Reports from the Court of Claims Submitted to the House of Representatives, Količina 2C. Wendell, printer, 1861 |
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Stran 4
... Secretary of the Treasury , at $ 2 per foot . 7. For cash paid for extra work on pavement under Stewart's bridge , $ 30 . 8. For costs paid by Shepherd in suits brought against him in con- sequence of the failure of the government to ...
... Secretary of the Treasury , at $ 2 per foot . 7. For cash paid for extra work on pavement under Stewart's bridge , $ 30 . 8. For costs paid by Shepherd in suits brought against him in con- sequence of the failure of the government to ...
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... Secretary of the Treasury to state an account upon this basis ; or if he should differ from the committee , then to state the account as to him should appear just and equitable , and to report at the next session . The Secretary of the ...
... Secretary of the Treasury to state an account upon this basis ; or if he should differ from the committee , then to state the account as to him should appear just and equitable , and to report at the next session . The Secretary of the ...
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... Secretary of the Treasury , at p . 156 , ( and I can neither identify it nor be sure of its absence , ) I can see no reason for rejecting it . Thompson , in his testimony cited by petitioner's coun- sel , and besides , at p . 130 ...
... Secretary of the Treasury , at p . 156 , ( and I can neither identify it nor be sure of its absence , ) I can see no reason for rejecting it . Thompson , in his testimony cited by petitioner's coun- sel , and besides , at p . 130 ...
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... Secretary of the Treasury to require a different kind of coping from the contractor . Now , the only requirements made by the superintendent of the con- tractor were two . The first was by note , dated May 26 , 1817 , three months ...
... Secretary of the Treasury to require a different kind of coping from the contractor . Now , the only requirements made by the superintendent of the con- tractor were two . The first was by note , dated May 26 , 1817 , three months ...
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... Secretary allowed it . Secondly , he had been paid in full for mason - work according to Thompson's measurement , and it may readily be supposed that the Secretary might be willing to credit him with an item which had already been paid ...
... Secretary allowed it . Secondly , he had been paid in full for mason - work according to Thompson's measurement , and it may readily be supposed that the Secretary might be willing to credit him with an item which had already been paid ...
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aforesaid agent amount Answer Armstrong Attorney authorized bank notes Bank of Annapolis Bank of Columbia Barna McKinne barrels bills boats Brazos Santiago Brevoort & Houghton Brown Brownsville Captain cents certificates Charlant claimant Coast Survey Colonel commissioner Congress contract contractor copy Court of Claims David Wasson day of August debt December Denton deponent deposition Detroit dollars engraving entitled evidence fact February Fort Brown freight further Gabriel Georgia Giddings interest interrogatory issued Jacob Barker John McKinne Joshua judge judgments July June letter Lieutenant loan Mann March Mechanics November paid paper parties payment persons petition petitioner plaintiff plate postmaster public stock Quartermaster received respectfully RICHARD IRVIN San Antonio Santa Fé Secretary SELMAR SIEBERT Shepherd Smith Solicitor specie Straits of Mackinac subscribed sworn taken testimony Texas thereof transportation Treasury Department United Washington Wasson Whitmore Knaggs William witness
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Stran 8 - All bills of credit emitted, moneys borrowed, and debts contracted, by or under the authority of congress, before the assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the present confederation, shall be deemed. and considered as a charge against the United States, for payment and satisfaction whereof, the said United States, and the public faith, are hereby solemnly pledged.
Stran 64 - That in civil cases no writ of subpoena shall issue for witnesses living out of the district in which the court is held at a greater distance than one hundred miles from the place of holding the same without the permission of the trial court being first had upon proper application and cause shown.
Stran 59 - States, not barred by any act of limitation, and which had not been already adjusted," was passed by Congress, after a serious and attentive consideration of the subject. By that law it was provided, " that all claims upon the United States for services or supplies, or for other cause, matter, or thing, furnished or done, previous to the...
Stran 25 - ... the subscriber or subscribers shall be entitled to a certificate, purporting that the United States owe to the holder or holders thereof, his, her, or their assigns, a sum to be expressed therein, equal to...
Stran 34 - General in due time, for failing to take from or deliver at a post office the mail, or any part of it ; for suffering it to be wet, injured, lost, or destroyed ; for carrying it in a place or manner that exposes it to depredation, loss, or injury...
Stran 6 - No. Dollars. This bill entitles the bearer to receive Spanish milled dollars or the value thereof in gold or silver, according to the resolutions of the Congress held at Philadelphia on the Wth day of May, AD 1775.
Stran 34 - ... the mode of conveyance above stipulated ; and that these forfeitures may be increased into penalties of a higher amount, according to the nature or frequency of the failure, and the importance of the mail...
Stran 25 - ... and subject to redemption by payments not exceeding, in one year, on account both of principal and interest...
Stran 10 - ... wounded, his office, rank, department, regiment, company, ship of war, or armed vessel, to which he belonged, his office or rank therein, the nature of his wound, and in what action or engagement he received it.
Stran 34 - To re-imburse the claimants the original cost of their property, and all the expenses they have actually incurred, together with interest on the whole amount, would, I think, be a just and adequate compensation. This, I believe, is the measure of compensation usually made by all belligerent nations, and accepted by all neutral nations, for losses, costs, and damages occasioned by illegal captures.