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Page 90 - The award of the said commissioners, or of any three of them as aforesaid, shall in all cases be final and conclusive, both as to the justice of the claim...
Page 186 - Who, having communicated to each other their full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed as follows: ARTICLE I The Contracting Powers, other than China, agree: (1) To respect the sovereignty, the independence, and...
Page 89 - ... and in that case they shall draw by lot the name of one of the two arbitrators, who, after having given due consideration...
Page 3 - An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes and to preserve peace on the frontiers...
Page 7 - Report of the president and directors of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal company, to the stockholders, specially convened in general meeting, April 22, 1835.
Page 3 - This authority having thus entirely passed from the States, the right to exercise it for the purpose of protection does not exist in them, and, consequently, if it be not possessed by the general government, it must be extinct. Our political system would thus present the anomaly of a people stripped of the right to foster their own industry, and to counteract the most selfish and destructive policy which might be adopted by foreign nations.
Page 7 - The address proceeds to state, however, that " they are willing to make a large offering to preserve the Union, and, with a distinct declaration that it is a concession on our part, we will consent that the same rate of duty may be imposed upon the protected articles that shall be imposed upon the unprotected, provided that no more revenue be raised than is necessary to meet the demands of the Government for constitutional purposes, and provided also that a duty substantially uniform be imposed upon...
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Page 89 - When the five commissioners thus appointed shall first meet, they shall, before they proceed to act, respectively take the following oath, or affirmation, in the presence of each other; which oath, or affirmation, being so taken and duly attested, shall be entered on the record of their proceedings...