowingly and willingly assist or aid in writing, printing, uttering or publishing any false, scandalous and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States...
Página 411 - Frontier of the United States. Communicated by the Secretary of the Treasury in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the United States, March 12, 1863.
Página 461 - An act supplementary to the act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution...
Página 305 - ... in such manner as the President of the United States shall from time to time order or instruct.