Journals of the American Congress: from 1774-1788: In Four Volumes ...Way and Gideon, 1823 |
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... aforesaid , as will prevent such pernicious practices : That it be recommended to the legislatures of the United States , to pass laws to make the bills of credit , issued by the Congress , a lawful tender , in payments of public and ...
... aforesaid , as will prevent such pernicious practices : That it be recommended to the legislatures of the United States , to pass laws to make the bills of credit , issued by the Congress , a lawful tender , in payments of public and ...
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... aforesaid : Ordered , That the said sum be advanced . The several matters to this day referred , being postponed , Adjourned to ten o'clock to - morrow . WEDNESDAY , January 22 , 1777 . A letter , of the 17th , from the committee of ...
... aforesaid : Ordered , That the said sum be advanced . The several matters to this day referred , being postponed , Adjourned to ten o'clock to - morrow . WEDNESDAY , January 22 , 1777 . A letter , of the 17th , from the committee of ...
الصفحة 22
... aforesaid , may occasion a delay in ordering the payment of suck accounts , whereby individuals , having demands against the United States , may suffer inconveniences ; it is , therefore , Resolved , That the commander in chief in each ...
... aforesaid , may occasion a delay in ordering the payment of suck accounts , whereby individuals , having demands against the United States , may suffer inconveniences ; it is , therefore , Resolved , That the commander in chief in each ...
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... aforesaid ; That this Congress will afford one battalion , or more , if requested by the said assembly , for the said purpose : That the said assembly be requested to cause all offenders , as aforesaid , to be brought to immediate trial ...
... aforesaid ; That this Congress will afford one battalion , or more , if requested by the said assembly , for the said purpose : That the said assembly be requested to cause all offenders , as aforesaid , to be brought to immediate trial ...
الصفحة 32
... aforesaid , from South - Carolina . That the troops be marched by regiments or parts of regiments , as the commanding officer shall judge best . Resolved , That the governor of the state of North - Carolina , and the ex- ecutive powers ...
... aforesaid , from South - Carolina . That the troops be marched by regiments or parts of regiments , as the commanding officer shall judge best . Resolved , That the governor of the state of North - Carolina , and the ex- ecutive powers ...
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Adjourned to ten aforesaid army articles of confederation auditor-general battalion bills board of treasury board of war brigadier captain clothier-general colonel commissary commissary-general of purchases committee appointed committee of commerce committee of three Congress resumed Congress took Connecticut consideration thereof continental continental army council day referred Delaware delegates deputy pay-master directed dollars be advanced dollars be paid Duer empowered enemy executive F. L. Lee Georgia Gerry governor John Jonathan Trumbull Joseph Trumbull laid before Congress Laurens loan-office M'Intosh major-general marine committee Maryland Massachusetts-Bay members chosen Michael Hillegas militia Monday Mons New-Hampshire New-Jersey New-York North-Carolina northern department o'clock to-morrow officers Ordered Pennsylvania petition president prisoners provisions quarter-master R. H. Lee regiment Resolved respective resumed the consideration Rhode-Island Roberdeau S.-Carolina taken into consideration thereof be postponed took into consideration transmitted treasurer in favor treasury brought troops Trumbull United Virginia warrant issue Washington Whereupon William
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الصفحة 332 - When land forces are raised by any state for the common defence, all officers of or under the rank of colonel shall be appointed by the legislature of each state respectively, by whom such forces shall be raised, or in such manner as such state shall direct ; and all vacancies shall be filled up by the state which first made the appointment.
الصفحة 334 - ... armed and equipped, in the same manner as the quota of such State, unless the Legislature of such State shall judge that such extra number cannot...
الصفحة 301 - ... united states in congress assembled, and then only against the kingdom or state and the subjects thereof, against which war has been so declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the united states in congress assembled, unless such state be infested by pirates, in which case vessels of war may be fitted out for that occasion, and kept so long as the danger shall continue, or until the united states in congress assembled shall determine otherwise.
الصفحة 327 - 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.
الصفحة 325 - If any person guilty of, or charged with, treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor, in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall, upon demand of the governor or executive power of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence.
الصفحة 320 - The committee of the states, or any nine of them, shall be authorized to execute, in the recess of congress, such of the powers of congress as the united states in congress assembled, by the consent of nine states, shall from, time to time think expedient to vest them with...
الصفحة 333 - States ; and the officers, and men so clothed and equipped, shall march to the place appointed, and within the time agreed on by the United States in Congress assembled ; but if the United States in Congress assembled shall, on consideration of circumstances, judge proper that any State should not raise men, or should raise a smaller number than its quota, and that any other State should raise a greater number of men than the quota thereof, such extra number shall be raised, officered...
الصفحة 332 - ... of establishing rules for deciding in all cases what captures on land or water shall be legal, and in what manner prizes taken by land or naval forces in the service of the United States shall be divided or appropriated; of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace ; appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures, provided that no member of Congress...
الصفحة 331 - No state shall engage in any war without the consent of the united states in congress assembled, unless such state be actually invaded by enemies, or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed by some nation of Indians to invade such state, and the danger is so imminent as not to admit of a delay, till the united states in congress assembled can be consulted...
الصفحة 301 - States in congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war, except in the cases mentioned in the sixth article ; of sending and receiving ambassadors; entering into treaties and alliances, provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective states shall .be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation...