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Página 77 - An act for the impartial administration of justice in the cases of persons questioned for any acts done by them in the execution of the law, or for the suppression of riots and tumults, in the province of Massachusetts Bay, in New England.
Página 36 - It is with extreme concern I have to inform you that the proceedings of the person whom they have unfortunately appointed their minister plenipotentiary here, have breathed nothing of the friendly spirit of the nation which sent him ; their tendency, on the contrary, has been to involve us in war abroad, and discord and anarchy at home.
Página 3 - July, 1832, it was made the duty of the secretary of the treasury, to cause the several instalments, with the interest thereon, to be received from the French government, and transferred to the United States, in such manner as he may deem best...
Página 27 - That his Excellency, the Governor, be, and he is hereby, requested...
Página 10 - The deposits of the money of the United States in places in which the said bank and branches thereof may be established shall be made in said bank or branches thereof unless the Secretary of the Treasury shall at any time otherwise order and direct, in which case the Secretary of the Treasury shall immediately lay before Congress, if in session, and, if not, immediately after the commencement of the next session, the reasons of such order or direction.
Página 76 - The. first instalment shall be paid at the expiration of one year next following the exchange of the ratifications of this convention, and the others at successive intervals of a year, one after another, till the whole shall be paid. To the amount of each of the said...
Página 23 - I am, with great respect, Sir, Your very humble and obedient servant, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
Página 16 - order," 2d vol., p. 257) ; while a draft or bill of exchange is defined to be " an open letter of request from, and order by, one person on another to pay a sum of money therein mentioned to a third person, on demand, or at a future time therein specified " (1 Bouv. Law Dictionary, 189). A draft, at the present day, is " the common term for a bill of exchange " (1 Bun-ill's Law Dictionary, 520, title Opinion by MASON, J.
Página 14 - ... forging, or counterfeiting, any bill or note in imitation of, or purporting to be, a bill or note issued by order of the president, directors, and company of the National Bank, or any order or check of the said bank...
Página 15 - That if any person shall falsely make, forge or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be falsely made, forged or counterfeited, or willingly aid or assist in falsely making, forging or counterfeiting any bill or note in imitation of or purporting to be a bill or note issued by order of the president, directors and company of the said bank...

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