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..... demean myself as a citizen thereof, so help me god,' shall be, and the same are hereby declared exempt and free from the operation of the seventh section of this act." "sec. 9. and be it further enacted that his excellency the governor be, and he is hereby, authorized to grant licenses to reside within the limits of the ..... cherokee nation, according to the provisions of the eighth section of this act." "sec. 10. and be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid page 31 u. s. 524 that no person shall collect or claim any toll from any ..... and settling and cultivating the lands allotted to the friendly indians for their hunting ground, by which means the state is not only deprived of their services in the army, but considerable feuds are engendered between us and our friendly neighbouring indians:" "resolved, therefore, by the senate and house of representatives of the state of georgia in .....
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..... the said fetter, hughes, and fuller that the intention is to erect, for the public utility and convenience, mills, and other water works on the said ground: " "sec. 1. therefore, be it enacted by the legislative council and house of representations, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that the said daniel fetter, ..... illinois regiment, and establishing a town within the said grant,' passed 10 december, 1790. be it enacted by the general assembly that so much of the act entitled 'an act for surveying and apportioning the lands granted to the illinois regiment, and establishing a town within the said grant' as requires that one thousand acres of land ..... their apportionments page 31 u. s. 371 of the said land, shall govern themselves by the allowances made by law to the officers and soldiers in the continental army. that the said commissioners shall, as soon as may be, after the said one hundred and forty-nine thousand acres shall be surveyed, cause a plat thereof, certified .....
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..... not to decide finally upon them. the powers to be exercised by the commissioners under these words ought therefore to be limited to the object and purpose of the act. the fifth section, in its terms, enables them only to examine into and confirm the claims before them. they were authorized to confirm those claims only which did not exceed one ..... it is not pretended that either the petitioner or francisco de sanchez, his assignee, page 32 u. s. 95 was a settler, as described in the third section of the act of 1824. the rejection of this claim, then, by the register and receiver did not withdraw it from the jurisdiction of the court nor constitute any bar to a ..... decree be issued to him, which documents will at all events serve him as a title in form." "estrada" "i, don tomas de aguilar, under-lieutenant of the army, and secretary for his majesty of the government of this place, and of the province thereof, do certify that the preceding copy is faithfully drawn from the original, which exists .....
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..... . the declaration then proceeds to assign as breaches of the articles of agreement, that robinson did not deliver one-half of the said amount of thirty-seven hundred barrels of army subsistence stores, or any other equivalent freight, to noble, or on board the aid steamboat paragon, at cincinnati, between 1 and 10 march in the year 1821, although ..... in his possession at the places designated in the contract. in this respect, as well as in every other, in regard to the contract, he seems to have acted in good faith. and he was unable to deliver the number of barrels supposed either through the loss stated or an erroneous estimate of the quantity. but to exonerate ..... freight in his possession, at the places designated in the contract. in this respect as well as in every other in regard to the contract, he seems to have acted in good faith. and he was unable to deliver the number of barrels supposed, either through the loss stated or an erroneous estimate of the quantity. but to exonerate .....
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..... such cases, however, provision has been made by law by which such instruments are made evidence, without proof of the hand writing of the drawer. in the second section of the act of 3 march, 1797, it is provided that "all copies of bonds, contracts, or other papers relating to or connected with the settlement of any account between ..... in his lifetime, to recover from him a sum of money which remained in his hands as a balance of moneys that had been advanced to him on an army contract. issue being joined, the cause was submitted to a jury; and the exceptions taken by the plaintiffs, to the ruling of the court on the trial, ..... to be observed, performed, fulfilled, accomplished, and kept, comprised or mentioned in certain articles of agreement or contract bearing date 21 november, 1816, made between george graham, acting secretary of war, and the said benjamin g. orr concerning the supply of rations to the troops of the united states within the mississippi territory, the state of louisiana, .....
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..... of certain claims against the united states and for other purposes, 'approved on 3 march, 1825,' nor of false swearing denounced by the third section of the act 'in addition to the act' entitled 'an act for the prompt settlement of public accounts and for the punishment of the crime of perjury,' approved on 1 march, 1823, and their verdict ought ..... united states and for other purposes, 'approved on 3 march, 1825,' nor of false swearing page 34 u. s. 253 denounced by the third section of the act 'in addition to the act' entitled 'an act for the prompt settlement of public accounts, and for the punishment of the crime of perjury,' approved on 1 march, 1823, and their verdict ought ..... interested; that he is ___ years of age, and the son of said john bailey, deceased, who from his earliest recollection, was reputed a captain in the revolutionary army, and in the illinois regiment; that he has seen his father's commission, and thinks there were two; of that fact he will not be certain, but it is .....
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..... nor ought to have effect, and the more so, as the subdelegation of the intendancy is local." in a certificate given by don gilberto leonard, treasurer of the army, and don manuel gonzalez armirez, ministers of the royal treasury, &c.;, of the province of louisiana, they certify that in pursuance of a decree of the senior intendant ..... thereof, from the date of said delivery of possession until the decease of said auguste chouteau; that said auguste, during his life, did, in conformity to the acts of congress in that case made and provided, submit his claim to said tract, derived as aforesaid, to the board of commissioners heretofore created for the settlement and ..... , did not affect the power of the subdelegate, who made this concession. the order in this case is the foundation of title, and is, according to the act of congress on the subject of confirming titles to lands in missouri, &c.;, and the general understanding and usage of louisiana and missouri, capable of being perfected into .....
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..... thirty-five, north, of range number five, east; thence north eight east two hundred and forty-five chains, to a point in the south-east quarter of section number twenty-eight, in township number thirty-six, north, of range number five, east; thence south eighty-two east one hundred and sixty-three chains ninety-eight ..... the king's surveyor, who is soon to be named and appointed for this upper colony." "francois valle" "to don charles dehault delassus, colonel of the royal armies and lieutenant governor of upper louisiana." "humbly petition peter charles dehault delassus de luzieres, knight, &c.;, residing in new bourbon, and has the honor to represent ..... legally made by the proper authorities." on 18 may, 1829, charles dehault delassus, legal representative of pedro dehault delassus, under the authority of the act of congress, entitled "an act enabling the claimants to lands with the limits of the state of missouri and the territory of the arkansas to institute proceedings to try the validity .....
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..... judges were divided and their opinions opposed. the question and disagreement were stated and ordered to be certified to the supreme court. the language of the sixth section of the act to amend the judicial system of the united states, which provides for the removal of cases from the circuit court to the supreme court when the judges of ..... solely interested; that he is years of age, and the son of said john bailey, deceased, who, from his earliest recollection, was reputed a captain in the revolutionary army and in the illinois regiment; that he has seen his father's commission, and thinks there were two; of that fact he will not be certain, but it is ..... 273 on motion of the attorney for the united states, the said question and disagreement were stated and ordered to be certified to the supreme court. the 6th section of the act "to amend the judicial system of the united states" enacts "that whenever any question shall occur before a circuit court upon which the opinions of the judges shall .....
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..... inspectors general, deputy quartermasters general, and topographical engineers, shall have the "brevet rank," and the pay and emoluments of a major of cavalry. the section of the act of 1816, fixing the pay of paymasters, omits the words "brevet rank." as well might it be contended that they should have it as that ..... , is the contemporaneous exposition and practice under it, by the accounting officers of the treasury, and acted upon by congress, when five years afterwards it re organized the pay department of the army. the ninth section of the act of 2 march, 1821, to reduce and fix the military peace establishment, declares that there shall ..... be one paymaster general, with the present compensation, and fourteen paymasters with the pay, &c.;, of regimental paymasters. this act, in reference to the paymaster general .....
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